Cerveira vs Bragança betting preview

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Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group A
Date: Sun 05.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the 2. Division: Group A, Cerveira holding 16th place and Bragança lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Bragança's home stadium. The visitors last four games on artificial turf have ended in 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses.

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Cerveira form and stats

Cerveira's struggle is real here with only 5 points collected from 8 2. Division: Group A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-5. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Cerveira, their manager Francisco Tobias and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The home team returns after sharing the points with Oliveirense (placed 17th) on their last time out; the 2. Division: Group A game ended 2-2. Preceding that match was a defeat to Chaves II (2-5).

A case of two points dropped for Cerveira in the Oliveirense match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

Cerveira have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cerveira defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Bragança form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bragança so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Bragança are desperate to end a twelve-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Câmara de Lobos fixture. Bragança has drawn their two previous away games.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 2. Division: Group A home defeat versus União Madeira with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Vitória Guimarães II.

Bragança did not look prepared in the first half against União Madeira and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bragança as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. Bragança have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Cerveira, 1 draw and 0 wins for Bragança. Over 2,5 goals: 0 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

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Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 3 Played P 4 7 15
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 2
4 2 0 Drew D 2 2 5
9 5 3 Lost L 1 4 8
14 6 3 Scored S 2 4 12
33 14 8 Conceded C 2 8 21
93% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 80%
80% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 43% 60%
60% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 47%
33% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 20%
20% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
53% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 29% 47%
20% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 27%
33% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 57% 47%
 
2.7 2.7 3 Corners For (avg) C F 6.3 5.4 5.1
7 4 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.7 5.6 5.3
3.3 4 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.8 3.3
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
44 16 5 Total Shots T S 40 51 63
17 6 2 Shots on Target S O 14 21 25
47% 67% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 19% 24%
Key stats in 2. Division: Group A this season:
  • Bragança has the most dropped points from leading position (11)
  • Bragança is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Cerveira has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Cerveira has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2)
  • Cerveira has the most conceded goals in the first half (16)
  • Cerveira have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Cerveira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vizela 15 12 1 2 35 8 7 6 1 0 20 3 8 6 0 2 15 5 27 37
2 Sporting Braga II 15 10 2 3 31 12 8 7 1 0 20 3 7 3 1 3 11 9 19 32
3 Fafe 15 10 2 3 23 11 8 7 0 1 16 6 7 3 2 2 7 5 12 32
4 Vitória Guimarães II 15 9 2 4 27 16 8 6 1 1 16 7 7 3 1 3 11 9 11 29
5 Maria da Fonte 15 7 7 1 31 14 7 4 2 1 20 7 8 3 5 0 11 7 17 28
6 Merelinense 15 8 3 4 26 20 7 6 0 1 13 5 8 2 3 3 13 15 6 27
7 Berço 15 6 4 5 26 21 6 3 3 0 13 6 9 3 1 5 13 15 5 22
8 Montalegre 15 6 4 5 26 22 7 4 2 1 15 8 8 2 2 4 11 14 4 22
9 AR São Martinho 15 6 4 5 23 18 8 3 2 3 14 12 7 3 2 2 9 6 5 19
10 Marítimo II 15 3 8 4 19 21 7 2 4 1 12 12 8 1 4 3 7 9 -2 17
11 Mirandela 15 5 2 8 13 20 8 4 1 3 10 7 7 1 1 5 3 13 -7 17
12 União Madeira 15 5 2 8 16 33 7 2 2 3 6 9 8 3 0 5 10 24 -17 17
13 Pedras Salgadas 15 4 4 7 14 25 8 3 2 3 7 11 7 1 2 4 7 14 -11 16
14 Chaves II 15 3 6 6 26 24 7 2 2 3 14 10 8 1 4 3 12 14 2 15
15 Bragança 15 2 5 8 12 21 8 1 3 4 8 13 7 1 2 4 4 8 -9 11
16 Cerveira 15 2 4 9 14 33 8 1 2 5 6 14 7 1 2 4 8 19 -19 10
17 Oliveirense 15 1 6 8 14 26 8 1 5 2 9 9 7 0 1 6 5 17 -12 9
18 Câmara de Lobos 15 2 2 11 10 41 8 1 1 6 7 18 7 1 1 5 3 23 -31 8

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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.