It's round two of the Mocambola campaign and all to play for. Don't miss our in-depth preview of Matchedje de Mocuba-Ferroviário Nacala!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Matchedje de Mocuba form and stats
The previous season, Matchedje de Mocuba's league statistics were 5 wins, 7 draws and 14 losses, producing 12th position in the Mocambola. In these 26 matches they scored 20 goals and gave away 34. Performing as the home side in the last season Matchedje de Mocuba delivered 5-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 11 conceded.
Matchedje are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus LD Maputo.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Songo that ended 1-1.Ferroviário Nacala form and stats
Let's have a look at how Ferroviário Nacala performed last season in the Mocambola: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 8 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 10/16 goals scored/conceded.
Ferroviário Nacala might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Ferroviário Nampula proved too strong as Ferroviário Nacala slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans.
Prior to that match, the Ferroviário manager faced defeat when travelling to Ferroviário Nampula and losing 0-2.Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Matchedje de Mocuba zero wins, zero draws and Ferroviário Nacala two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Matchedje de Mocuba missing players
Ferroviário Nacala missing players
| Matchedje de Mocuba | Ferroviário Nacala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matchedje de Mocuba | Last season | Ferroviário Nacala | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 14 | Scored | S | 10 | 24 | ||
| 34 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 85% | ||
| 65% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 65% | ||
| 35% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 42% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 35% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 42% | ||
| 23% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 38% | ||
| 46% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 35% | ||
| 2.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | ||
| 50% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | ||
| 5.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | ||
| 1.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | LD Maputo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Ferroviario Beira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Costa do Sol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ferroviário de Lichinga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ferroviário Nampula | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Songo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ferroviário Maputo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Black Bulls Maputo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | ENH Vilankulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Ferroviário Nacala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Incomáti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Matchedje de Mocuba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Black Bulls Maputo | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 30 | 58 |
| 2 | Ferroviario Beira | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 53 |
| 3 | Songo | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 46 |
| 4 | Ferroviário de Lichinga | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 41 |
| 5 | Costa do Sol | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | ENH Vilankulo | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| 7 | Ferroviário Maputo | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 37 |
| 8 | LD Maputo | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 34 |
| 9 | Ferroviário Nacala | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 32 |
| 10 | Ferroviário Nampula | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 31 |
| 11 | Incomáti | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 12 | Matchedje de Mocuba | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 23 | -14 | 22 |
| 13 | Desportivo Maputo | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 24 | -24 | 17 |
| 14 | Textafrica | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 30 | -28 | 17 |