Santa Cruz welcome Itabaiana for another interesting Copa do Nordeste fixture here at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Santa Cruz form and stats
Santa could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Copa do Nordeste. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel they witnessed 6 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W11 - D4 - L3 from 18 games.
Itabaiana form and stats
Let's have a look at how Itabaiana performed last season in the Copa do Nordeste: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 19 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 9/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Itabaiana - Santa 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Santa two wins, one draw and Itabaiana zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Lima Silva e Silva 6 goals |  D. Bittencourt Morais 3 goals |
Santa Cruz missing players
Itabaiana missing players
| Santa Cruz | Itabaiana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Santa Cruz | Last season | Itabaiana | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Scored | S | 10 | 32 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 23 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 67% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 50% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 69% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | ||
| 54% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | ||
| 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.6 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.8 | ||
| 48% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 71% | ||
| 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 | Vila Nova | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| 2 | Brusque | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Santa Cruz | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Ituano | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 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 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 26 |
| 2 | Itabaiana | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Vitoria da Conquista | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Central | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 | Coruripe | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -4 | 21 |
| 6 | Potiguar Mossoro | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Frei Paulistano | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Jacyoba | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 29 | -37 | 4 |