Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rio Branco-VN & Real Noroeste face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Espirito Santo. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only two days ago in the Serie D. That game, against Vitoria ES, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Real Noroeste.
Rio Branco-VN form and stats
The fans hope that Rio Branco-VN will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Copa Espirito Santo fixture against Porto Vitoria.
Preceding that fixture, a home win hosting Capixaba in the Copa Espirito Santo.
There will be little rest for Branco-VN after this match as they are travelling to Sao Mateus for a Copa Espirito Santo game in only four days.
Real Noroeste form and stats
They also participated in Copa Espirito Santo last season. This ended in the semi-finals, when Rio Branco ES drew the shortest straw.Two away games in a row for Real Noroeste, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Vitoria ES.
A home victory as predicted against Sao Mateus preceding that, in the Copa Espirito Santo.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Real Noroeste manager Duzinho as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Nova Iguacu.
Head 2 Head
Branco-VN have avoided defeat in the last 8 games (2-6-0) facing Real Noroeste.Rio Branco-VN missing players
Real Noroeste missing players
| Rio Branco-VN | Real Noroeste | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | ||
| 32 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 56% | ||
| 2.9 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 63% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 43% | ||
| 5.6 | 4.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 7.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
