Struggling Cerveira will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sporting Braga II in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Sporting Braga II's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Sporting Braga II have performed like this: Played four matches resulting in 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat with the goal stats 11-4 (scored/conceded).
Cerveira form and stats
Cerveira's results here in the 2. Division: Group A have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Ahead of that match, Cerveira lost 1-3 at home to Merelinense.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Cerveira has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded.
Sporting Braga II form and stats
4-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting Braga II in their 2. Division: Group A matches away. It's a growing despair in Sporting Braga II as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Sporting Braga II failed to get anything from their last game, a 2. Division: Group A home match vs Vitória Guimarães II (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 2-3. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fafe wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
Sporting Braga II has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. Sporting Braga II have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sporting Braga II - Cerveira 5-0.Cerveira missing players
Sporting Braga II missing players
| Cerveira | Sporting Braga II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 42 |
| 47 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 23 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 86% |
| 67% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 43% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 38% |
| 19% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 57% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 48% |
| 19% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 38% |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 14% |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 7.2 | 6.4 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 92 | 41 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 70 | 150 |
| 34 | 13 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 27 | 64 |
| 38% | 54% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 48% | 50% |
- Cerveira has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
- 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.
- Sporting Braga II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 33 | 48 |
| 2 | Fafe | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 42 |
| 3 | Vitória Guimarães II | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 41 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga II | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 39 |
| 5 | Merelinense | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 36 |
| 6 | AR São Martinho | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 34 |
| 7 | Maria da Fonte | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 32 |
| 8 | Montalegre | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 32 |
| 9 | Berço | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 30 |
| 10 | Maritimo II | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Chaves II | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 28 |
| 12 | União Madeira | 21 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 28 | -13 | 28 |
| 13 | Mirandela | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Pedras Salgadas | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | -22 | 18 |
| 15 | Cerveira | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -24 | 17 |
| 16 | Braganca | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 15 |
| 17 | Oliveirense | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 15 |
| 18 | Câmara de Lobos | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 43 | -54 | 8 |