Paulista A2 preview: Can Oeste edge out victory against São Bento?

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Competition: Brazil Paulista A2
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Barueri (31500 seats)

A new Paulista A2 season is ready to unfold and this is the premier real game for Oeste and São Bento. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Oeste have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

It's no vacation for neither Oeste nor São Bento 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.

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Oeste form and stats

Last season, Oeste's league statistics were 7 wins, 8 draws and 23 losses, leading to 20th spot in the Paulista A2. In these 38 matches they scored 28 goals and gave away 60. Performing as the home team in the previous season Oeste produced 5-3-11 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 25 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Oeste handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and one defeat.

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São Bento form and stats

Let's have a look at how São Bento performed last season in the Paulista A2: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 10 and conceded 13 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 3 with 5/6 goals scored/conceded.

Bento are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, nine draws and seven defeats. From a total of 19 matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet this season, as the statistics show this recent match: São Bento - Oeste 2-2. Head to head data (for the former ten meetings): Oeste won three games, three matches ended in a draw and São Bento managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Oeste missing players

São Bento missing players

Oeste São Bento
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
19 10 0 Played P 0 9 19
9 5 0 Won W 0 3 7
8 4 0 Drew D 0 5 9
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
25 14 0 Scored S 0 11 24
11 4 0 Conceded C 0 6 15
74% 70% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 56% 74%
58% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 63%
37% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 37%
21% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
37% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 47%
53% 70% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 56% 47%
37% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 56% 32%
 
3.8 4.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.9 3.3
4.4 3.9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.8 5.7
1.9 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.9 9.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.3 10.2
4.2 3.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.3 4
31% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 37% 32%
 
9.2 8.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8.4 8.5
3.5 3.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.7 2.8
Key stats in Paulista A2 this season:
  • Oeste have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

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.