Montalegre vs Mirandela preview: Guests in for a gruelling task at Estádio Dr. Diogo Alves Vaz Pereira

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Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group A
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dr. Diogo Alves Vaz Pereira (5000 seats)

League round two of the 2. Division: Group A campaign and the participants have learned from the first fixture. Here's our Montalegre - Mirandela pre-match guide:

This looks to be an engaging match with lots of action and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Montalegre form and stats

It's back home for Montalegre, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Dumiense away with the result 2-1. Reis (2) found the net in that victory.

Preceding that match was the home Liga 3 game against Varzim that was lost 0-1.

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Mirandela form and stats

Let's have a look at how Mirandela performed last season in the 2. Division: Group A: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 6 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded {33 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 11/20 goals scored/conceded.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Mirandela goalkeeper Angelo Rafael Costa Pires is eager to challenge this, with his 193 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from Machado and Goudelis secured the home win 2-0 against Brito in their previous game.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Maria da Fonte.

Head 2 Head

Montalegre-Mirandela H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Montalegre two wins, Mirandela four wins, four draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

MontalegreA. Xavier Vieira Reis
A. Xavier Vieira Reis
2 goals
MirandelaG. Goudelis
G. Goudelis
1 goals
MirandelaA. Anjos Machado
A. Anjos Machado
1 goals

Montalegre missing players

Mirandela missing players

Montalegre Mirandela
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 15
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 10
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 20%
 
15 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Montalegre Last season Mirandela
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   3 6
7 4   Won W   0 1
6 4   Drew D   1 3
15 6   Lost L   2 2
31 14   Scored S   0 2
41 16   Conceded C   2 3
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   67% 67%
71% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   0% 17%
54% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 0%
21% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 0%
7% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
57% 43%   BTTS BTTS   0% 17%
25% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 50%
21% 29%   Failed to Score F T   100% 67%
 
5.4 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   2 2
5.4 6.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 3.5
3.6 3.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 3
8 5   Red cards R C   1 1
 
8.2 10   Shots (avg) S (   13 13
3.6 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.5
31% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
10.2 9   Shots against (avg) S A   7 7
4.7 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   1.5 1.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pevidem 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
2 Tirsense 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 3
3 Mirandela 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Montalegre 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Camacha 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Portosantense 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Os Limianos 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Vila Real 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Dumiense 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Vilar de Perdizes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Ribeirao 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Marítimo II 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 0
13 Brito 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
14 Sandinenses 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

Read more about 2. Division: Group A

The Campeonato de Portugal is the third-level football league in Portugal. It currently has four divisions based on geographic criteria. Each division has 18 teams who play each other home and away to decide a final league table. The top eight teams in total (two from each division) play a playoff to decide promotion.