Delightful dogfight as daring Juventude MA duels with determined Pinheiro

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Competition: Brazil Maranhense
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Marcos Pinheiro Neto

It's a new Maranhense campaign and Juventude MA are eager to get started here at Estádio Municipal Marcos Pinheiro Neto. Pinheiro are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

It's no vacation for neither Juventude nor Pinheiro 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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Juventude MA form and stats

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Pinheiro form and stats

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Pinheiro playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

Let's have a look at how Pinheiro performed last season in the Maranhense: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 12 and conceded 13 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 1 and lost 1 with 6/6 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Pinheiro - Juventude 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Juventude MA-Pinheiro H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Juventude one win, Pinheiro zero wins, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Juventude MA missing players

Pinheiro missing players

Juventude MA Pinheiro
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 3 8
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 2 1 Lost L 1 2 4
11 6 4 Scored S 1 7 17
11 7 5 Conceded C 3 7 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 88%
12% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 62%
12% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 38%
50% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
12% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.2 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 8 7.5 7.7
6 6 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 5.5 3.7
2.5 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
40 32 18 Total Shots T S 19 46 63
17 16 11 Shots on Target S O 8 23 36
29% 25% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 26% 28%
Key stats in Maranhense this season:
  • All of Juventude MA's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Pinheiro's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Juventude MA haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pinheiro have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Pinheiro have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Pinheiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Pinheiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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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.