Democrata GV vs Villa Nova match preview: Even contest expected at Arena do Jacaré

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Competition: Brazil Mineiro 1
Competition: Wed 23.March
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena do Jacaré (28000 seats)

Home team gets the points, the away team runs away as victors or a tactical 0-0 draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table inhabitants Democrata GV and Villa Nova battle at Arena do Jacaré.

Insights:
  • Democrata GV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Villa Nova have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Democrata GV nor Villa Nova 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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Democrata GV form and stats

When playing at home in the Mineiro 1, Democrata GV have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

Democrata are returning here after visiting URT and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Chico and Pedrinho scored the goal(s).

Ahead of that match, Democrata GV lost 0-1 at home to Atlético Mineiro.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Democrata have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn zero and lost two.

There will be little rest for Democrata GV after this match as they are travelling to Villa Nova for a Mineiro 1 game in only four days.

Democrata GV has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Democrata GV have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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Villa Nova form and stats

There's been little loot from Villa Nova's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Mineiro 1. Villa Nova only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.

Villa lost away at Athletic Club (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Before that, Villa Nova secured a home win against CAP Patrocinense with the score 2-0.

A quick return to home after this game, as Villa are hosting Democrata GV in the Mineiro 1 only four days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Villa Nova as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Villa Nova - Democrata 2-2 was the outcome when these teams formerly played each other, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Democrata GV victories, three draws and three Villa Nova wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DemocrataM. França de Siqueira
M. França de Siqueira
3 goals
Villa NovaR. Martins de Araújo
R. Martins de Araújo
3 goals
Democrata GVF. Marino Clavero
F. Marino Clavero
2 goals

Democrata GV missing players

Villa Nova missing players

Democrata GV Villa Nova
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 6 11
4 3 1 Won W 1 1 3
2 1 0 Drew D 1 3 6
5 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
10 6 1 Scored S 2 5 13
10 2 0 Conceded C 1 6 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
45% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 73%
27% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 27%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
27% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 55%
27% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 36%
45% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 18%
 
2.8 2.4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.7 3.7
7.5 7.4 12 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.5 6.3
2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.3 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.5 6.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 8.2 9.7
2.6 2.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.2
34% 55% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 28% 37%
 
15.2 14.4 22 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12.8 12.6
5.1 4.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.4
Key stats in Mineiro 1 this season:
  • Democrata GV have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Democrata GV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Democrata GV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Villa Nova have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Mineiro 11 9 1 1 23 5 5 5 0 0 12 1 6 4 1 1 11 4 18 28
2 Athletic Club 11 8 1 2 15 4 6 5 0 1 8 1 5 3 1 1 7 3 11 25
3 Cruzeiro 11 7 1 3 21 11 6 4 1 1 13 6 5 3 0 2 8 5 10 22
4 Caldense 11 6 0 5 12 13 6 3 0 3 6 7 5 3 0 2 6 6 -1 18
5 América Mineiro 11 5 2 4 11 8 6 3 1 2 6 4 5 2 1 2 5 4 3 17
6 Villa Nova 11 3 6 2 13 10 5 2 3 0 8 4 6 1 3 2 5 6 3 15
7 Democrata GV 11 4 2 5 10 10 5 3 1 1 6 2 6 1 1 4 4 8 0 14
8 Pouso Alegre 11 2 3 6 11 19 6 1 2 3 7 10 5 1 1 3 4 9 -8 10
9 CAP Patrocinense 11 3 1 7 7 16 6 3 0 3 6 7 5 0 1 4 1 9 -9 10
10 Tombense 11 3 2 6 8 13 5 2 2 1 5 5 6 1 0 5 3 8 -5 9
11 Uberlandia 11 2 3 6 6 16 5 1 1 3 2 7 6 1 2 3 4 9 -10 9
12 URT 11 1 4 6 6 18 5 1 2 2 4 6 6 0 2 4 2 12 -12 7

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