Taubaté have journeyed here for an engaging fight against the hosts Monte Azul. Read up on the fixture with this thorough Paulista A2 preview!
It's no vacation for neither Monte nor Taubaté as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Monte Azul form and stats
Monte Azul's first Paulista A2 home game here at Estádio Otacília Patrício Arroyo ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat from 7 matches.
No payout for Monte Azul in their previous match, an away game at Novorizontino that ended in defeat 1-2.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Oeste (1-5).Monte Azul are traveling soon after this match as the Paulista A2 match at Ponte Preta awaits in three days.
At Estádio Otacília Patrício Arroyo, Monte Azul has the goal stats of 1-5 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Taubaté form and stats
One match played away so far in the Paulista A2 for Taubaté and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses from 8 games.
Taubaté has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to XV de Piracicaba for a 1-1 draw.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs EC Lemense.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rio Claro in just three days.
It's early days yet, but Taubaté has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Monte Azul wins - draws - Taubaté wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Camargo 1 goals | S. Ferreira Guedes 1 goals |  M. Fernando 1 goals |
Monte Azul missing players
Taubaté missing players
| Monte Azul | Taubaté | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 7.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 13.5 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 18 | 16 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 10.5 |
| 9 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Monte Azul | Last season | Taubaté | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 7 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | ||
| 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 87% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 67% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | ||
| 33% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 13% | ||
| 33% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 27% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 53% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 40% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.4 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 20% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 28% | ||
| 12.2 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portuguesa Santista | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Primavera SP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Ponte Preta | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Taubaté | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | XV de Piracicaba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Juventus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Oeste | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Novorizontino | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | EC Lemense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Noroeste | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | CA Linense | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Comercial | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | São Caetano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Rio Claro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Velo Clube | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Monte Azul | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 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 | Portuguesa | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 32 |
| 2 | Oeste | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | XV de Piracicaba | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Rio Claro | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 | Sao Bento | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | CA Linense | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Velo Clube | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Primavera SP | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | EC Lemense | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Juventus | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 11 | São Caetano | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Portuguesa Santista | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Monte Azul | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 14 | Taubaté | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Osasco Audax | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 11 |
| 16 | RB Brasil | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 7 |
