Pinheiro will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Sampaio Corrêa.
- Pinheiro have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sampaio Corrêa have the most scored goals (12) in Maranhense
The hosts Pinheiro saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Maranhense. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sao Jose MA, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Pinheiro form and stats
The story so far in the Maranhense for Pinheiro at their home stadium is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Pinheiro after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 287 minutes.
Pinheiro's last game was hosting Sao Jose MA and winning 1-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Sao Jose MA with a 3-0 scoreline.
The Pinheiro fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Pinheiro have only let in 2 goals at home.
Sampaio Corrêa form and stats
Things could have gone better for Sampaio Corrêa in their Maranhense away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right. It's a growing despair in Sampaio as they have recorded three consecutive losses. Sampaio has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Sampaio's previous game was their home loss versus Iape (0-1). A 0-3 defeat away at Ceara before that.
Sampaio has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Sampaio are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sampaio Corrêa - Pinheiro 1-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Pinheiro zero wins, zero draws and Sampaio Corrêa three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Pinheiro missing players
Sampaio Corrêa missing players
| Pinheiro | Sampaio Corrêa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 56% | 40% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3.9 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.3 | 7.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 6 | 3.6 |
| 68% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 48% |
- Pinheiro have not yet lost a game at home.
- Pinheiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sampaio Corrêa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Maranhense
- Sampaio Corrêa have the most dropped points from leading position (3) in Maranhense
- Sampaio Corrêa have the most scored goals (12) in Maranhense
- Sampaio Corrêa have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Maranhense
- Sampaio Corrêa have the the best goal difference (+9) in Maranhense
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Moto Club MA | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Sampaio Corrêa | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Pinheiro | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Iape | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Juventude MA | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Sao Jose MA | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 7 | Bacabal | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -15 | 6 |
| 8 | Imperatriz | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 5 |