It's early days in the 2. Division: Group A and both Cerveira and Bragança are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
0-1-3 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Bragança when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those four matches are 5-11 (scored/conceded).
Cerveira form and stats
Cerveira are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two 2. Division: Group A games here at Estádio Municipal Rafael Pedreira.
In their previous game, the manager R. Fernandes Antunes led his Cerveira to a defeat in the 2. Division: Group A match away at Vilaverdense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Municipal Rafael Pedreira.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cerveira at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Bragança form and stats
Things could have gone better for Bragança in their 2. Division: Group A away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
The attacking players of Bragança have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 183 minutes.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Mirandela.
It's early days yet, but Bragança has scored 2 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Cerveira, two draws and zero wins for Bragança. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  Diogo Carrilho 1 goals | D. Miranda Ribeiro Novo 1 goals |  J. Leite Jesus 1 goals |
Cerveira missing players
Bragança missing players
| Cerveira | Bragança | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 17 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 200% | 67% |
- All of Bragança's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Bragança have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cerveira have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Cerveira have yet to win a game at home.
| Cerveira | Last season | Bragança | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | ||
| 58 | 27 | Conceded | C | 16 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 60% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 48% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 122 | 47 | Total Shots | T S | 68 | 80 | ||
| 47 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 29 | ||
| 40% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 52% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Braga II | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
| 2 | Mirandela | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Merelinense | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Montalegre | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Vidago | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Vilaverdense | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Maria da Fonte | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 8 | Cerveira | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Bragança | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 10 | Vianense | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | Pedras Salgadas | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Aguia FC Vimioso | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 2 |