Portuguesa vs Rio Claro preview: Visitors in for a gruelling task at Estádio Dr. Oswaldo Teixeira Duarte

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Competition: Brazil Paulista A2
Competition: Wed 02.March
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dr. Oswaldo Teixeira Duarte (21004 seats)

Portuguesa fight Rio Claro for prestige and success.

Insights:
  • Portuguesa have not yet lost a game.
  • Portuguesa have scored more than double the goals of Rio Claro.

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.

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Portuguesa form and stats

Portuguesa could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Paulista A2. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Estádio Dr. Oswaldo Teixeira Duarte they witnessed 4 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W6 - D6 - L2 from 14 games.

The manager da Silva will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Oeste in only three days.

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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 11th 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.

After this away game Claro return home for a Paulista A2 game against RB Brasil. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these squads: Portuguesa won five, Rio Claro triumphed in three and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

PortuguesaM. Costa
M. Costa
3 goals
PortuguesaP. de Sousa Freitas
P. de Sousa Freitas
2 goals
PortuguesaD. Tavares Pires
D. Tavares Pires
2 goals

Portuguesa missing players

Rio Claro missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portuguesa Rio Claro
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 0 5 10
7 3 0 Won W 0 1 2
3 2 0 Drew D 0 3 5
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
16 7 0 Scored S 0 3 6
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 3 7
80% 60% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 60% 70%
50% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 40%
40% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 20%
10% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 40%
80% 80% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 50%
20% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 40%
 
4.8 5.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.8 4.3
4.3 3.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.8 4.7
2.6 2.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 2.3
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.9 9.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.4 8.9
3.5 3.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.2 3.3
46% 41% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 18%
 
10.1 9.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.2 9.4
2.7 2.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.3
Key stats in Paulista A2 this season:
  • Portuguesa have not yet lost a game.
  • Portuguesa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Portuguesa have scored more than double the goals of Rio Claro.
  • Portuguesa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rio Claro have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Rio Claro have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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 14 6 6 2 20 12 7 4 2 1 11 4 7 2 4 1 9 8 8 24
2 Santo Andre 14 6 3 5 16 13 7 3 2 2 9 7 7 3 1 3 7 6 3 21
3 Cianorte 14 4 8 2 12 9 7 3 4 0 6 2 7 1 4 2 6 7 3 20
4 Bangu 14 5 4 5 14 16 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 2 2 3 5 8 -2 19
5 Inter de Limeira 14 5 4 5 11 14 7 2 1 4 5 10 7 3 3 1 6 4 -3 19
6 Boavista 14 5 3 6 11 13 7 1 3 3 4 6 7 4 0 3 7 7 -2 18
7 São Bento 14 3 5 6 10 13 7 1 3 3 5 7 7 2 2 3 5 6 -3 14
8 Madureira 14 3 5 6 12 16 7 2 2 3 6 7 7 1 3 3 6 9 -4 14
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 Agua 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 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

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