Fafe fights Cerveira in 2. Division: Group A battle

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Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group A
Date: Sun 17.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Municipal Stadium of Fafe (8000 seats)

The league table in 2. Division: Group A tells a story about these teams so far, with Fafe leading Cerveira by 12 points. Match preview to follow:

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 grass, unlike Cerveira's home stadium. The visitors last 13 games on grass have ended in 3 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses.

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Fafe form and stats

Fafe have played 5 2. Division: Group A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Municipal Stadium of Fafe after three straight home wins.

Happy days for Fafe in their previous game, a 2. Division: Group A match away at Câmara de Lobos (placed 17th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Fafe won a home game hosting Uniao Madeira (3-1).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (11 in 5 games), Fafe's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Fafe have conceded 6 goals.

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Cerveira form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the worst goal difference (-13) in 2. Division: Group A, on their 2. Division: Group A travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The supporters enjoyed Cerveira's previous game versus Vitoria Guimaraes II (placed 7th), a 2. Division: Group A 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-6 loss visiting Vizela's place.

Cerveira find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Cerveira's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 15 goals in 5 travels. Cerveira can't defend away. 15 goals have been scored by the opposition in 5 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Fafe, 0 draws and 0 wins for Cerveira. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

Fafe missing players

Cerveira missing players

Fafe Cerveira
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 3 5 10
6 4 2 Won W 0 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 3 3 6
16 11 6 Scored S 2 6 8
9 6 2 Conceded C 13 15 21
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 70%
40% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 60%
30% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 30%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 40% 20%
50% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 40%
40% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 40%
 
6.5 7.5 5.5 Corners For (avg) C F 0 2 2
4.3 4 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 16 16
2.8 2.5 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 4 4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Cerveira's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Fafe's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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.
  • Cerveira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cerveira haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Fafe have created more than twice as many corners as Cerveira.
  • Fafe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fafe haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 10 9 0 1 25 7 4 4 0 0 12 3 6 5 0 1 13 4 18 27
2 Merelinense 10 7 2 1 20 11 5 5 0 0 11 2 5 2 2 1 9 9 9 23
3 Sporting Braga II 10 7 1 2 23 9 5 5 0 0 16 1 5 2 1 2 7 8 14 22
4 Fafe 10 6 2 2 16 9 5 4 0 1 11 6 5 2 2 1 5 3 7 20
5 Maria da Fonte 10 5 4 1 18 9 5 2 2 1 9 4 5 3 2 0 9 5 9 19
6 Montalegre 10 5 2 3 21 16 5 3 1 1 14 8 5 2 1 2 7 8 5 17
7 Vitoria Guimaraes II 10 5 2 3 12 7 5 4 1 0 7 1 5 1 1 3 5 6 5 17
8 Marítimo II 10 3 5 2 14 14 5 2 2 1 10 10 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 14
9 Mirandela 10 4 1 5 9 11 6 3 0 3 6 4 4 1 1 2 3 7 -2 13
10 AR Sao Martinho 10 4 1 5 16 13 5 2 0 3 10 9 5 2 1 2 6 4 3 10
11 Berco 10 2 4 4 15 14 5 2 3 0 11 5 5 0 1 4 4 9 1 10
12 Bragança 10 2 3 5 8 12 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 1 0 4 3 7 -4 9
13 Uniao Madeira 9 2 3 4 10 20 5 1 3 1 6 6 4 1 0 3 4 14 -10 9
14 Pedras Salgadas 10 2 2 6 8 20 5 1 1 3 4 10 5 1 1 3 4 10 -12 8
15 Cerveira 10 2 2 6 8 21 5 1 1 3 2 6 5 1 1 3 6 15 -13 8
16 Oliveirense 10 1 4 5 10 19 5 1 3 1 6 5 5 0 1 4 4 14 -9 7
17 Câmara de Lobos 9 1 2 6 5 16 5 0 1 4 2 8 4 1 1 2 3 8 -11 5
18 Chaves II 10 0 4 6 12 22 4 0 1 3 5 10 6 0 3 3 7 12 -10 4

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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.