Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tombense & Retrô face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa do Brasil. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Tombense form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Copa do Brasil for Tombense, as the manager Pivetti led his troops to eliminate Caucaia, and reach the 2nd Round. Tombense was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Copa do Brasil.The story so far in the Mineiro 1 for Tombense at their home stadium (Estádio Soares de Azevedo) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The fans are hoping that Tombense will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the match against America Mineiro.
Previous to that game, a Mineiro 1 home match hosting Villa Nova in a game that was won 3-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Tombense have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 5 and lost 1.
The manager Pivetti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Pouso Alegre in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), Tombense's attacking play is working.
Retrô form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Avai in order to reach 2nd round of Copa do Brasil. Retrô was sent out of Copa do Brasil in the 2nd round last season.Retrô delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Petrolina in their previous game.
Before that one, the victory at home hosting Avai in the Copa do Brasil (3-2). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Retrô playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 Retrô wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Head 2 Head
Tombense missing players
Retrô missing players
| Tombense | Retrô | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Scored | S | 23 | 42 | ||
| 41 | 11 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10.5 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 13.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5 | ||
| 44% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 32% | ||
| 13.3 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Tombense | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Democrata GV | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 4 | Ipatinga | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
