Perhaps a welcome break from league football as EC São José & Chapecoense face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa do Brasil. All the pre-match information is available here!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
EC São José form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Copa do Brasil for EC São José, as the manager L. Dall'Astra led his troops to eliminate Caucaia, and reach the 2nd Round. EC São José participated in Copa do Brasil the last season, where they reached the 1st round.The EC São José fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. EC São José has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.
EC São José are returning here after visiting Caucaia in a Copa do Brasil game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Alexandre and Márcio Lima scored the goal(s). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Brasil de Pelotas (0-1).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Gaucho 1 game versus Ypiranga Erechim in only three days. This game is also played here.
Chapecoense form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Boavista in order to reach 2nd Round of Copa do Brasil. Chapecoense was sent out of Copa do Brasil in the 4th round last season, when Corinthians turned out to be too strong.Still no away game victory in the Catarinense 1 for Chapecoense with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Chapecoense play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Boavista. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Criciuma.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Catarinense 1 trip to Figueirense.
It's early days yet, but Chapecoense has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Gomes Lourenço 4 goals |   G. Vertuoso 3 goals |
EC São José missing players
Chapecoense missing players
| EC São José | Chapecoense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 10 | 18 | ||
| 25 | 5 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 48% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 253 | 143 | Total Shots | T S | 112 | 303 | ||
| 90 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 93 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 19% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brusque | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Marcilio Dias | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Avai | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Figueirense | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Criciuma | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Joinville | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Juventus SC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Atletico Tubarao | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 9 | Concordia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Chapecoense | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |