Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Água Santa & Novorizontino face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Paulista A1. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Água Santa form and stats
Last season their Paulista A1 adventure ended in the regular season.This stadium, Estádio Municipal José Batista Pereira Fernandes, has been a fortress for Água Santa in the Paulista A2 so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-0-1. Água Santa has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio Municipal José Batista Pereira Fernandes, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
In their previous game, the manager F. Marchiori Lavagnolli led his Água Santa to a defeat in the Paulista A1 match away at Sao Paulo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Municipal José Batista Pereira Fernandes. Ahead of that match, Água Santa won a home game hosting Santo Andre (3-2).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Água Santa as they are travelling to their away game against Santo Andre in the Paulista A1. That match is four days after this one.
The Água Santa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Água Santa have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Novorizontino form and stats
They also participated in Paulista A1 last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Palmeiras drew the shortest straw.4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Novorizontino playing as the away team in the Paulista A2 this season. Novorizontino has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Novorizontino are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Paulista A1 against Oeste. A loss against Boavista was the result prior to that, in a Serie D home game.
Novorizontino are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 10 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Novorizontino have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 0 - 3 - 2 (Água Santa wins - draws - Novorizontino wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Água Santa missing players
Novorizontino missing players
| Água Santa | Novorizontino | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Scored | S | 11 | 30 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 203 | 94 | Total Shots | T S | 89 | 257 | ||
| 89 | 43 | Shots on Target | S O | 39 | 103 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ferroviaria | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 44 |
| 2 | Novorizontino | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Oeste | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
| 4 | Água Santa | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | Sao Caetano | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 35 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | Independente SP | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | Guarani | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Santo Andre | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 30 |
| 10 | Uniao Barbarense | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | Paulista | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Rio Branco SP | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 24 |
| 13 | Atletico Sorocaba | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Velo Clube | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Batatais | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 22 |
| 16 | Monte Azul | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -13 | 21 |
| 17 | Comercial | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 18 | Matonense | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 19 | Catanduvense | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -16 | 12 |
| 20 | Guaratingueta | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 23 | -27 | 3 |