Paulista A3 match prediction: Little separates Votuporanguense and Comercial in quality

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Competition: Brazil Paulista A3
Competition: Wed 20.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Dr. Plínio Marin (9227 seats)

Comercial travel to Votuporanguense and Estádio Municipal Dr. Plínio Marin packed with optimism, but the hosts is no muppet. More information on the match here!

Insights:
  • Votuporanguense have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Paulista A3
  • Comercial have the most scored goals (28) in Paulista A3

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.

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Votuporanguense form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Municipal Dr. Plínio Marin as Votuporanguense have scored 12 goals to get 17 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Paulista A3 are 5-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Sertaozinho here at Estádio Municipal Dr. Plínio Marin, Votuporanguense has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Votuporanguense's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus USAC. The home side are looking to build on that result. Manager Santos felt very clever after Israel scored the winning goal against USAC, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at USAC.

This is expected to be a close game, with Votuporanguense perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Votuporanguense as a small favourite), we find seven games. Votuporanguense has won three of these, drawn two and lost two.

The manager Santos will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to São José EC in only three days.

Votuporanguense have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal Dr. Plínio Marin with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Votuporanguense have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Comercial form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (28) in Paulista A3, are W4-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Paulista A3. In general it has been a productive period now for Comercial as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games.

There were no winners in Comercial's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs São José EC.

A 3-3 draw at São José EC's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Comercial playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were three Comercial wins, eight draws and two defeats.

A new game in only three days for Comercial, the Paulista A3 home match versus USAC. Busy days.

Comercial has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Comercial are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head match ended Comercial - Votuporanguense 3-1, earlier this season. Last seven meetings involving these participants: Votuporanguense won one, Comercial triumphed in four and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ComercialW. dos Santos
W. dos Santos
9 goals
VotuporanguenseM. Martins de Oliveira
M. Martins de Oliveira
6 goals
ComercialG. Garcia Aleixo
G. Garcia Aleixo
6 goals

Votuporanguense missing players

Comercial missing players

Votuporanguense Comercial
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 2 10 19
8 7 2 Won W 2 5 11
4 2 0 Drew D 0 4 6
7 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
21 15 4 Scored S 6 20 37
20 5 2 Conceded C 0 9 18
89% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
74% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 84%
42% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 70% 68%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 26%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 11%
42% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 68%
42% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 26%
26% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 16%
 
6.3 6.8 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 4.7 5.2
4.4 4.3 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 7.2 6.6
2.4 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 14.3 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 16 12.6 13.3
4.2 5.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6.2 5.4
27% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 30% 33%
 
12.2 11.7 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 20 13.6 11.7
4.9 5.1 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 11 5.4 4.3
Key stats in Paulista A3 this season:
  • Comercial have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Comercial have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Comercial have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Paulista A3
  • Comercial have the most scored goals (28) in Paulista A3
  • Comercial have the the best goal difference (+14) in Paulista A3
  • Comercial have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Paulista A3
  • Votuporanguense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Votuporanguense have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Paulista A3
  • Votuporanguense have the the best goal difference (+7) at home in Paulista A3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Comercial 15 9 4 2 28 14 7 5 1 1 14 8 8 4 3 1 14 6 14 31
2 Noroeste 15 9 3 3 18 8 8 5 1 2 12 7 7 4 2 1 6 1 10 30
3 São José EC 15 9 2 4 19 16 8 4 2 2 11 11 7 5 0 2 8 5 3 29
4 EC São Bernardo 15 7 6 2 22 14 8 4 3 1 11 5 7 3 3 1 11 9 8 27
5 Marília 15 8 3 4 15 11 8 6 1 1 9 3 7 2 2 3 6 8 4 27
6 Votuporanguense 15 6 4 5 17 13 8 5 2 1 12 5 7 1 2 4 5 8 4 22
7 USAC 15 5 6 4 15 14 7 5 1 1 9 4 8 0 5 3 6 10 1 21
8 Capivariano 15 6 3 6 20 21 7 4 2 1 13 8 8 2 1 5 7 13 -1 21
9 Bandeirante SP 15 5 4 6 19 18 7 4 1 2 9 4 8 1 3 4 10 14 1 19
10 Matonense 15 4 7 4 20 27 7 0 5 2 6 11 8 4 2 2 14 16 -7 19
11 Barretos 15 3 8 4 14 14 8 3 4 1 12 9 7 0 4 3 2 5 0 17
12 Rio Preto 15 4 4 7 11 18 7 4 2 1 9 5 8 0 2 6 2 13 -7 16
13 Desportivo Brasil 15 3 5 7 14 18 7 3 2 2 8 5 8 0 3 5 6 13 -4 14
14 Sertaozinho 15 2 7 6 11 16 8 0 5 3 6 9 7 2 2 3 5 7 -5 13
15 Nacional SP 15 2 3 10 8 17 8 1 3 4 2 7 7 1 0 6 6 10 -9 9
16 Olimpia 15 1 5 9 8 20 7 1 2 4 5 10 8 0 3 5 3 10 -12 8

Read more about Paulista A3

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