Pedras Salgadas vs Cerveira: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group A
Competition: Sun 08.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio da Portelinha (3500 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the 2. Division: Group A, Pedras Salgadas holding 14th place and Cerveira lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Cerveira play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Cerveira when playing on grass are 4 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats from 17 matches. They have scored 17 goals and conceded 41 times in these games.

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Pedras Salgadas form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Division: Group A for Pedras Salgadas at their home stadium (Estádio da Portelinha) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

The home team returns to Estádio da Portelinha after being equal after 90 minutes with Bragança (placed 16th) on their last time out; the 2. Division: Group A game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Oliveirense.

Pedras Salgadas are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 12 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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Cerveira form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cerveira so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 2. Division: Group A home defeat versus Maritimo II with 0-4 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Mirandela with the score of 2-1.

Cerveira lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

Cerveira are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). The opposition has been scoring high and low on Cerveira's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 28 goals in 11 travels.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Cerveira - Pedras Salgadas 0-1, played this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Pedras Salgadas, zero draws and one win for Cerveira. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Pedras Salgadas missing players

Cerveira missing players

Pedras Salgadas Cerveira
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 11 24
5 4 2 Won W 1 3 5
8 3 1 Drew D 1 2 5
11 5 1 Lost L 1 6 14
22 12 6 Scored S 4 14 25
43 18 5 Conceded C 6 28 55
88% 75% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
75% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
54% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 73% 71%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 55% 42%
21% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 17%
54% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 54%
25% 42% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 17%
33% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 33%
 
3.5 4.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.5 3
6.3 6.8 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 7.5 7.6
2.1 1.8 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
152 90 25 Total Shots T S 38 59 106
52 33 10 Shots on Target S O 17 25 40
27% 24% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 32% 38%
Key stats in 2. Division: Group A this season:
  • All of Cerveira's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cerveira has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
  • Cerveira have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Cerveira have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cerveira have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cerveira haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Pedras Salgadas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pedras Salgadas 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 24 18 3 3 63 20 12 9 2 1 36 12 12 9 1 2 27 8 43 57
2 Fafe 24 15 4 5 33 18 12 11 0 1 22 8 12 4 4 4 11 10 15 49
3 Vitória Guimarães II 24 13 6 5 48 27 12 8 3 1 28 9 12 5 3 4 20 18 21 45
4 Sporting Braga II 24 13 4 7 46 25 12 8 1 3 26 10 12 5 3 4 20 15 21 43
5 Merelinense 24 12 6 6 41 30 11 8 1 2 22 12 13 4 5 4 19 18 11 42
6 AR Sao Martinho 24 12 5 7 43 26 13 7 3 3 26 14 11 5 2 4 17 12 17 38
7 Maria da Fonte 24 9 10 5 41 28 11 6 2 3 27 13 13 3 8 2 14 15 13 37
8 Montalegre 24 10 6 8 38 31 12 7 3 2 22 12 12 3 3 6 16 19 7 36
9 Maritimo II 24 9 9 6 41 36 11 5 5 1 17 14 13 4 4 5 24 22 5 36
10 Berço 24 9 6 9 36 33 11 4 4 3 18 13 13 5 2 6 18 20 3 33
11 Chaves II 24 8 7 9 44 38 12 5 3 4 26 17 12 3 4 5 18 21 6 31
12 Mirandela 24 8 6 10 26 32 12 5 3 4 15 12 12 3 3 6 11 20 -6 30
13 União Madeira 24 9 3 12 34 48 12 4 3 5 18 19 12 5 0 7 16 29 -14 30
14 Pedras Salgadas 24 5 8 11 22 43 12 4 3 5 12 18 12 1 5 6 10 25 -21 23
15 Cerveira 24 5 5 14 25 55 13 2 3 8 11 27 11 3 2 6 14 28 -30 20
16 Bragança 24 3 8 13 24 35 13 2 5 6 18 20 11 1 3 7 6 15 -11 17
17 Oliveirense 24 2 10 12 21 41 13 1 9 3 11 17 11 1 1 9 10 24 -20 16
18 Camara de Lobos 24 2 2 20 14 74 12 1 1 10 9 29 12 1 1 10 5 45 -60 8

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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.