Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Pelotas & Novo Hamburgo face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Gaúcha. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Pelotas and Novo Hamburgo.
Pelotas form and stats
Last season their Copa Gaúcha adventure ended in the semi-finals against Passo Fundo.Pelotas have played 7 Copa Gaúcha games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Pelotas last time playing, versus Guarany de Bage. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Sao Gabriel that finished 0-0.The manager Jaques will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bage in only four days.
A decent goal production from Pelotas in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Pelotas have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Novo Hamburgo form and stats
Hamburgo was sent out of Copa Gaúcha in the 1st phase last season.As the visiting team in Copa Gaúcha matches, Novo Hamburgo have produced an overall stat of 0-2-3 so far.
Novo Hamburgo are travelling again after losing away to Caxias in their previous match (0-2).
A home victory as anticipated against Sao Borja before that, in the Copa Gaúcha.
A quick return to home after this game, as Hamburgo are hosting Aimoré in the Serie D only four days away.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Novo Hamburgo's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 5 matches. In the opposite end, Hamburgo have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Novo Hamburgo have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (1-3-0) when playing Pelotas.Top Goalscorers
  J. Carvalho da Silva 2 goals | D. da Silva 1 goals | L. Costa Meneses 1 goals |
Pelotas missing players
Novo Hamburgo missing players
| Pelotas | Novo Hamburgo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 7 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 18 | 33 | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 44% | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9.7 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 23% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 21% | ||
| 8.4 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Grêmio | 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 Sao Jose | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Aimoré | 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 |
