União Rondonópolis v Cuiabá preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Brazil Matogrossense
Competition: Sat 26.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Engenheiro Luthero Lopes (18000 seats)

A new Matogrossense campaign is ready to kick off and this is the first real game for União Rondonópolis and Cuiabá. Let's go!

Insights:
  • União Rondonópolis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cuiabá have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

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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União Rondonópolis form and stats

The previous season, União Rondonópolis's league stats were 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, producing 3rd spot in the Matogrossense. Over these 14 matches they scored 21 goals and gave away 15. Appearing at home in the last season União Rondonópolis delivered 3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 7 goals and 8 conceded.

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Cuiabá form and stats

Let's have a look at how Cuiabá performed last season in the Matogrossense: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 17 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 11 and lost 5 with 16/17 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

União Rondonópolis - Cuiabá 2-3 was the outcome when these squads formerly played each other, also in this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Rondonópolis victories, three draws and seven Cuiabá wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

União Rondonópolis missing players

Cuiabá missing players

União Rondonópolis Cuiabá
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
14 7 0 Played P 0 6 12
7 5 0 Won W 0 4 10
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
7 2 0 Lost L 0 1 1
21 14 0 Scored S 0 9 30
19 9 0 Conceded C 0 6 8
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
79% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 83%
79% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 75%
14% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 42%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
71% 86% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 42%
14% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 58%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.6 6.5
4.8 3.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1.8 2.2
2.2 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 13.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 12.5
4.3 6.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.4 6.4
36% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 40%
 
9.4 9.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7.2 7.3
3.8 3.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.2 2.5
Key stats in Matogrossense this season:
  • All of União Rondonópolis's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Cuiabá have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cuiabá have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Cuiabá have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Cuiabá haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • União Rondonópolis have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • União Rondonópolis have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • União Rondonópolis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Read more about Matogrossense

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.