Covilha take on the visitors Academica in the round 6 match of Portuguese Segunda Liga. The match will be played at Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã (Covilhã) on Wednesday, October 2016.
Covilha are showing poor results this season. The hosts took their first win of the season on previous matchday, beating Guimaraes B team, 2-1 and ending seven-match run without a single win. As the results of this slow start, the hosting side is currently on 21st place in the standings with five points taken. Three home matches got them only one points and the most recent home win was taken in the beginning of May.
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Academica got relegated to the second Portuguese football division at the end of the previous season and the results they showed so far tell us the team isn’t quite ready to battle for promotion. The visiting side has gained 14 points after nine matches and sit on seventh place in the league, eight points behind the second place that guarantees return to elite division. At the same time, the visitor can be proud of their defensive line that allowed only six goals so far, the lowest in the entire league. However, attacking group of players produced only an average of one goal per match so there is a room for improvement.
Covilha and Academica have faced one another four times in recent years and neither of the team has advantage in these head-to-heads with one win of each side and two draws. We should note the fact that the opponents never combined over two goals in 90 minutes and we can expect to see another low-scoring result today, counting that Academica has one of the best defensive lines in the league at the start of the season.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5.
