National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's EC São José or Inter Santa Maria that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for EC São José and Inter Santa Maria.
EC São José form and stats
Last season their Copa Gaúcha adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Passo Fundo.EC São José have collected seven points from their first three Serie C games here at Estádio do Passo d'Areia, a promising start.
José are returning here after visiting Manaus and winning with a 4-1 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at Ypiranga Erechim in the Serie C.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie C game versus São Bernardo in only four days. This game is also played here at Estádio do Passo d'Areia.
From these home matches, EC São José have conceded only 2 goals.
Inter Santa Maria form and stats
Inter Santa Maria's mission in Copa Gaúcha last season failed in the 1st phase.Home advantage was not enough for Inter in their previous game as they lost hosting Santa Cruz RS, 1-2. Inter Santa Maria were so close to getting something from the game against Santa Cruz RS, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.
It was a Gaucho 2 defeat before that one as the away game against Bage wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Inter Santa Maria manager as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Lajeadense.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. da Silva Vital Gomes 6 goals | T. dos Santos 3 goals | J. Silva de Andrade 2 goals |
EC São José missing players
Inter Santa Maria missing players
| EC São José | Inter Santa Maria | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 5.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9.5 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 34% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 42% | ||
| 10.7 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Amazonas | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | São Bernardo | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | EC São José | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Operario PR | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Nautico | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Confianca | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Ypiranga Erechim | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Botafogo PB | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Figueirense | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | Floresta | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | CSA | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | Remo | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Brusque | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Pouso Alegre | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Volta Redonda | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | Altos | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | America RN | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Manaus | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 19 | Paysandu | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 20 | Aparecidense | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
