Serie A: High-level versus second-rate, at least that's what the table says. Palmeiras - Goiás. Home win or a shock?
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Goiás haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Goiás, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Palmeiras form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Allianz Parque as Palmeiras have scored 18 goals to get 23 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 7-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Palmeiras, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
The Palmeiras goalkeeper Weverton Pereira da Silva is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 391 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.
The Palmeiras coach Ferreira and his pawns return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Corinthians (placed 13th). Midfield player Veiga got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Veiga hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 35 successful passes (of 39 total).
Previously, the Copa Libertadores-match at home against Deportivo Pereira that ended 0-0. A negative surprise, as the club were solid pre-match favourites. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Palmeiras home games with this odds we find 15 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 13 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 8 matches were won by at least two goals.
A decent goal production from Palmeiras in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. Palmeiras are not conceding a lot of goals here at Allianz Parque in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Goiás form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Goiás so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose). The last three matches for Goiás have all ended in a draw.
Goiás delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Internacional (placed 14th) in their previous fixture. Allano, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.72. Allano hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, Goiás travelled to Corinthians and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Goiás played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 3 times.
Lacking goals? 10 of this side's latest 12 league rounds have had two or less goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Goiás as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Goiás have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought before this season: Goiás - Palmeiras 0-5. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Palmeiras wins - draws - Goiás wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 9 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Cavalcante Veiga 7 goals |  A. Guimarães 5 goals |  R. da Silva Barbosa 4 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Goiás missing players
| Palmeiras | Goiás | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 37 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 68% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 64% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 32% |
| 32% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 55% | 70% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 45% |
| 36% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 23% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 36% | 36% |
| 6.5 | 8.1 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7.9 | 6.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 15.5 | 17.7 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12.5 | 13.5 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 32% | 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 11.3 | 8.5 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.5 | 18.1 | 15.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
- Goiás haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Palmeiras have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Palmeiras have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Palmeiras haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Grêmio | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | Cuiabá | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 14 | Internacional | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Goiás | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 25 |
| 16 | Bahia | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | Santos | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 21 | -15 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | América Mineiro | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -21 | 16 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 14 |
