The Confiança manager D. Pollo Barioni attacks this game with the team placed 1st so far. In the visitors dressing room Ríver and their manager M. de Azevedo are in 4th place before this match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Confiança form and stats
The hosts won their first Copa do Nordeste game here at Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Confiança last season were 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from 3 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista.
A strong away win for Confiança against Frei Paulistano the last match, as Ítalo Melo, Vinicius Simon, Alyson and Reis were on target. Before that, Confiança had a Sergipano home game versus America de Pedrinhas which ended with a victory 3-0.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Confiança are traveling soon after this match as the Sergipano match at Dorense awaits in four days.
At Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista, Confiança has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Ríver form and stats
One match played away so far in the Copa do Nordeste for Ríver and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 0 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses from 0 games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Copa do Nordeste home defeat versus America RN with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Before that, Ríver secured a home win against Bahia with the score 1-0.
It's early days yet, but Ríver has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Confiança victories, zero draws and zero Ríver wins. two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Í. Melo Oliveira 2 goals |  R. Gorne Silva 2 goals |  N. da Silva Fonseca 1 goals |
Confiança missing players
Ríver missing players
| Confiança | Ríver | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 7.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| 1.3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 8 | 38 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 46% |
- Confiança has the most clean sheets (2) at home
- Confiança has the most clean sheets (3)
- Confiança has the most scored goals (6)
- Confiança has the most scored goals in the second half (7)
- Confiança has the the best goal difference (+3)
- Confiança is in the best form (3-2-0)
- Ríver has the most scored goals (6)
| Confiança | Last season | Ríver | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 40% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | ||
| 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 20% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 65 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 44 | ||
| 18 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 15 | ||
| 39% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 13% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Confiança | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Vitoria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Nautico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | America RN | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Imperatriz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | Ceará | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | CSA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 8 | Santa Cruz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 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 | Confiança | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Sergipe | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Frei Paulistano | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Boca Junior | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 5 | Itabaiana | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Lagarto | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 7 | Dorense | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 8 | America de Pedrinhas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
| 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 | 4 de Julho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Piaui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Picos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ríver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |