The league table is allowed to rest as EC São José and Atlético GO battle for Copa do Brasil honors in this first 3rd Round leg of two fixtures.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Atlético GO have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
EC São José form and stats
EC São José have reached this Copa do Brasil stage through battling and winning against Chapecoense and Caucaia. José participated in Copa do Brasil the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Perfect Serie C season at home so far for EC São José 2 wins from 2 appearances. On the other hand, in the Copa do Brasil, EC São José has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.
The José supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Brusque in Serie C and win 1-0. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tombense (0-4).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie C game versus Volta Redonda in only three days. This game is also played here.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the EC São José at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Atlético GO form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Santa Cruz and Uniao Rondonopolis in order to reach 3rd Round of Copa do Brasil. Atlético's mission in Copa do Brasil last season failed in the 3rd round against Santos.No Serie A points yet away for Atlético GO, from their first 2 matches. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa do Brasil stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away. Atlético seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The attacking players of Atlético GO have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 257 minutes.
There might be some fixture complaints from Atlético as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Serie A match against Goiás (0-2). It was a Serie A defeat before that one as the away game against Internacional wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
A quick return to home after this game, as Atlético GO are hosting Ceará in the Serie A only three days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Atlético GO has managed 0 goals and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Atlético GO - José 2-0.Top Goalscorers
  G. Vertuoso 3 goals | F. Rampi 2 goals |  J. de Moura Xavier 2 goals |
EC São José missing players
Atlético GO missing players
| EC São José | Atlético GO | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 44 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Conceded | C | 11 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 5.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 221 | 126 | Total Shots | T S | 146 | 344 | ||
| 77 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 117 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Volta Redonda | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Brusque | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | EC São José | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 4 | Criciuma | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Ituano | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Ypiranga Erechim | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Tombense | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Londrina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 9 | Boa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Sao Bento | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | São Paulo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Grêmio | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Santos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Bahia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Athletico PR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Flamengo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Goiás | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Fortaleza | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 17 | Atlético GO | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 18 | Sport Recife | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Ceará | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 3 |