It's match week two of the Paulista A2 season and all to play for. Don't miss our thorough preview of Rio Claro-Portuguesa Santista!
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.
Rio Claro form and stats
The season before, Rio Claro's league stats were 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses, results that produced 4th place in the Paulista A2. Over these 15 matches they scored {12 goals} and let in 10. Performing at their own stadium in the last season Rio Claro delivered 4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with {7 goals} and 5 conceded.
Rio Claro faced defeat in their previous match, away at Juventus (0-1).
Preceding that result, a home victory against EC Lemense in the Copa Paulista.
The manager Vallim will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Oeste in only three days.
Portuguesa Santista form and stats
Let's have a look at how Portuguesa Santista performed last season in the Paulista A2: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 12 and conceded {11 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 2/8 goals scored/conceded.
The followers enjoyed Portuguesa Santista's previous game versus Novorizontino (placed 13th), a 4-2 win played at home. An off the wall match with heaps of goals last time out for Portuguesa, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fixture, will this match be as refreshing?
Prior to that match, the Portuguesa Santista manager Guedes faced defeat when travelling to Portuguesa and losing 1-3.After this away game Portuguesa return home for a Paulista A2 game against Sao Caetano. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Rio Claro victories, two draws and one Portuguesa Santista win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Rio Claro missing players
Portuguesa Santista missing players
| Rio Claro | Portuguesa Santista | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Rio Claro | Last season | Portuguesa Santista | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 19 | 10 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 11 | ||
| 79% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 42% | 30% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 47% | ||
| 26% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 13% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 42% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 20% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 60% | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 7.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 26% | ||
| 7.9 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Oeste | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Taubaté | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Portuguesa Santista | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | XV de Piracicaba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Ponte Preta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Juventus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Primavera SP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | CA Linense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Comercial | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Velo Clube | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Rio Claro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Sao Caetano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Novorizontino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Noroeste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | EC Lemense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Monte Azul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 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 | Sao 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 |
