This could be an interesting match as Taubaté have their presumed home advantage while Portuguesa Santista are ahead in the Paulista A2 table with their 9 point advantage.
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 Taubaté and Portuguesa Santista.
Taubaté form and stats
Taubaté have played 6 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).Taubaté's previous game was a Paulista A2 match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Nacional SP. The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Votuporanguense.
The Paulista A2 match against Água Santa is next on the list for Taubaté, coming up only two days after this. It is played on a neutral arena. A quite possible distraction for the home team is the Taubaté - Água Santa game in the Paulista A2 only two days away. That match is played on a neutral venue.
The Taubaté fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 in twelve matches. Taubaté's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times.
Portuguesa Santista form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Portuguesa Santista playing as the away team this season.It's the second away game in a row for Portuguesa Santista, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Inter de Limeira in the Paulista A2 last time out. Before that, Portuguesa Santista secured a home win against Sertaozinho with the score 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 27 similar matches played by Portuguesa Santista in our archives, and the results are: 11 wins for Portuguesa Santista, 8 draws and 8 defeats. After this away game Portuguesa Santista return home for a Paulista A2 game against São Bernardo. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Portuguesa Santista are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from twelve games. As opposed to that, Portuguesa Santista have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 0 - 0 - 2 (Taubaté wins - draws - Portuguesa Santista wins).Top Goalscorers
  Rodriguinho 5 goals |
Taubaté missing players
Portuguesa Santista missing players
| Taubaté | Portuguesa Santista | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | Played | 6 | 12 |
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 83% | Over 1.5 | 50% | 58% |
| 42% | 67% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 25% |
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 17% | 8% |
| 33% | 50% | Both teams to score | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | Clean Sheet | 50% | 33% |
| 42% | 17% | Failed To Score | 0% | 17% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Água Santa | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | XV de Piracicaba | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 3 | Portuguesa Santista | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Juventus | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Rio Claro | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Inter de Limeira | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Votuporanguense | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Santo André | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Taubaté | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Portuguesa | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Sertãozinho | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | CA Linense | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Atibaia | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 14 | Nacional SP | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Penapolense | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | São Bernardo | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
