Match preview Paulista A2: Água Santa - Rio Claro at Estádio Primeiro de Maio

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Competition: Brazil Paulista A2
Competition: Thu 27.May
Match begins: 21:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Primeiro de Maio (17054 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Água Santa welcome Rio Claro for the opening game at Estádio Primeiro de Maio. Read on!

Insights:
  • Água Santa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rio Claro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

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.

It should be mentioned that Rio Claro play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Rio Claro on artifical turf are 0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat from two games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 0-2. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Água Santa form and stats

Last season, Água Santa's league statistics were 2 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Paulista A2. Over these twelve matches they scored 7 goals and conceded 15. Playing at home last season Água Santa managed 2-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 5 conceded.

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Rio Claro form and stats

Let's have a look at how Rio Claro performed last season in the Paulista A2: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 0 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 0 and conceded 0 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 0 and lost 0 with 0/0 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Rio Claro - Santa 0-2 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Santa won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Rio Claro has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / four

Top Goalscorers

Rio ClaroM. Belli
M. Belli
6 goals
SantaA. Freire Pereira da Silva
A. Freire Pereira da Silva
5 goals
Água SantaR. Barbosa dos Santos Junior
R. Barbosa dos Santos Junior
4 goals

Água Santa missing players

Rio Claro missing players

Água Santa Rio Claro
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
10 5 2 Won W 1 4 7
7 3 0 Drew D 1 4 8
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
27 12 2 Scored S 2 9 20
12 7 0 Conceded C 1 4 16
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 72%
72% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 50%
33% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 28%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 22%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 17%
44% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 39%
56% 56% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 56% 50%
11% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.1 1.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.9 11.7 4.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 9.4 9.6
4.5 3.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.6
33% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 31%
Key stats in Paulista A2 this season:
  • Rio Claro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Água Santa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Água Santa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Atibaia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 EC Sao Bernardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Monte Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Oeste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Osasco Audax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Portuguesa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Portuguesa Santista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 RB Brasil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rio Claro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sao Bernardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sertaozinho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Taubate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Velo Clube 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 XV de Piracicaba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Santos 12 4 4 4 13 12 6 3 3 0 8 2 6 1 1 4 5 10 1 16
2 Ponte Preta 12 4 1 7 14 16 6 2 1 3 8 8 6 2 0 4 6 8 -2 13
3 Água Santa 12 2 5 5 7 15 6 2 3 1 5 5 6 0 2 4 2 10 -8 11
4 Oeste 12 3 1 8 8 24 6 2 1 3 6 12 6 1 0 5 2 12 -16 10
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 Atibaia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Monte Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Osasco Audax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Penapolense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Portuguesa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Portuguesa Santista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 RB Brasil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rio Claro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sao Bento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sao Bernardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sao Caetano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sertaozinho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Taubate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Votuporanguense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 XV de Piracicaba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Read more about Paulista A2

There are 26 state football leagues in Brazil. Because of long distances in Brazil a very competitive football culture developed within each state. Therefore, Brazil remain one of the few countries who still run state championships alongside the national ones. Most of them run from January to May, outside the national season.