São Bento have journeyed here for an absorbing fight versus the hosting Portuguesa. Prepare for the match with this thorough Paulista A2 preview!
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.
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.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Portuguesa as they are travelling to their away game against EC Lemense in the Paulista A2. That match is three days after this one.
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.
A new game in only three days for São Bento, the Paulista A2 home match versus Taubate. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - one - two (Portuguesa wins - draws - São Bento wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Lursen Tuponi 2 goals | C. Rodrigues de Oliveira 1 goals |  L. Lima da Silva 1 goals |
Portuguesa missing players
São Bento missing players
| Portuguesa | São Bento | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 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% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 10 | 7 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 13.5 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 88% | 80% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 11.5 | 15 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Portuguesa | Last season | São Bento | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 86% | ||
| 62% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 50% | ||
| 31% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 14% | 14% | ||
| 19% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 44% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 29% | ||
| 19% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 50% | ||
| 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.2 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | ||
| 6.9 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 6.4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 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 |
