It's game two of the Copa do Nordeste season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of ABC-América RN!
It's no vacation for neither ABC 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.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
ABC form and stats
A strong away win for ABC against ASSU the last match. A Copa do Nordeste defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Confianca.
As mentioned above, ABC "killed" ASSU in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for ABC as they are travelling to their away game against Aquidauanense in the Copa do Brasil. That match is three days after this one.
Last season, ABC's league statistics were 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Potiguar. Over these seven matches they scored 19 goals and conceded 7. Playing at home last season ABC managed 3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) with 9 goals and 4 conceded.
América RN form and stats
Momentum is building for América RN in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
The attacking players of América RN have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 274 minutes.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-1 against Potiguar Mossoro in their previous game. A draw for América RN before that, at their own venue hosting Botafogo PB (0-0).
América RN has another fixture away, a Copa do Brasil game, against Sao Luiz in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Let's have a look at how América RN performed last season in the Potiguar: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 25 and conceded 7 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 0 and lost 0 with 5/0 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: ABC won six, América RN won three and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
T. Pereira da Silva
7 goals
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W. Maciel Monteiro
6 goals
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W. Freitas da Silva
4 goals
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ABC missing players
América RN missing players
| ABC | América RN | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| ABC | Last season | América RN | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 7 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 86% | ||
| 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 71% | ||
| 43% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | ||
| 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | ||
| 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 6 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 7.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 86 | 54 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 82 | ||
| 40 | 25 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 35 | ||
| 48% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 51% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bahia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Sport Recife | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | CRB | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Frei Paulistano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Ríver | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Botafogo PB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | ABC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ABC | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | América RN | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 3 | Forca e Luz | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 4 | Santa Cruz de Natal RN | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Potiguar Mossoro | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | Palmeira | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 7 | Globo | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 4 |
| 8 | ASSU | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | -16 | 3 |