Trofense host Pacos Ferreira for the second round of the Portuguese League Cup. The first matchday saw Trofense getting easily beaten by Braga, while Pacos drew with Casa Pia. For the hosts, it was their fourth defeat on the spin, having conceded ten goals during that poor run. What is more, Trofense have now failed to win in their last eight games, boasting just two victories in their last fifteen. If you were expecting things to get better on home soil, Trofense’s six consecutive home losses indicate otherwise. They have lost both of their previous two home meetings against Pacos Ferreira.
With regards to the visitors, the only positive of their draw against Casa Pia is that they managed to halt a six game losing streak. Overall, they are performing even worse than their hosts, now winless in their last sixteen games. To put that into perspective, Pacos have still not won in this campaign, with the last time they tasted victory being a friendly win against Santa Clara in July. Their away form is imaginably as poor, with Pacos Ferreira being winless in their last nine encounters on the road, failing to score in six of those.