Merelinense fights Mirandela in 2. Division: Group A battle

Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group A
Date: Sun 24.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Merelinense will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Mirandela.

Merelinense and Mirandela 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.

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Merelinense form and stats

The story so far for Merelinense at their home stadium is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Merelinense drew their last game, also a home match. Pedras Salgadas (placed 10th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Before that, Merelinense played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Cacadores das Taipas.

Merelinense are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 11 goals in 11 matches. Merelinense have only conceded 10 in these games.

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Mirandela form and stats

As the visiting team Mirandela have produced an overall stat of 4-3-3 so far. Mirandela has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The manager Rui Borges was unhappy after their last game, a 2. Division: Group A match played at their home ground. Mirandela suffered a 0-3 loss to Vizela (placed 1st). A 0-2 defeat away at Os Limianos before that.

Mirandela has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 17 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Mirandela have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Mirandela - Merelinense 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Merelinense 4 wins, 1 draw and Mirandela 3 victories.

Top Goalscorers

Adílio Varela
8 goals
Fausto Lourenço
6 goals
Fábio Pimenta
4 goals

Merelinense missing players

Mirandela missing players

Merelinense Mirandela
Total Home Statistic Away Total
26 13 Played 14 26
73% 69% Over 0.5 100% 96%
62% 54% Over 1.5 71% 73%
50% 46% Over 2.5 64% 58%
35% 23% Over 3.5 36% 38%
12% 8% Over 4.5 7% 12%
50% 46% Both teams to score 36% 46%
35% 46% Clean Sheet 50% 35%
42% 38% Failed To Score 14% 23%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Vizela 20 15 4 1 54 7 12 8 3 1 29 7 10 7 2 1 25 1 47 49
2 Trofense 21 15 4 2 41 15 10 7 1 2 21 7 12 8 3 1 21 12 26 49
3 Fafe 21 14 4 3 33 16 11 8 1 2 20 8 11 6 3 2 14 10 17 46
4 Felgueiras 1932 21 13 2 6 32 19 12 6 1 5 21 14 10 8 1 1 12 5 13 41
5 Mirandela 21 12 4 5 40 22 12 9 1 2 25 9 10 4 3 3 17 14 18 40
6 AR São Martinho 21 11 7 3 33 18 11 7 4 0 26 11 11 5 3 3 11 9 15 40
7 Chaves II 20 9 6 5 35 23 10 6 2 2 23 9 11 3 4 4 13 20 12 33
8 Montalegre 21 7 7 7 24 29 11 2 6 3 8 11 11 5 1 5 18 21 -5 28
9 Merelinense 21 6 9 6 26 28 11 3 5 3 11 10 11 3 5 3 15 18 -2 27
10 Pedras Salgadas 21 7 2 12 25 38 12 5 1 6 18 19 10 2 1 7 7 23 -13 23
11 Maria da Fonte 21 6 5 10 25 34 11 1 3 7 11 20 11 5 2 4 16 17 -9 23
12 Torcatense 21 5 4 12 19 39 11 2 1 8 13 20 11 3 3 5 7 21 -20 19
13 Os Limianos 21 4 6 11 17 31 11 1 4 6 6 11 11 3 2 6 11 22 -14 18
14 Oliveirense 20 5 2 13 23 47 11 3 0 8 12 30 11 2 2 7 11 20 -24 17
15 Cacadores das Taipas 19 4 5 10 20 29 10 3 3 4 14 15 11 2 2 7 7 17 -9 17
16 Vilaverdense 21 3 2 16 18 50 10 2 2 6 8 19 12 1 0 11 10 33 -32 11
17 Mirandés 21 2 4 15 13 32 10 2 2 6 6 12 12 0 2 10 7 23 -19 10
18 Gil Vicente 2 0 1 1 1 2 11 9 1 1 26 6 11 5 2 4 16 12 -1 1

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