The league table is allowed to rest as Rio Branco ES and Nova Venécia battle for Copa Espirito Santo honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Espirito Santo game only four days ago.
Rio Branco ES form and stats
Last season their Copa Espirito Santo adventure ended in the final.Rio Branco ES's previous match was a Copa Espirito Santo game also played at their home, ending 2-1 versus Rio Branco-VN. The home team are looking to continue in that form.
In the fixture before, 0-0 away to Rio Branco-VN (Copa Espirito Santo).
The manager Pereira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Nova Venécia in only three days.
Nova Venécia form and stats
Nova Venécia's mission in Copa Espirito Santo last season failed in the quarter-finals against Real Noroeste.The club members enjoyed Venécia's previous match versus Linhares, a Copa Espirito Santo win (1-0) played at home.
Ahead of that, the Copa Espirito Santo victory away at Linhares.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rio Branco ES in just three days.
Head 2 Head
The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Rio Branco ES - Nova Venécia 0-2 registered in the official records. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Rio Branco ES victory, one draw and three Nova Venécia wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Rio Branco ES missing players
Nova Venécia missing players
| Rio Branco ES | Nova Venécia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 26 | 54 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 1.5 | 2.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 1 | 1.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 120% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 72% | 77% | ||
| 5 | 4.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.5 | ||
