2. Division: Group A match preview: União Madeira versus Cerveira

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Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group A
Date: Sun 12.January
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. União Madeira are in the 11th position while the guests worry at 17th.

União Madeira and Cerveira 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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Cerveira have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 3-3-9 (win-draw-loss) from 15 matches.

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União Madeira form and stats

2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what União Madeira have to build on here in the 2. Division: Group A.

União Madeira are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for União Madeira, who won 1-0 against Montalegre (placed 8th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Braganca and winning 3-0.

União Madeira have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. União Madeira's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cerveira form and stats

Cerveira have only collected 5 points from their away games in the 2. Division: Group A, after 1-2-4 (7 played).

Cerveira are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Oliveirense (placed 15th). A 2-5 loss hosting Chaves II before that.

It looked so good for Cerveira vs Oliveirense, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

Cerveira find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Cerveira are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 8 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

União Madeira missing players

Cerveira missing players

União Madeira Cerveira
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 2 7 15
6 2 1 Won W 1 1 2
2 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
8 3 0 Lost L 0 4 9
17 6 1 Scored S 4 8 14
33 9 0 Conceded C 2 19 33
94% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
75% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
62% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 71% 60%
50% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 57% 33%
25% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 20%
38% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 53%
31% 43% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 20%
38% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 33%
 
3.4 4 2 Corners For (avg) C F 2 2.7 2.7
5.5 6.4 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 16 10 7
2.2 2.8 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 3.3
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
66 40 7 Total Shots T S 7 28 44
19 9 4 Shots on Target S O 3 11 17
58% 44% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 36% 47%
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 (2)
  • Cerveira has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Cerveira has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3)
  • Cerveira has the most conceded goals in the first half (16)
  • 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.

  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 1 3 35 9 7 6 1 0 20 3 9 6 0 3 15 6 26 37
2 Sporting Braga II 16 11 2 3 33 13 8 7 1 0 20 3 8 4 1 3 13 10 20 35
3 Fafe 16 10 2 4 23 12 8 7 0 1 16 6 8 3 2 3 7 6 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 Merelinense 16 9 3 4 27 20 8 7 0 1 14 5 8 2 3 3 13 15 7 30
6 Maria da Fonte 16 7 7 2 32 16 8 4 2 2 21 9 8 3 5 0 11 7 16 28
7 Berço 16 6 5 5 27 22 6 3 3 0 13 6 10 3 2 5 14 16 5 23
8 Montalegre 16 6 4 6 26 23 8 4 2 2 15 9 8 2 2 4 11 14 3 22
9 AR Sao Martinho 16 6 5 5 24 19 9 3 3 3 15 13 7 3 2 2 9 6 5 20
10 Marítimo II 16 4 8 4 20 21 8 3 4 1 13 12 8 1 4 3 7 9 -1 20
11 União 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 5 7 15 26 9 3 3 3 8 12 7 1 2 4 7 14 -11 17
14 Chaves II 16 3 7 6 27 25 7 2 2 3 14 10 9 1 5 3 13 15 2 16
15 Oliveirense 16 2 6 8 16 26 8 1 5 2 9 9 8 1 1 6 7 17 -10 12
16 Braganca 15 2 5 8 12 21 8 1 3 4 8 13 7 1 2 4 4 8 -9 11
17 Cerveira 15 2 4 9 14 33 8 1 2 5 6 14 7 1 2 4 8 19 -19 10
18 Camara de Lobos 16 2 2 12 10 43 9 1 1 7 7 20 7 1 1 5 3 23 -33 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.