Possible nail-biting contest in Varginha EC - North Esporte game

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Competition: Brazil Mineiro 2
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Prefeito Dilzon Luiz de Melo (15471 seats)

Let's look at this engaging game in the Mineiro 2. Varginha EC is in the 7th spot after featuring in four matches. They host North Esporte who are placed 11th after four fixtures.

Insights:
  • Varginha EC have the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Mineiro 2
  • North Esporte have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Mineiro 2

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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Varginha EC form and stats

Perfect Mineiro 2 season at home so far for Varginha EC 2 wins from 2 appearances.

The Varginha EC crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to North Esporte here at Estádio Municipal Prefeito Dilzon Luiz de Melo.

Heartbreak before that as Varginha lost 0-2 at URT's place.

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 Varginha EC have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Varginha EC has scored {4 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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North Esporte form and stats

Things could have gone better for North Esporte in their Mineiro 2 away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right.

It's the second away game in a row for Esporte, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Varginha EC (placed 7th) last time out. That win felt nice as this team had gone four league games without victory.

A loss against Boa was the result prior to that, in a home game.

It's early days yet, but North Esporte has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Varginha EC missing players

North Esporte missing players

Varginha EC North Esporte
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 3 2 Played P 1 3 5
2 2 2 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 1 2 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 2
5 4 4 Scored S 2 4 5
7 2 1 Conceded C 2 3 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 60%
40% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 60%
20% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 20%
40% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
2.6 3 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.7 1.6
4.8 3.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1.3 0.8
1 0.3 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 4.5 4.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 4.5
2 2.5 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 1.5
62% 80% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 67%
 
8.2 4.5 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 4
3.8 1.5 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 1
Key stats in Mineiro 2 this season:
  • North Esporte have not yet lost a game away.
  • North Esporte have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • North Esporte have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Mineiro 2
  • North Esporte have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • North Esporte haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Varginha EC have the fewest points from losing position (-1) in Mineiro 2
  • Varginha EC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Varginha EC Last season North Esporte
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
21 10   Played P   6 13
7 4   Won W   3 7
9 4   Drew D   3 5
5 2   Lost L   0 1
21 11   Scored S   8 17
23 10   Conceded C   4 8
81% 80%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   67% 77%
62% 60%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 54%
33% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 31%
14% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 15%
14% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 15%
48% 50%   BTTS BTTS   50% 38%
38% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 62%
33% 30%   Failed to Score F T   33% 23%
 
4.6 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
4.9 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.3 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.6 7.9   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
3.3 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
32% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
9.5 8.2   Shots against (avg) S A   0 0
3 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 0

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Uberlandia 5 3 2 0 7 2 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 5 11
2 Boa 4 3 0 1 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 9
3 Betim 5 3 0 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 9
4 Nacional AC MG 5 2 2 1 7 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 8
5 Aymorés 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 7
6 Itabirito 5 1 3 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 5 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 6
7 Varginha EC 4 2 0 2 6 8 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 6
8 URT 4 2 0 2 3 5 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 6
9 Tupi 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 0 1 2 1 4 -1 5
10 Uniao Luziense 4 1 1 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -3 4
11 North Esporte 4 0 2 2 6 7 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 2
12 Tupynambas 5 0 1 4 5 11 3 0 1 2 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 -6 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Democrata SL 10 6 1 3 15 7 5 3 0 2 8 4 5 3 1 1 7 3 8 19
2 Ipatinga 10 6 1 3 16 11 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 3 0 2 9 7 5 19
3 Betim 10 5 3 2 12 6 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 3 2 0 6 0 6 18
4 Varginha EC 10 3 4 3 11 18 5 2 2 1 7 8 5 1 2 2 4 10 -7 13
5 Tupynambas 10 2 2 6 7 12 5 0 2 3 0 7 5 2 0 3 7 5 -5 8
6 Boa 10 1 3 6 6 13 5 1 1 3 3 7 5 0 2 3 3 6 -7 6

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