Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Novo Hamburgo & São Borja face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Gaúcha. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are hectic days for the home side, as they played only three days ago in the Serie D. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Concordia.
Novo Hamburgo form and stats
Last season their Copa Gaúcha adventure ended in the 1st phase.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio do Vale as Novo Hamburgo have scored 9 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Copa Gaúcha are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Hamburgo shared the glory with Concordia in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Ahead of that match, Novo Hamburgo lost 0-1 at home to Independiente FSJ.There will be little rest for Hamburgo after this match as they are travelling to Caxias for a Serie D game in only three days.
The Novo Hamburgo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, Novo Hamburgo have conceded 7 goals.
São Borja form and stats
There might be some fixture complaints from Borja as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-2 against Monsoon.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Monsoon in the Gaúcho 3.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Carvalho da Silva 2 goals | D. da Silva 1 goals | L. Costa Meneses 1 goals |
Novo Hamburgo missing players
São Borja missing players
| Novo Hamburgo | São Borja | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Scored | S | 14 | 27 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.9 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 18% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 15% | ||
| 12 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gremio | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 29 |
| 2 | Internacional | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Caxias | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Sao Luiz | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | EC São José | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Aimore | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 7 | Novo Hamburgo | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Juventude | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Pelotas | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Brasil de Pelotas | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 11 | Avenida | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -14 | 6 |
| 12 | Veranopolis | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
