It's early days in the Gaucho 1 and both Esportivo and Caxias are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Caxias could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa do Brasil game only four sleeps ago.
Esportivo form and stats
Esportivo, who have the most conceded goals (9) in Gaucho 1, have played 1 Gaucho 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
J. Tardelli was the last player to score a league goal for Esportivo and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Esportivo haven't scored in 214 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager C. de Moraes led his Esportivo to a defeat in the Gaucho 1 match away at Gremio. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Parque Esportivo Montanha dos Vinhedos. Before that, Esportivo played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Brasil de Pelotas.
Esportivo were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
At Estádio Parque Esportivo Montanha dos Vinhedos, Esportivo has the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Caxias form and stats
Caxias are yet to lose a point on their Gaucho 1 travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Caxias goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 224 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Caxias delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Botafogo in their previous match; a Copa do Brasil game. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Brasil de Pelotas.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Caxias has managed 3 goals and let in 0 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Esportivo two wins, two draws and Caxias six victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Tadeu Martins Júnior 2 goals | G. Gonçalves Castro 2 goals |   I. Aparecido Martins 1 goals |
Esportivo missing players
Caxias missing players
| Esportivo | Caxias | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.2 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 3.2 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 10 | 8.2 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 12 | 39 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 45% | 80% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 36% |
- Caxias has the fewest conceded goals (1)
- Caxias has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0)
- Caxias has the most clean sheets (2) away
- Caxias has the most clean sheets (3)
- Caxias has the most points (6) away
- Caxias has the the best goal difference (+3) away
- Caxias is in the best form (3-1-0)
- Esportivo has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
- Esportivo has the most conceded goals (9)
- Esportivo has the most conceded goals in the second half (5)
- Esportivo has the most scored goals in the first half (4)
- Esportivo has the the worst goal difference (-4)
| Esportivo | Last season | Caxias | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 26 | 18 | Scored | S | 12 | 21 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Conceded | C | 10 | 15 | ||
| 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 65% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 55% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 53% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 7% | ||
| 5% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 60% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 40% | ||
| 35% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 47% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 13% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 100 | 61 | Total Shots | T S | 61 | 149 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 55 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Caxias | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Gremio | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | EC Sao Jose | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Esportivo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 5 | Aimore | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 6 | Brasil de Pelotas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 Sao Jose | 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 |