This might well be another engrossing skirmish at Estádio Carneirão in the Paraibano. São Paulo Crystal is in 1st place and welcome Sousa in 3rd place. Learn more about the game here!
The visiting Sousa played their last game only three days ago, a Copa do Nordeste match. That game was also an away game, at Campinense. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
São Paulo Crystal form and stats
The hosts won their first Paraibano game here at Estádio Carneirão, lifting spirits. Home statistics for São Paulo Crystal last season were 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss from 4 games.
Happy days for São Paulo Crystal in their previous game, a fixture away at Auto Esporte (placed 4th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Atletico Cajazeirense.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the São Paulo Crystal at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Sousa form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sousa performed last season in the Serie D: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 16 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 2/13 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the Paraibano so far for Sousa and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 0 victories, 2 draws and 5 losses from 7 travels. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sousa have lost on their last two travels.
The Sousa goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 188 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Sousa are travelling again after losing away to Campinense in their previous match (1-2).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Sampaio Correa.3 goals so far away for Sousa, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous two meetings): Crystal won zero games, zero matches ended in a draw and Sousa managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be from the last two duels.São Paulo Crystal missing players
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| São Paulo Crystal | Sousa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2.7 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 4.7 | 7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 44% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 10.3 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| São Paulo Crystal | Last season | Sousa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 9 | 4 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 13 | 18 | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 79% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 21% | ||
| 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 29% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 36% | ||
| 67% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 71% | 57% | ||
| 5.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 41% | ||
| 8.9 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 8.7 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | São Paulo Crystal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Botafogo PB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Sousa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Auto Esporte | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| 5 | Atletico Cajazeirense | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 | Sousa | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Botafogo PB | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Campinense | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Treze | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | São Paulo Crystal | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 6 | Atletico Cajazeirense | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
| 7 | Nacional de Patos | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Perilima | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 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 | ABC | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | Campinense | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | America RN | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Uniclinic | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | Sousa | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 6 | Treze | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Central | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Caucaia | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 35 | -31 | 9 |
