Open game expected at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda: EC São José vs Novo Hamburgo preview

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Competition: Brazil Gaucho 1
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Pinheiro Borda (51300 seats)

Gaucho 1: The mid-table placements tell a story of the journey EC São José and Novo Hamburgo have undertaken so far. Both teams are up for it; let's get this boat on the water!

Insights:
  • Novo Hamburgo have yet to win a game away.

It's no vacation for neither José nor Novo Hamburgo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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EC São José form and stats

EC São José have collected 10 points from their Gaucho 1 home games so far after 3-1-1. EC São José has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio José Pinheiro Borda, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

EC São José are confident in defense, having played 273 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

EC São José's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Novo Hamburgo (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with União RS the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with EC São José perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with EC São José as a small favourite), we find ten games. José has won three of these, drawn five and lost two.

From these home matches, EC São José have conceded only 4 goals.

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Novo Hamburgo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Novo Hamburgo so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-2 (win-draw-lose). Novo Hamburgo has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

There might be some fixture complaints from Hamburgo as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against EC São José.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Grêmio.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Novo Hamburgo playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were zero Novo Hamburgo wins, three draws and five defeats.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Novo Hamburgo have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These two sides encountered each other earlier this match year: EC São José - Novo Hamburgo 1-0. EC São José-Novo Hamburgo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: José four wins, Novo Hamburgo six wins, zero draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

EC São José missing players

Novo Hamburgo missing players

EC São José Novo Hamburgo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 6 11
4 3 0 Won W 0 0 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 4 6
4 1 1 Lost L 1 2 2
10 5 0 Scored S 1 5 11
10 4 2 Conceded C 3 8 10
82% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
55% 40% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 73%
27% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 17% 18%
9% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 17% 9%
9% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
27% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 64%
45% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 27%
45% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 18%
 
4 3.8 9 Corners for (avg) C F 4 1.5 2.3
3.3 2.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.7 7.8
2.9 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 6.5 3 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.3 7.4
3.2 2.5 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.8 3.2
28% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 22% 31%
 
8.7 8.5 4 Shots against (avg) S A 17 13.8 12.4
3.6 4.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 5.3 4.9
Key stats in Gaucho 1 this season:
  • Novo Hamburgo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Novo Hamburgo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Novo Hamburgo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Novo Hamburgo have yet to win a game away.
  • Novo Hamburgo haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Ypiranga Erechim 11 6 3 2 17 8 6 6 0 0 16 4 5 0 3 2 1 4 9 21
2 Grêmio 11 6 3 2 18 10 6 5 1 0 13 3 5 1 2 2 5 7 8 21
3 Internacional 11 5 4 2 13 10 5 3 2 0 6 2 6 2 2 2 7 8 3 19
4 Brasil de Pelotas 11 3 7 1 12 11 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 0 4 1 3 7 1 16
5 Caxias 11 4 3 4 15 9 5 3 1 1 11 3 6 1 2 3 4 6 6 15
6 Novo Hamburgo 11 3 6 2 11 10 5 3 2 0 6 2 6 0 4 2 5 8 1 15
7 EC São José 11 4 3 4 10 10 5 3 1 1 5 4 6 1 2 3 5 6 0 15
8 Aimoré 11 4 2 5 9 11 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 0 3 4 6 -2 14
9 São Luiz 11 3 4 4 7 13 6 3 2 1 4 4 5 0 2 3 3 9 -6 13
10 Juventude 11 2 5 4 9 9 6 2 3 1 6 3 5 0 2 3 3 6 0 11
11 União RS 11 2 3 6 8 16 5 2 3 0 7 4 6 0 0 6 1 12 -8 9
12 Guarany de Bagé 11 1 3 7 7 19 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 0 0 6 2 14 -12 6

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