Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Serra & Linhares face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Espirito Santo. All the pre-match information is available here!
Serra and Linhares should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Serra form and stats
The Serra manager de Castro and his players return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Rio Branco ES in the Copa Espirito Santo.
Preceding that match was the home Capixaba game against Real Noroeste (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) that was lost 0-2.Serra are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Estádio Municipal Roberto Siqueira Costa with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 36 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Serra has won 13 times, drawn 4 and lost 19. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Serra has won by at least two goals 4 times when in this position.
Linhares form and stats
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Copa Espirito Santo home defeat versus CTE Colatina with 1-3 on the scoreboard.
The game before that, in the Capixaba, was lost at home, a 0-10 defeat against Rio Branco ES.Linhares are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 46 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 11 wins, 2 draws and 33 defeats. Of the defeats, 15 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Serra won two games, one match ended in a draw and Linhares managed seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeSerra missing players
Linhares missing players
| Serra | Linhares | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 12 | 19 | ||
| 38 | 18 | Scored | S | 7 | 21 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 36 | 66 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.5 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 6 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2 | ||
| 50% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 31% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9.2 | 4.6 | ||
