The visiting Merelinense side should be favourites in this visit to Oliveirense, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
Oliveirense 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.
Oliveirense form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 2. Division: Group A this season. Oliveirense have only managed 1 win, 5 draws and 2 losses from their games here. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
A good away victory last time out for Oliveirense, who won 2-0 against Camara de Lobos (placed 18th). Before that, Oliveirense drew at home versus Cerveira.
Oliveirense are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. Oliveirense's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Merelinense form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Division: Group A. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Merelinense are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
There were no winners in Merelinense's previous match, a 2. Division: Group A home game that ended 2-2 vs Vizela (placed 1st). Prior to that match, the Merelinense manager Orlando Costa faced defeat when travelling to Fafe and losing 0-1.
Merelinense are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Merelinense have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Oliveirense 2 wins, 2 draws and Merelinense 2 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Oliveirense missing players
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| Oliveirense | Merelinense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 28 |
| 26 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 22 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 31% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 | 69 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 25 | 58 |
| 48 | 27 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| 23% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 46% |
- Merelinense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Oliveirense have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Vizela | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 27 | 38 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga II | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 35 |
| 3 | Fafe | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Vitoria Guimaraes II | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Maria da Fonte | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| 6 | Merelinense | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Berco | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | AR São Martinho | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 9 | Montalegre | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | Maritimo II | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Uniao Madeira | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 24 | -16 | 20 |
| 12 | Mirandela | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | Pedras Salgadas | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Chaves II | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Bragança | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Oliveirense | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 12 |
| 17 | Cerveira | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -19 | 11 |
| 18 | Camara de Lobos | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 23 | -33 | 8 |