This is the Paulista A2 season opener for these teams, whom at last are competing for points again. Will XV de Piracicaba or São Bento get that important first win?
- XV de Piracicaba have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- XV de Piracicaba have scored at least twice as many goals at home as São Bento have scored away.
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 XV de Piracicaba and São Bento.
XV de Piracicaba form and stats
In the previous season, XV de Piracicaba's league results were 0 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses, results that produced 16th spot in the Paulista A2. From these zero matches they scored 0 goals and conceded 0. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season XV de Piracicaba managed 0-0-0 (win-draw-lost) with 0 goals and 0 conceded.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Piracicaba have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won ten times, drawn two and lost two.
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.
São Bento are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, eight draws and seven defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the contenders met previously this campaign; São Bento - Piracicaba 1-0. The referee showed his red card when these teams last played each other, and the recipient was Oliveira (São Bento). H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): XV de Piracicaba four wins, two draws and São Bento three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last nine duels.Top Goalscorers
  L. da Silva Oliva 4 goals |  M. Nunes Barros 4 goals | W. dos Santos Vieira Júnior 3 goals |
XV de Piracicaba missing players
São Bento missing players
| XV de Piracicaba | São Bento | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 81% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 57% | 75% |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 62% |
| 31% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 44% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 38% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 31% |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.6 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 10.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 36% | 48% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 7.4 | 7.9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9.3 | 9 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
- XV de Piracicaba have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- XV de Piracicaba have scored at least twice as many goals at home as São Bento have scored away.
- XV de Piracicaba haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
