Experts' prediction: Potiguar Mossoró set to get maximum points from Santa Cruz de Natal RN visit

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Competition: Brazil Potiguar
Competition: Mon 27.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Manoel Dantas Barretto (10000 seats)

Santa Cruz de Natal RN challenge Potiguar Mossoró for prestige and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Santa Cruz de Natal RN have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Potiguar Mossoró have scored more than double the goals of Santa Cruz de Natal RN.

Santa Cruz de Natal RN have less rest than Potiguar Mossoró in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Potiguar game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at America RN.

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Santa Cruz de Natal RN form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Potiguar game of the season here at Estádio Manoel Dantas Barretto. Last season these fans witnessed 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from Santa Cruz de Natal RN's 3 home games.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 288 minutes without scoring a league goal. Baixinho was the last player to find the net.

Santa are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus America RN. As you see from the result above, Santa Cruz de Natal RN suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Heartbreak before that as Santa lost 0-3 at ABC's place.

At Estádio Manoel Dantas Barretto, Santa Cruz de Natal RN has the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Potiguar Mossoró form and stats

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus America RN with 0-2 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs ABC.

Head 2 Head

The latest reported result featuring both these contenders is the Potiguar Mossoró - Santa Cruz de Natal RN 3-1 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Santa victories, two draws and three Potiguar Mossoró wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Santa Cruz de Natal RN missing players

Potiguar Mossoró missing players

Santa Cruz de Natal RN Potiguar Mossoró
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 0 4 10
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
6 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
7 4 0 Scored S 0 3 15
23 7 0 Conceded C 0 6 15
82% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 90%
73% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 80%
55% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 50%
36% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 40%
18% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 20%
36% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 70%
27% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 20%
55% 60% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 20%
 
3.7 2.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.3 4.2
6.7 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.7 3.1
2.1 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 11.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.3 10.2
3.3 4.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.3
18% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 47%
 
14.1 11.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 8.9
6.1 5.2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.7 3.2
Key stats in Potiguar this season:
  • Potiguar Mossoró have scored more than double the goals of Santa Cruz de Natal RN.
  • Santa Cruz de Natal RN have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Santa Cruz de Natal RN have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Santa Cruz de Natal RN have won significantly less 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 America RN 3 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 6
2 ABC 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
3 Potiguar Mossoró 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3
4 Santa Cruz de Natal RN 3 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 -6 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 Floresta 6 2 3 1 11 7 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 0 2 1 5 6 4 9
2 River 6 2 3 1 10 7 3 2 1 0 8 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 9
3 Bragantino PA 6 3 0 3 8 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 1 0 2 4 4 1 9
4 Santa Cruz de Natal RN 6 1 2 3 6 14 3 0 2 1 3 6 3 1 0 2 3 8 -8 5
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 ABC 14 7 5 2 25 6 7 4 2 1 14 4 7 3 3 1 11 2 19 26
2 Itabaiana 14 6 5 3 29 19 7 5 2 0 20 6 7 1 3 3 9 13 10 23
3 Vitoria da Conquista 14 6 4 4 24 21 7 3 2 2 13 12 7 3 2 2 11 9 3 22
4 Central 14 4 9 1 19 10 7 3 4 0 13 5 7 1 5 1 6 5 9 21
5 Coruripe 14 6 3 5 13 17 7 6 0 1 9 3 7 0 3 4 4 14 -4 21
6 Potiguar Mossoró 14 4 7 3 27 24 7 2 5 0 11 8 7 2 2 3 16 16 3 19
7 Frei Paulistano 14 2 5 7 12 15 7 1 3 3 6 6 7 1 2 4 6 9 -3 11
8 Jacyoba 14 0 4 10 17 54 7 0 3 4 11 25 7 0 1 6 6 29 -37 4

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