Sporting Covilhã vs União Santarém: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Sporting Covilhã play União Santarém in Liga 3 (Portugal). The match date is 7 December 2025 at 16:00. Final score: 1:1.

Current form

Sporting Covilhã: 2-2-1, 1.60 points/match. União Santarém: 0-4-1, 0.80 points/match.

Goal statistics

Sporting Covilhã scores 0.82 and concedes 1.25 goals per match. União Santarém scores 0.88 and concedes 1.06. League average: 2.23 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Sporting Covilhã 50%, União Santarém 50%. Over 2.5: Sporting Covilhã 36%, União Santarém 31%. League level: BTTS 49%, Over 2.5 40%.

xG, shots and style

União Santarém has higher xG: 1.09 vs 1.00. Sporting Covilhã: 7.1 shots per match, União Santarém: 7.4.

Match halves

Sporting Covilhã: half-time lead 25%, second-half goals 0.46. União Santarém: half-time lead 28%, second-half goals 0.47.

Goals by minute

Sporting Covilhã: 61-75 (5 goals). União Santarém: 31-45+ (7 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Liga 3: 2.23 goals per match, BTTS 49%, Over 2.5 40%.

Head-to-head

1 H2H matches: 0-1-0. Average goals 2.00, BTTS 100%.

Half-by-half

0 : 1
1st half
1 : 0
2nd half

Match statistics

58Possession (%)42
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
2Shots4
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
3Shots on target2
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
0.7xG0.63
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
11Corners2
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
48Dangerous attacks31
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
15Fouls18
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
3Cards2
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
0.82Goals scored / match0.88
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
1.25Goals conceded / match1.06
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
49%Average possession47%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
3.04Shots on target / match3.22
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

7.07Shots per match7.44
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
3.04Shots on target3.22
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
11.6%Shot conversion11.8%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
49%Possession47%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
1xG for1.09
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
1.39xG against1.29
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém

Shooting quality

Sporting Covilhã: BalancedUnião Santarém: Balanced
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
Accuracy (shots on target)43%43%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.140.15
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.270.27

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Sporting Covilhã is 100% better for: last-5 form.

1.6 pts / match - Sporting Covilhã · 0.8 pts / match - União Santarém

Sporting Covilhã
WWLDD
Season result split
25% W36% R39% P
Season (W-D-L)
7-10-11
1.11 pts / match · goal difference -12
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-2-1
1.60 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
3-6-5
Last 5 at home
2-1-2
WLLWD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.2Goals conceded: 1.0xG: 1.13Opponent xG: 1.41BTTS: 80%Over 2.5: 40%
União Santarém
DDDLD
No win in the last 5 matches
Season result split
25% W34% R41% P
Season (W-D-L)
8-11-13
1.09 pts / match · goal difference -6
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-4-1
0.80 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
4-5-7
Last 5 away
0-2-3
LLDDL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.0Goals conceded: 1.2xG: 1.18Opponent xG: 1.55BTTS: 80%Over 2.5: 20%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

União Santarém is 7% better for: goals scored per match.

0.82 goals / match - Sporting Covilhã · 0.88 goals / match - União Santarém

União Santarém is 18% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.25 goals / match - Sporting Covilhã · 1.06 goals / match - União Santarém

Sporting Covilhã scoring profile: strong

Sporting Covilhã scores in 61% of matches (17 of 28 matches), while União Santarém keeps a clean sheet in 22% (7 of 32 matches).

União Santarém scoring profile: strong

União Santarém scores in 63% of matches (20 of 32 matches), while Sporting Covilhã keeps a clean sheet in 21% (6 of 28 matches).

23Goals scored (season)28
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
35Goals conceded (season)34
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
2.07Average goals in match1.94
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
6Goals scored (last 5)5
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
5Goals conceded (last 5)6
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém

How often they score at least...

61%1 goal63%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
18%2 goals22%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
4%3 goals3%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
0%4 goals0%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém

How often they concede at least...

79%1 goal78%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
32%2 goals22%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
11%3 goals6%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
4%4 goals0%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

50%
Sporting Covilhã - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.14 of 28 matches
50%
União Santarém - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.16 of 32 matches
49%
League average

Goal patterns

7%BTTS at half-time13%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
0%BTTS in both halves0%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
14%Scored in both halves13%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém

BTTS and goal count

25%Min. 3 goals and BTTS28%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
11%Min. 3 goals without BTTS3%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
80%BTTS - last 580%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

Full match - team comparison (Over)

1st half

64%Min. 1 goal before half-time56%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
21%Min. 2 goals before half-time19%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
0%Min. 3 goals before half-time9%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém

2nd half

75%Min. 1 goal after half-time81%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
39%Min. 2 goals after half-time25%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
7%Min. 3 goals after half-time3%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

União Santarém is 11% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.18 pts / match - Sporting Covilhã · 1.31 pts / match - União Santarém

Sporting Covilhã - half-time state
25% leading43% draw32% trailing
União Santarém - half-time state
28% leading47% draw25% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.18Points per match (1st half)1.31
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
0.36Goals scored (1st half)0.41
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
0.5Goals conceded (1st half)0.44
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
0.86Average goals (1st half)0.84
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
61%Clean sheet before half-time66%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
68%No goal before half-time66%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém

After half-time (2nd half)

1.07Points per match (2nd half)1.09
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
0.46Goals scored (2nd half)0.47
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
0.75Goals conceded (2nd half)0.63
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
1.21Average goals (2nd half)1.09
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
43%Clean sheet after half-time41%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém
57%No goal after half-time59%
Sporting CovilhãUnião Santarém

Sporting Covilhã - second-half results

21% W43% R36% P
33
Half-time points
10
Half-time goals
-4
Goal difference (1st half)
30
Second-half points
-8
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.18
PPG before half-time
Lead holding100%

Leads at half-time in 25% of matches and wins 25%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.3

Concedes 0.3 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

União Santarém - second-half results

25% W34% R41% P
42
Half-time points
13
Half-time goals
-1
Goal difference (1st half)
35
Second-half points
-5
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.31
PPG before half-time
Lead holding89%

Leads at half-time in 28% of matches and wins 25%. Usually protects the lead until full-time.

Defence after half-time+0.2

Concedes 0.2 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Sporting Covilhã - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.401.40
Goals scored / match0.40.8
Goals conceded / match0.40.6
Average goals in match0.81.4
1 goal80%80%
2 goals0%60%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet60%40%
No goal60%20%
Goal difference0+1
Half-time: 40% leading - 20% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 80% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 2
União Santarém - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.001.40
Goals scored / match0.60.4
Goals conceded / match0.80.4
Average goals in match1.40.8
1 goal80%80%
2 goals40%0%
3 goals20%0%
Clean sheet40%60%
No goal40%60%
Goal difference-10
Half-time: 20% leading - 40% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 20% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 3

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Sporting Covilhã
ScoredConceded
3
6
0-15
4
3
16-30
3
5
31-45
3
3
46-60
5
7
61-75
5
11
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 61-75 (5 goli). Concedes most in 76-90 (11). Late-goal balance (76-90): -6 - late phases are a weakness.

União Santarém
ScoredConceded
6
3
0-15
0
5
16-30
7
6
31-45
7
4
46-60
4
5
61-75
4
11
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (7 goli). Concedes most in 76-90 (11). Late-goal balance (76-90): -7 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.00
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
0.9 : 1.1
Estimated goal split
home : away
90%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
50%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
0%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
38%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
15%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 7 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Sporting Covilhã

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.39
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.04
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+5.7 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.18
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.14
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
69%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
120%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.49
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
22% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 13% come in the first quarter-hour.
22%

União Santarém

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.20
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.02
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-3.8 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.21
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.23
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
85%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
89%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.29
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
14% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 21% come in the first quarter-hour.
14%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Liga 3).

Teams vs league

Sporting CovilhãLigaUnião Santarém
Average goals in match 2.072.23 1.94
Both teams scored 50%49% 50%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 36%40% 31%
Clean sheets 21%31% 22%
Goal before half-time 64%66% 56%
Goal after half-time 75%74% 81%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.23
Average goals per match
49%
Both teams scored
40%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
31%
Clean sheets
1.19
Home goals / match
1.04
Away goals / match
+14%
Home attack advantage
+13%
Home defence advantage
+11%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
66%
1 goal
27%
2 goals
8%
3 goals
1%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
74%
1 goal
33%
2 goals
11%
3 goals
2%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Previous meeting: Sporting Covilhã 0 - 1 - 0 União Santarém. Average goals 2.00, both teams scored in 100% matches.

UD Santarém
1 : 1
SC Covilhã

FAQ

What was the result of Sporting Covilhã vs União Santarém?

The Liga 3 match finished Sporting Covilhã 1:1 União Santarém. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Sporting Covilhã vs União Santarém?

Sporting Covilhã score 0.82 goals per game on average and União Santarém 0.88. The Liga 3 average is 2.23 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 40% of games. Both teams score in 50% of Sporting Covilhã's matches and 50% of União Santarém's.

What form are Sporting Covilhã and União Santarém in?

Over the last 5 games Sporting Covilhã have a 2-2-1 record (1.60 points per game) and União Santarém 0-4-1 (0.80 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Sporting Covilhã vs União Santarém?

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