Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rio Branco ES & Linhares face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Espirito Santo. All the pre-match information is available here!
This has all the signs of an interesting game with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
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Rio Branco ES form and stats
Last season, Rio Branco ES's Copa Espirito Santo journey ended in the final.Branco are returning here after visiting Pinheiros in a Copa Espirito Santo game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Preceding that match, a home loss in the Copa Espirito Santo against Serra.
Linhares form and stats
Linhares's mission in Copa Espirito Santo last season failed in the group stage.This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Copa Espirito Santo home defeat versus Rio Branco-VN with 0-3 on the scoreboard.
Before that, the Copa Espirito Santo victory away at Real Noroeste.
Head 2 Head
Rio Branco ES have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Linhares.Rio Branco ES missing players
Linhares missing players
| Rio Branco ES | Linhares | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 18 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 31 | 69 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 48% | ||
| 2.4 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 82% | 76% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 42% | ||
| 7.2 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 3 | ||