Football match preview: EC Lemense vs Oeste

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Competition: Brazil Paulista A2
Competition: Tue 28.February
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Bruno Lazzarini

Very important shoot-out in the bottom part of the Paulista A2, with both EC Lemense and Oeste enduring more worry than delight. This fixture is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team positioned 14th and the guests in 11th place.

Insights:
  • EC Lemense have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Paulista A2
  • Oeste have the most scored goals (12) away in Paulista A2

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 Lemense and Oeste.

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EC Lemense form and stats

EC Lemense's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Ponte Preta (placed 1st). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points through three league fixtures.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Primavera SP that finished 2-2.

EC Lemense has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Lemense have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Oeste form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Paulista A2 travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. When Oeste is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Sao Caetano, Oeste, CA Linense, Monte Azul and Juventus is teams we like to compare EC Lemense with.

The Oeste goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 212 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Oeste delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Taubate (placed 9th) in their previous fixture.

Before that, Oeste secured a home win against Novorizontino with the score 1-0.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Paulista A2 trip to Sao Caetano.

The Oeste manager de Freitas has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 5 league matches. Oeste struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games. When Oeste is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Sao Caetano, Oeste, CA Linense, Monte Azul and Juventus.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

EC LemenseD. Santos Andrade
D. Santos Andrade
4 goals
OesteR. Alves de Faria
R. Alves de Faria
3 goals
EC LemenseK. Silva de Souza
K. Silva de Souza
2 goals

EC Lemense missing players

Oeste missing players

EC Lemense Oeste
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 2 5 12
3 3 1 Won W 2 2 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 5
7 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
12 7 1 Scored S 7 12 15
22 7 0 Conceded C 2 9 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 75%
83% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
33% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 60% 25%
17% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 40% 17%
42% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 58%
8% 20% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
50% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
4.2 4.8 10 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4 4.8
4.7 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 4.6
2.5 2.4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 9.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 10.6 12.5
2.3 2.6 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.5
43% 54% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 70% 50% 28%
 
11.1 8.4 6 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8 8.5
4.4 3.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.6 4.1
Key stats in Paulista A2 this season:
  • All of Oeste's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • EC Lemense have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Paulista A2
  • EC Lemense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Oeste have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Oeste have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Oeste have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Oeste have the most scored goals (12) away in Paulista A2
  • Oeste haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ponte Preta 13 10 2 1 26 13 7 5 2 0 15 7 6 5 0 1 11 6 13 32
2 Portuguesa Santista 12 7 2 3 23 15 5 5 0 0 16 7 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 23
3 Novorizontino 12 7 2 3 22 14 7 5 2 0 16 6 5 2 0 3 6 8 8 23
4 Noroeste 12 6 2 4 18 17 6 3 0 3 8 10 6 3 2 1 10 7 1 20
5 Comercial 12 5 3 4 11 12 6 3 1 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 5 7 -1 18
6 Primavera SP 13 4 5 4 17 17 7 2 3 2 10 9 6 2 2 2 7 8 0 17
7 Velo Clube 12 5 2 5 16 18 6 4 1 1 9 6 6 1 1 4 7 12 -2 17
8 XV de Piracicaba 12 3 7 2 15 12 6 1 3 2 4 5 6 2 4 0 11 7 3 16
9 Taubate 12 4 3 5 13 11 6 3 0 3 9 6 6 1 3 2 4 5 2 15
10 Rio Claro 12 4 3 5 14 16 7 2 2 3 11 11 5 2 1 2 3 5 -2 15
11 Oeste 12 3 5 4 15 14 7 1 4 2 3 5 5 2 1 2 12 9 1 14
12 Juventus 12 3 5 4 13 12 6 1 2 3 5 7 6 2 3 1 8 5 1 14
13 CA Linense 12 2 6 4 9 12 6 1 4 1 5 6 6 1 2 3 4 6 -3 12
14 EC Lemense 12 3 2 7 12 22 5 3 0 2 7 7 7 0 2 5 5 15 -10 11
15 Sao Caetano 12 2 3 7 12 19 5 1 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 5 5 12 -7 9
16 Monte Azul 12 1 4 7 14 26 5 0 2 3 4 11 7 1 2 4 10 15 -12 7

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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.