The league table is allowed to rest as Palmeiras and Tombense battle for Copa do Brasil honors in this first 3rd Round leg of two fixtures.
The hosts Palmeiras saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Paulista A1. This match was also played here at Allianz Parque. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Tombense have had more rest.
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the Copa do Brasil. Sao Paulo was too strong.A nice win for Palmeiras last time playing, versus Agua Santa. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Menino (2), López and de Sousa scoring for the victors. As mentioned above, Palmeiras "killed" Agua Santa in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Bolivar in the Copa Libertadores. Everyone expects Palmeiras to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 6 games: 5 home wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Palmeiras have won with at least two goals margin 3 times in similar situations.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie A game versus Cuiaba in only three days. This game is also played here at Allianz Parque.
Tombense form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Caucaia and Retro in order to reach 3rd round of Copa do Brasil. Tombense was sent out of Copa do Brasil in the 3rd round last season.Tombense won their last game, 3-2 versus Villa Nova played at home. An amazing comeback from Tombense last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Frizzo scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute. Late drama in the previous game, when Frizzo scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Villa Nova.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Villa Nova at their stadium, the result 2-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Tombense manager Pivetti as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Criciuma.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Tombense have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Palmeiras missing players
Tombense missing players
| Palmeiras | Tombense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 43 | 28 | Scored | S | 14 | 34 | ||
| 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 25 | 38 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 71% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 7.4 | 8.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 16.7 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.6 | ||
| 7.1 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 43% | ||
| 11 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
