The league table is allowed to rest as Juventude and América RN battle for Copa do Brasil honors in this first 3rd Round leg of two fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Juventude nor América RN 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.
Juventude form and stats
Action has already taken place for Juventude in Copa do Brasil as they have defeated XV de Piracicaba and Coruripe to reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Juventude's Copa do Brasil journey ended in the 8th finals against Gremio.G. Aires was the last player to score a league goal for Juventude and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Juventude haven't scored in 281 minutes.
The Juventude fans got no joy from their last match, a Gaucho 1 game also here at Estádio Alfredo Jaconi: A 0-1 defeat against EC Sao Jose. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Gremio (0-3).
There will be little rest for Juventude after this match as they are travelling to Aimore for a Gaucho 1 game in only three days.
América RN form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sao Luiz and Ríver in order to reach 3rd Round of Copa do Brasil. América RN was sent out of Copa do Brasil in the 2nd round last season.América RN lost away at Frei Paulistano (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Before that, América RN travelled to ASSU and returned home with a draw after the Potiguar game finished 1-1.
After this away game América RN return home for a Copa do Nordeste game against Bahia. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's five Juventude victories, zero draws and one América RN win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 T. Pereira da Silva 10 goals | F. de Andrade Sousa 4 goals | W. Freitas da Silva 4 goals |
Juventude missing players
América RN missing players
| Juventude | América RN | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 21 | 53 | ||
| 25 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 250 | 153 | Total Shots | T S | 161 | 286 | ||
| 91 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 69 | 125 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | ||