National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's ABC or Altos that keep their silverware dream alive.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It's no vacation for neither ABC nor Altos as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
ABC form and stats
Action has already taken place for ABC in Copa do Brasil as they have defeated Costa Rica - MS to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, ABC's Copa do Brasil journey ended in the 8th finals.In their previous game, the manager Júnior led his ABC to a defeat away at Potiguar Mossoro. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Maria Lamas Farache.
Prior to that, an away loss at America RN in the Potiguar.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does ABC handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and one defeat.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Potiguar game versus Santa Cruz de Natal RN in only four days. This game is also played here at Estádio Maria Lamas Farache.
Altos form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sport Recife in order to reach 2nd round of Copa do Brasil. They also participated in Copa do Brasil last season. This ended in the 1st round.Altos play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Fluminense PI.
A draw for Altos before that, at their own venue hosting Cori-Sabba (2-2).Altos are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and one defeat. From a total of seven matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Copa do Nordeste trip to CSA.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (ABC wins - draws - Altos wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Maciel Monteiro 10 goals | A. Monteiro Dias 7 goals |  C. Santos da Silva 6 goals |
ABC missing players
Altos missing players
| ABC | Altos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 56 | 33 | Scored | S | 16 | 30 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 14 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.9 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 34% | ||
| 8.1 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 10.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
