Football match preview: Merelinense vs Os Limianos

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Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group A
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio João Soares Vieira (5000 seats)

This looks to be another absorbing meeting at Estádio João Soares Vieira in the 2. Division: Group A. Merelinense is in 5th place and welcome Os Limianos in 4th position. Read all about the fixture here!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Merelinense form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first 2. Division: Group A game of the season here at Estádio João Soares Vieira. Last season these fans witnessed 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses from Merelinense's 11 home games.

A strong away win for Merelinense against Valenciano the last match. A goal frenzy last time out for Merelinense, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Valenciano. Fun stuff to watch!

A strong away win before that one, visiting Camara de Lobos and winning 4-0.

Early season league goal statistics from Merelinense's 1 home game: 1 goal, 3 conceded.

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Os Limianos form and stats

Let's have a look at how Os Limianos performed last season in the 2. Division: Group A: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 6 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 17 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 11/22 goals scored/conceded.

Limianos are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Taça De Portugal against Montalegre.

A home win before that, celebrating 8-1 vs Uniao Madeira.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Merelinense one win, four draws and Os Limianos one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MerelinenseJ. Marques Postiga
J. Marques Postiga
2 goals
Os LimianosR. Faria Magalhães
R. Faria Magalhães
2 goals
MerelinenseN. Martins Pedroso
N. Martins Pedroso
1 goals

Merelinense missing players

Os Limianos missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Merelinense Os Limianos
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 1 0 Scored S 0 0 8
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
7 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
5 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
4 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
25% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Merelinense Last season Os Limianos
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   17 34
15 9   Won W   5 10
3 2   Drew D   3 7
4 0   Lost L   9 17
34 20   Scored S   14 31
13 4   Conceded C   33 52
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 85%
55% 55%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 71%
32% 18%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 47%
18% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 21%
9% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 18%
32% 27%   BTTS BTTS   35% 35%
59% 73%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 35%
18% 9%   Failed to Score F T   53% 44%
 
5.6 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   1.9 3.1
4.2 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 3.6
1.6 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.6
1 0   Red cards R C   0 2
 
11.9 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   4.7 4.3
5.4 6.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 2.1
28% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   46% 55%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Marítimo II 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 6
2 Vilaverdense 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
3 Forjães SC 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 4
4 Os Limianos 1 1 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
5 Merelinense 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 3
6 Camacha 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
7 Maria da Fonte 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
8 Pedras Salgadas 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
9 Camara de Lobos 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
10 Vianense 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
11 Uniao Madeira 1 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 -7 0
Last season 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 22 17 4 1 61 12 11 9 2 0 37 6 11 8 2 1 24 6 49 55
2 Merelinense 22 15 3 4 34 13 11 9 2 0 20 4 11 6 1 4 14 9 21 48
3 Montalegre 22 10 8 4 36 24 11 6 4 1 22 11 11 4 4 3 14 13 12 38
4 Mirandela 22 9 8 5 24 16 11 4 3 4 13 10 11 5 5 1 11 6 8 35
5 Maria da Fonte 22 9 5 8 30 29 11 6 3 2 16 13 11 3 2 6 14 16 1 32
6 Vianense 22 9 5 8 26 28 11 5 2 4 15 14 11 4 3 4 11 14 -2 32
7 Vilaverdense 22 7 7 8 28 30 11 3 3 5 18 17 11 4 4 3 10 13 -2 28
8 Pedras Salgadas 22 6 8 8 19 23 11 4 4 3 8 9 11 2 4 5 11 14 -4 26
9 Vidago 22 6 5 11 27 36 11 4 3 4 14 13 11 2 2 7 13 23 -9 23
10 Braganca 22 4 8 10 16 25 11 2 4 5 7 11 11 2 4 5 9 14 -9 20
11 Cerveira 22 3 6 13 11 27 11 2 3 6 4 10 11 1 3 7 7 17 -16 15
12 Aguia FC Vimioso 22 1 5 16 12 61 11 0 3 8 5 27 11 1 2 8 7 34 -49 8
Last season 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 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 Sao 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 Mirandes 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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Marítimo II 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 6
2 Vilaverdense 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
3 Forjães SC 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 4
4 Os Limianos 1 1 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
5 Merelinense 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 3
6 Camacha 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
7 Maria da Fonte 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
8 Pedras Salgadas 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
9 Camara de Lobos 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
10 Vianense 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
11 Uniao Madeira 1 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 -7 0

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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.