Home advantage could prove decisive in Betim - Itabirito battle

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Competition: Brazil Mineiro 2
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Vera Cruz (1000 seats)

Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's main characters are Betim and Itabirito, 3 points is the objective and 1 1/2 hours the length.

Insights:
  • Betim have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Mineiro 2
  • Itabirito have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Mineiro 2

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Betim and Itabirito.

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Betim form and stats

Three Mineiro 2 home games done for Betim, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.

Betim's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Itabirito (placed 2nd).

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Varginha EC.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Betim have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Betim here at Arena Vera Cruz in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Betim have conceded 5 from these games.

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Itabirito form and stats

The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Mineiro 2.

248 minutes! That's how long the Itabirito goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Itabirito play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Betim (placed 4th).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Tupynambas.

It's not easy to score on Itabirito as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Betim - Itabirito 0-2 was the end result in these participants' previous H2H fixture, played this season.

Betim missing players

Itabirito missing players

Betim Itabirito
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 4 7
4 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
3 2 1 Lost L 0 1 1
10 2 0 Scored S 1 4 10
9 5 2 Conceded C 1 3 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 71%
43% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 43%
29% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 43%
43% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 14%
 
6.3 6.7 14 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.5 4.3
5.3 5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.2 2.7
2.4 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 13 16 Shots (avg) S ( 15 14.8 11
5.6 7.3 11 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 2.3
26% 9% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 62%
 
8.3 8.3 8 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.8 8.3
3.1 4 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.2 2
Key stats in Mineiro 2 this season:
  • All of Betim's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Betim have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Mineiro 2
  • Betim haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Itabirito have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Mineiro 2
  • Itabirito have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Itabirito haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aymorés 7 5 1 1 9 3 4 4 0 0 7 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 6 16
2 Itabirito 7 3 3 1 10 5 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 1 2 1 4 3 5 12
3 Uberlandia 6 3 3 0 8 3 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 4 2 5 12
4 Betim 7 4 0 3 10 9 3 1 0 2 2 5 4 3 0 1 8 4 1 12
5 Boa 6 3 1 2 9 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 10
6 URT 7 3 1 3 6 8 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 2 0 1 3 2 -2 10
7 Nacional AC MG 6 2 2 2 7 6 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 1 0 2 4 4 1 8
8 Tupi 6 2 2 2 6 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 0 1 2 1 4 0 8
9 North Esporte 7 2 2 3 7 9 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 1 2 1 5 6 -2 8
10 Varginha EC 6 2 0 4 6 10 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 6
11 Uniao Luziense 6 1 2 3 6 10 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 2 3 8 -4 5
12 Tupynambas 7 0 1 6 6 14 4 0 1 3 5 9 3 0 0 3 1 5 -8 1

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