Delightful dogfight as daring Caxias duel with determined São Luiz

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Competition: Brazil Gaucho 1
Competition: Sun 12.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Francisco Stédile (30802 seats)

A win is the only result that will be enough for the Caxias supporters in this Estádio Francisco Stédile duel with São Luiz, as they have a healthy lead on their opponents in the Gaucho 1 standings.

Insights:
  • All of Caxias's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • São Luiz have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Gaucho 1

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Caxias form and stats

Caxias have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Gaucho 1. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

The home team returns to Estádio Francisco Stédile after drawing with Internacional (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2.

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Esportivo.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Caxias have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Caxias are traveling soon after this match as the Gaucho 1 match at Novo Hamburgo awaits in four days.

Caxias's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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São Luiz form and stats

The Gaucho 1 season is young and São Luiz have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

Luiz are looking to quickly end their 232 minutes long goal drought in the Gaucho 1.

São Luiz's last game was the home draw against Esportivo (0-0).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Avenida's place.

Luiz are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from São Luiz's away games in the league this season with only {1 goals} from 3 matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: four wins for Caxias, four draws and two wins for São Luiz. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

São LuizÉ. Guilhen Muniz
É. Guilhen Muniz
6 goals
CaxiasM. Ferreira
M. Ferreira
4 goals
CaxiasH. Bustamante
H. Bustamante
2 goals

Caxias missing players

São Luiz missing players

Caxias São Luiz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 2 Played P 1 3 6
2 2 2 Won W 0 0 1
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
9 6 5 Scored S 0 1 3
7 4 2 Conceded C 4 6 7
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 50%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 17%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
83% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 50%
 
2.8 3.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.7 2.7
6.7 6.7 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 11 5 3.7
3.3 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 3.3 2.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.3 10.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 9.3
4.8 5.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 3.2
31% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 16%
 
13 10 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 24 14 10.8
5.2 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10 4 3
Key stats in Gaucho 1 this season:
  • All of Caxias's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Caxias have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Caxias have scored more than double the goals of São Luiz.
  • Caxias have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • São Luiz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • São Luiz have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Gaucho 1
  • São Luiz have yet to win a game away.

  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 6 6 0 0 12 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 0 8 3 9 18
2 Internacional 7 3 4 0 13 5 4 2 2 0 11 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 8 13
3 Ypiranga Erechim 6 3 1 2 10 9 3 3 0 0 9 4 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 10
4 Caxias 6 2 3 1 9 7 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 9
5 Avenida 6 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 8
6 EC Sao Jose 6 2 2 2 5 6 3 0 2 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 4 4 -1 8
7 Brasil de Pelotas 7 2 2 3 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 3 -2 8
8 Novo Hamburgo 7 1 4 2 3 4 4 1 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 4 -1 7
9 Juventude 6 1 3 2 8 9 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 6
10 São Luiz 6 1 3 2 3 7 3 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 -4 6
11 Aimoré 6 1 1 4 2 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 2 6 -5 4
12 Esportivo 7 0 3 4 2 8 4 0 1 3 1 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 -6 3

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There are 26 state football leagues in Brazil. Because of long distances in Brazil a very competitive football culture developed within each state. Therefore, Brazil remain one of the few countries who still run state championships alongside the national ones. Most of them run from January to May, outside the national season.