Struggling Cerveira will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Merelinense in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Cerveira and Merelinense should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Merelinense's home stadium. The visitors last seven games on artificial turf have ended in 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
Cerveira form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 2. Division: Group A this season. Cerveira have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Estádio Municipal Rafael Pedreira.
A good away victory last time out for Cerveira, who won 2-0 against Camara de Lobos (placed 18th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting AR São Martinho in a game that was won 2-1.
Cerveira has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cerveira defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Merelinense form and stats
2-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Merelinense in their 2. Division: Group A matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Merelinense, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 2. Division: Group A home defeat versus União Madeira with 2-4 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Berco that ended 0-0.
As you can tell from the result, the match against União Madeira was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Merelinense find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Merelinense have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Merelinense - Cerveira 2-1, played this season. Cerveira-Merelinense H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Cerveira zero wins, Merelinense two wins, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Cerveira missing players
Merelinense missing players
| Cerveira | Merelinense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| 40 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 26 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 89% |
| 84% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 68% |
| 63% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 58% |
| 37% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 37% |
| 16% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 16% |
| 53% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | 58% |
| 21% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 30% | 37% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 16% |
| 2.9 | 3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 7 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | 26 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 41 | 84 |
| 30 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 12 | 32 |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 44% |
- Cerveira has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
- Cerveira have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Merelinense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Merelinense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 42 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga II | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 39 |
| 3 | Fafe | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 39 |
| 4 | Vitoria Guimaraes II | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | Berco | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Merelinense | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Maria da Fonte | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | AR São Martinho | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| 9 | União Madeira | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 26 | -9 | 28 |
| 10 | Montalegre | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Marítimo II | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 26 |
| 12 | Chaves II | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 22 |
| 13 | Mirandela | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 14 | Pedras Salgadas | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 18 |
| 15 | Cerveira | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -20 | 17 |
| 16 | Oliveirense | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 14 |
| 17 | Braganca | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 12 |
| 18 | Camara de Lobos | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 34 | -45 | 8 |