This is the 2. Division: Group A season opener for these crews, whom at last are battling for points again. Will Merelinense or Vilaverdense get that crucial first victory?
Merelinense form and stats
Last season, Merelinense's league results were 15 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, producing 2nd position in the 2. Division: Group A. In these 22 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 13. Performing at home in the former season Merelinense delivered 9-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 4 conceded.
Vilaverdense form and stats
Let's have a look at how Vilaverdense performed last season in the 2. Division: Group A: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 7 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 10/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Merelinense three wins, seven draws and Vilaverdense zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Merelinense missing players
Vilaverdense missing players
| Merelinense | Vilaverdense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Merelinense | Last season | Vilaverdense | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 13 | 30 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 55% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 45% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 9% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 32% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 45% | ||
| 59% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 27% | ||
| 18% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 36% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11.9 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 5% | 24% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Camacha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Camara de Lobos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Forjães SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Maria da Fonte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Marítimo II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Merelinense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Os Limianos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Pedras Salgadas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | União Madeira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Vianense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Vilaverdense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |