Paulista A2 match preview: São Bernardo versus XV de Piracicaba

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Competition: Brazil Paulista A2
Competition: Wed 26.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Primeiro de Maio (17054 seats)

It's ground zero in Paulista A2 - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how São Bernardo and XV de Piracicaba did in their pre-season friendlies!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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São Bernardo form and stats

The manager M. Castelo Veiga will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Taubate in only four days.

Last season, São Bernardo's league statistics were 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 14th position in the Paulista A2. Over these 15 matches they scored 14 goals and conceded 16. Playing at home last season São Bernardo managed 2-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 9 conceded.

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XV de Piracicaba form and stats

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Penapolense in just four days.

Let's have a look at how XV de Piracicaba performed last season in the Paulista A2: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 17 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 3 with 10/12 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - one - three (Bernardo wins - draws - XV de Piracicaba wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

XV de PiracicabaC. Barone Barboza
C. Barone Barboza
3 goals

São Bernardo missing players

XV de Piracicaba missing players

São Bernardo XV de Piracicaba
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 0 Played P 2 6 13
6 3 0 Won W 0 2 5
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 5
3 1 0 Lost L 2 3 3
15 6 0 Scored S 1 3 13
10 3 0 Conceded C 3 5 11
85% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 77%
54% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 46%
23% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 17% 38%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 23%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 17% 38%
62% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 46%
15% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 38%
 
4.1 5.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.3 6.4
5.5 4.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.2 4.7
2.6 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 2.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
141 69 0 Total Shots T S 20 49 121
49 22 0 Shots on Target S O 6 12 42
31% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 31%
Key stats in Paulista A2 this season:
  • São Bernardo have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 Sao Bento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 São 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 Agua Santa 15 10 1 4 24 13 7 6 0 1 11 3 8 4 1 3 13 10 11 31
2 Portuguesa Santista 15 8 3 4 20 15 7 4 1 2 10 8 8 4 2 2 10 7 5 27
3 Rio Claro 15 8 3 4 13 8 7 5 1 1 9 3 8 3 2 3 4 5 5 27
4 Juventus 15 7 4 4 20 15 7 3 1 3 7 5 8 4 3 1 13 10 5 25
5 XV de Piracicaba 15 7 3 5 21 17 8 5 1 2 11 5 7 2 2 3 10 12 4 24
6 Santo Andre 15 5 6 4 15 13 8 4 4 0 12 6 7 1 2 4 3 7 2 21
7 Inter de Limeira 15 5 6 4 18 19 7 1 4 2 9 9 8 4 2 2 9 10 -1 21
8 Taubate 15 5 4 6 16 16 8 3 3 2 12 9 7 2 1 4 4 7 0 19
9 Atibaia 15 4 7 4 20 25 7 2 2 3 10 15 8 2 5 1 10 10 -5 19
10 Sertaozinho 15 4 5 6 16 19 8 3 3 2 8 5 7 1 2 4 8 14 -3 17
11 Portuguesa 15 4 5 6 19 23 7 2 3 2 10 10 8 2 2 4 9 13 -4 17
12 Votuporanguense 15 3 7 5 14 16 8 2 4 2 9 8 7 1 3 3 5 8 -2 16
13 Penapolense 15 4 4 7 13 18 7 1 2 4 4 8 8 3 2 3 9 10 -5 16
14 São Bernardo 15 3 6 6 14 16 8 2 2 4 8 9 7 1 4 2 6 7 -2 15
15 Nacional SP 15 3 6 6 16 19 8 3 3 2 13 11 7 0 3 4 3 8 -3 15
16 CA Linense 15 3 4 8 13 20 8 0 3 5 4 11 7 3 1 3 9 9 -7 13

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.