It's still early in the Copa do Nordeste season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Santa Cruz - ABC preview!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Santa Cruz form and stats
A Copa do Nordeste draw at home so far for Santa Cruz. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 2 matches.
Santa Cruz are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 360 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by William Alves).
Santa Cruz lost their last game at Fortaleza after a 0-3 scoreline. Preceding that game was the away draw at Operario Ltda that finished 0-0.
Santa Cruz has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
ABC form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Copa do Nordeste ended in defeat. Last season ABC had these away match statistics: Played 3; won 3, drew 0 and lost 0.
ABC played 0-0 against Ceara in their previous match. Preceding that game was the away Copa do Brasil victory against Aquidauanense with the score of 1-0.
ABC has another fixture away, a Potiguar game, against Globo in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, ABC has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Santa Cruz four wins, three draws and ABC three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Maciel Monteiro 6 goals |   W. Lima Silva e Silva 3 goals |  E. Nascimento da Silva 2 goals |
Santa Cruz missing players
ABC missing players
| Santa Cruz | ABC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 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% | 20% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 4 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 4.3 |
| 6.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 11 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
- ABC has the fewest points (0) away
- ABC has the fewest scored goals (0) away
- Santa Cruz has the fewest scored goals (0)
- Santa Cruz has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0)
- Santa Cruz has the the worst goal difference (-4)
| Santa Cruz | Last season | ABC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 3 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 10 | 19 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | ||
| 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 57% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 43% | ||
| 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | ||
| 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 57% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 45 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 86 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 40 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 48% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Confianca | 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 | Ceara | 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 | Nautico | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Afogados | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Santa Cruz | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Salgueiro | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Retro | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Decisao | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 8 | Academica Vitoria | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 9 | Central | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Petrolina | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 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 | ABC | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | America 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 |