Montalegre vs Merelinense: Match guide and preview

Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group A
Date: Sun 14.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dr. Diogo Alves Vaz Pereira (5000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Montalegre in 8th and Merelinense in 9th place.

Montalegre and Merelinense 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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Montalegre form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Montalegre are 2-6-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Montalegre are returning here after visiting Cacadores das Taipas in a 2. Division: Group A game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Montalegre lost 1-2 at home to Vizela.

Montalegre aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Dr. Diogo Alves Vaz Pereira with only 8 goals from 11 games. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Merelinense form and stats

Playing away, Merelinense have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats so far this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 2. Division: Group A home defeat versus Trofense with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Felgueiras 1932 with the score of 2-1.

Merelinense are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Merelinense have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Montalegre and Merelinense have met before this season: Merelinense - Montalegre 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Montalegre won 2 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Merelinense has 3 wins.

Top Goalscorers

Fausto Lourenço
6 goals
Paulo Roberto
5 goals
Rogério Pinto
5 goals

Montalegre missing players

Merelinense missing players

Montalegre Merelinense
Total Home Statistic Away Total
29 14 Played 14 29
37 11 Scored 17 30
39 13 Conceded 20 34
93% 86% Over 0.5 79% 72%
69% 50% Over 1.5 71% 59%
52% 29% Over 2.5 57% 48%
24% 7% Over 3.5 43% 31%
10% 0% Over 4.5 14% 10%
59% 43% Both teams to score 57% 48%
24% 36% Clean Sheet 21% 34%
24% 36% Failed To Score 43% 45%
Key stats this season:
  • Merelinense is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  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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