2nd position in the 2. Division: Group A table for Merelinense so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Vilaverdense visits Estádio João Soares Vieira.
- Merelinense has the fewest conceded goals (4) in 2. Division: Group A
- Vilaverdense have not yet lost a game away.
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.
Merelinense form and stats
4-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Division: Group A numbers at home for Merelinense, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in 2. Division: Group A, so far this season.
The Merelinense goalkeeper Rui Manuel Castanheira do Rego is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the 2. Division: Group A.
A nice win for Merelinense last time playing, versus Pedras Salgadas. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Luís Ferraz scoring for the victors.
Manager E. Campos Simões felt very clever after Luís Ferraz scored the winning goal against Pedras Salgadas, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 61st minute.
Merelinense have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio João Soares Vieira with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Merelinense have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 0 goals.
Vilaverdense form and stats
1 win, 4 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Vilaverdense playing as the away team in the 2. Division: Group A this season.
A home win before that, celebrating 5-1 vs Aguia FC Vimioso.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Vilaverdense have scored 5 goals in 5 league games away. It's not easy to score on Vilaverdense as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Last nine meetings between the teams: Merelinense won one, Vilaverdense won zero and eight draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. da Costa Miranda 4 goals |  J. Maio Marques 2 goals | M. Marques Costa 2 goals |
Merelinense missing players
Vilaverdense missing players
| Merelinense | Vilaverdense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 78% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 78% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 67% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 78% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.6 | 9.2 | 2.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 11.8 |
| 2.9 | 3.5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 39% | 43% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 45% |
- Merelinense has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in 2. Division: Group A
- Merelinense has the fewest conceded goals (4) in 2. Division: Group A
- Merelinense has the most clean sheets (4) at home in 2. Division: Group A
- Merelinense has the most clean sheets (7) in 2. Division: Group A
- Merelinense have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- Merelinense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Merelinense have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Merelinense have won all their matches at home so far.
- Merelinense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Vilaverdense have not yet lost a game away.
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | Merelinense | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Montalegre | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | Mirandela | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Vilaverdense | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Cerveira | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 7 | Vianense | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 8 | Maria da Fonte | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Vidago | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 10 | Pedras Salgadas | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Bragança | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 5 |
| 12 | Aguia FC Vimioso | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | -18 | 3 |