Água Santa welcomes Taubaté as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Brazil Paulista A2
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo

It's ground zero in Paulista A2 - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Água Santa and Taubaté did in their pre-season friendlies!

Insights:
  • Água Santa have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Taubaté have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.

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 Santa and Taubaté.

It should be mentioned that Taubaté 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 Taubaté on artifical turf are 1 victory, 0 draws and 2 defeats from three games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 2-6. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Água Santa form and stats

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Santa home games with this odds we find one game with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, zero matches were won by at least two goals.

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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Taubaté form and stats

Let's have a look at how Taubaté performed last season in the Paulista A2: They landed a 14th 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

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - one - two (Santa wins - draws - Taubaté wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SantaR. Barbosa dos Santos Junior
R. Barbosa dos Santos Junior
2 goals
Água SantaH. Gomes Maciel
H. Gomes Maciel
2 goals
TaubatéL. Felipe dos Santos
L. Felipe dos Santos
2 goals

Água Santa missing players

Taubaté missing players

Água Santa Taubaté
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 3 6
5 3 1 Won W 1 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
9 4 1 Scored S 2 3 7
0 0 0 Conceded C 1 5 10
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
17% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 83%
100% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 12 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.3 8
4 3.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2 3.2
38% 40% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 50% 31%
Key stats in Paulista A2 this season:
  • All of Taubaté's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Taubaté have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Taubaté haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Água Santa have not yet conceded a single goal in all their games.
  • Água Santa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Água Santa have won all their matches at home so far.

  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 São 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 Sertãozinho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Taubaté 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 Sertãozinho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Taubaté 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.