National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ferroviário or Santa Cruz that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Ferroviário nor Santa Cruz 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.
Ferroviário form and stats
Last season their Copa do Nordeste adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.Ferroviário have played 9 Serie C games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). 2W-6D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa do Nordeste for Ferroviário.
Ferroviário are returning here after guesting Campinense in a Copa do Nordeste fixture and winning with a 3-2 scoreline.
Before that game, a fine away win at Resende. A Copa do Brasil match. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ferroviário handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ferroviário, as the Cearense 1 home game vs Fortaleza is only four days away.
Ferroviário aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Presidente Vargas in the league, with only {8 goals} from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Santa Cruz form and stats
They also participated in Copa do Nordeste last season. This ended in the 2nd qualifying round.When we have look at the Copa do Nordeste statistics, we find 4W-2D-1L. This is both home and away.
The regulars enjoyed Santa Cruz's previous fixture versus Sampaio Corrêa, a Copa do Nordeste win (3-1) played at home.
Preceding that, 1-1 away against Democrata GV in the Copa do Brasil. We have checked recent matches where Santa Cruz have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Pernambucano 1 trip to Sport Recife.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Ferroviário victories, two draws and one Santa Cruz win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Ferroviário missing players
Santa Cruz missing players
| Ferroviário | Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Scored | S | 11 | 30 | ||
| 32 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 12 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 35% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 26% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 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 | Paysandu | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Mirassol | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Figueirense | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | Volta Redonda | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Botafogo SP | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | ABC | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Vitoria | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Aparecidense | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 29 |
| 9 | Botafogo PB | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Ypiranga Erechim | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 11 | EC Sao Jose | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 26 |
| 12 | Remo | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 13 | Manaus | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 25 |
| 14 | Confianca | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | Floresta | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | Altos | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 21 |
| 17 | Uniclinic | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 26 | -18 | 19 |
| 18 | Brasil de Pelotas | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 17 |
| 19 | Ferroviário | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 18 | -12 | 16 |
| 20 | Campinense | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
