Pernambucano 1: Caruaru City should have a great chance to win home match against Vera Cruz

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Competition: Brazil Pernambucano 1
Competition: Thu 17.March
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Luiz José de Lacerda (8000 seats)

Caruaru City have won 11 points playing as the host team. Vera Cruz have got 5 points being the away side. Should we expect a home win?

Insights:
  • Caruaru City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vera Cruz have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Pernambucano 1

Vera Cruz could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Pernambucano 1 game only four sleeps ago.

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Caruaru City form and stats

Caruaru City must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Pernambucano 1 games here at Estádio Luiz José de Lacerda. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Luiz José de Lacerda.

Caruaru City lost their last game at Náutico (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Sete de Setembro PE and winning 3-0.

The Caruaru City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches.

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Vera Cruz form and stats

1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Vera Cruz in their Pernambucano 1 matches away.

Home advantage was not enough for Vera in their previous game as they lost hosting Salgueiro, 1-2.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Santa Cruz wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Vera Cruz are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

CaruaruJ. Candido de Souza
J. Candido de Souza
2 goals
Caruaru CityJ. da Silva Martins
J. da Silva Martins
2 goals
Caruaru CityP. Nunes Silva
P. Nunes Silva
2 goals

Caruaru City missing players

Vera Cruz missing players

Caruaru City Vera Cruz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 1 4 8
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 5
11 4 1 Scored S 1 7 11
9 3 0 Conceded C 3 8 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 88%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
25% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.9 4.3 7 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1.2 2.1
4.9 4 1 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.5 5
2.6 4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 3.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.9 9.3 16 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.5 9
2.8 4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3 3.6
50% 33% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 58% 38%
 
10.8 11.7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 18 12 12.5
4.4 5.7 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4 4.9
Key stats in Pernambucano 1 this season:
  • All of Vera Cruz's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Caruaru City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vera Cruz have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Vera Cruz have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Vera Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vera Cruz have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Vera Cruz have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Pernambucano 1
  • Vera Cruz have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Pernambucano 1
  • Vera Cruz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vera Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Retrô 8 7 0 1 19 5 4 4 0 0 10 1 4 3 0 1 9 4 14 21
2 Náutico 8 5 1 2 14 7 5 3 0 2 7 4 3 2 1 0 7 3 7 16
3 Santa Cruz 8 5 1 2 18 13 4 3 0 1 10 7 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 16
4 Salgueiro 8 4 2 2 14 9 4 2 2 0 9 4 4 2 0 2 5 5 5 14
5 Sport Recife 8 3 4 1 18 9 5 2 3 0 14 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 9 13
6 Caruaru City 8 3 2 3 11 9 3 2 0 1 4 3 5 1 2 2 7 6 2 11
7 Afogados 8 1 4 3 11 17 4 1 2 1 7 7 4 0 2 2 4 10 -6 7
8 Vera Cruz 8 1 2 5 11 15 4 0 1 3 4 7 4 1 1 2 7 8 -4 5
9 Íbis 8 1 2 5 4 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 5 0 1 4 1 9 -8 5
10 Sete de Setembro PE 8 1 0 7 3 27 4 0 0 4 2 12 4 1 0 3 1 15 -24 0

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