São Bento fights Monte Azul in Paulista A2 battle

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Competition: Brazil Paulista A2
Competition: Sun 30.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Centro de Integração Comunitário Walter Ribeiro (13722 seats)

It's ground zero in Paulista A2 - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how São Bento and Monte Azul did in their pre-season friendlies!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bento and Monte Azul.

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São Bento form and stats

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Ypiranga Erechim are coming to town in three days.

Last season, São Bento's league statistics were 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Paulista A2. Over these three matches they scored 1 goal and conceded 5. Playing at home last season São Bento managed 0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with 0 goals and 1 conceded.

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Monte Azul form and stats

Let's have a look at how Monte Azul performed last season in the Paulista A2: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 19 and conceded 17 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 10/12 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one São Bento victory, two draws and zero Monte Azul wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Monte AzulL. dos Santos Cezane
L. dos Santos Cezane
4 goals
Monte AzulC. Martins
C. Martins
4 goals

São Bento missing players

Monte Azul missing players

São Bento Monte Azul
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 7 14
7 4 2 Won W 0 2 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
4 2 0 Lost L 2 3 4
21 13 6 Scored S 1 11 25
18 11 2 Conceded C 4 11 16
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
79% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 79%
57% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 50%
36% 57% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 43%
14% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
71% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 57%
21% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 21%
 
4.9 6.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.9 4.9
6.6 5.3 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 4.7 4.6
2.4 1.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
136 73 22 Total Shots T S 9 69 147
59 31 13 Shots on Target S O 4 31 62
36% 42% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 35% 40%
Key stats in Paulista A2 this season:
  • Monte Azul have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Monte Azul have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Monte Azul haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • São Bento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • São Bento have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • São Bento have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • São Bento haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atibaia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Monte Azul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Osasco Audax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Penapolense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Portuguesa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Portuguesa Santista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 RB Brasil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rio Claro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 São Bento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sao Bernardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 São Caetano 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 Taubate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Votuporanguense 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
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 Volta Redonda 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 7
2 Criciuma 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7
3 Brusque 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
4 EC Sao Jose 3 2 0 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -2 6
5 Ituano 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 4
6 Ypiranga Erechim 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
7 Tombense 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -1 3
8 Londrina 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 2
9 Boa 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 2
10 São Bento 3 0 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -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 Velo Clube 15 10 5 0 28 9 8 5 3 0 12 5 7 5 2 0 16 4 19 35
2 Capivariano 15 8 5 2 25 11 8 5 2 1 9 3 7 3 3 1 16 8 14 29
3 Desportivo Brasil 15 8 3 4 31 17 8 5 1 2 19 10 7 3 2 2 12 7 14 27
4 Noroeste 15 6 8 1 16 11 8 3 5 0 10 7 7 3 3 1 6 4 5 26
5 Barretos 15 6 6 3 16 12 8 4 3 1 11 8 7 2 3 2 5 4 4 24
6 Comercial 15 6 6 3 13 9 7 3 2 2 8 6 8 3 4 1 5 3 4 24
7 Osasco Audax 15 5 7 3 26 22 8 3 4 1 15 12 7 2 3 2 11 10 4 22
8 Monte Azul 15 6 4 5 19 17 7 4 1 2 9 5 8 2 3 3 10 12 2 22
9 Primavera SP 15 4 8 3 14 11 7 4 3 0 9 2 8 0 5 3 5 9 3 20
10 EC Sao Bernardo 15 4 4 7 20 24 7 3 2 2 12 12 8 1 2 5 8 12 -4 16
11 Rio Preto 15 4 3 8 13 21 7 3 2 2 7 5 8 1 1 6 6 16 -8 15
12 Batatais 15 3 6 6 12 24 8 2 4 2 3 8 7 1 2 4 9 16 -12 15
13 Gremio Osasco 15 4 2 9 15 21 7 2 0 5 10 12 8 2 2 4 5 9 -6 14
14 Olimpia 15 4 1 10 13 27 7 4 1 2 9 9 8 0 0 8 4 18 -14 13
15 Taboao da Serra 15 1 7 7 11 22 7 1 4 2 5 9 8 0 3 5 6 13 -11 10
16 Sao Carlos 15 1 5 9 10 24 8 1 3 4 8 13 7 0 2 5 2 11 -14 8

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.