Football betting preview: Retrô favourites when Afogados visit

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Competition: Brazil Pernambucano 1
Competition: Thu 03.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Itaipava Arena Pernambuco (19800 seats)

Retrô are thought of as probable winners of this home fixture against Afogados, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or could we be eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Retrô is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pernambucano 1
  • Afogados have yet to win a game away.

Afogados 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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Retrô form and stats

As mentioned below, Retrô are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Pernambucano 1 games. In general it's been a long time since Retrô tasted defeat here at Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

A strong away win for Retrô against Santa Cruz the last match, as Fumaça, Giva and Costa were on target.

Heartbreak before that as Retrô lost 1-2 at Caruaru City's place.

At Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, Retrô has the goal stats of 6-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Afogados form and stats

The Pernambucano 1 season is young and Afogados have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far. Two points from the last two away games for Afogados, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Afogados played 2-2 against Nautico in their previous match.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Caruaru City.

Afogados have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored. Afogados have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Retrô-Afogados H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Retrô zero wins, Afogados one win, two draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

RetrôE. Roque da Silva
E. Roque da Silva
1 goals

Retrô missing players

Afogados missing players

Retrô Afogados
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 1 3 7
5 2 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
15 6 4 Scored S 2 4 11
5 1 0 Conceded C 5 7 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 71%
33% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 14%
67% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
33% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.7 2.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.7 4.9
6.8 7.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 5.3 4.1
2.7 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.5 9.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 10 6 9.1
5.8 4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.3 3
43% 75% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 52%
 
10.8 8.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 8 11.3 10.1
4.5 3 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.3 4.4
Key stats in Pernambucano 1 this season:
  • Afogados have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Afogados have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Afogados have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Afogados have yet to win a game away.
  • Afogados haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Afogados's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Retrô's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Retrô have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Retrô have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Retrô have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Retrô have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Pernambucano 1
  • Retrô have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Pernambucano 1
  • Retrô have the the best goal difference (+10) in Pernambucano 1
  • Retrô have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Retrô have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Retrô haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Retrô is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pernambucano 1

  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 6 5 0 1 15 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 4 3 0 1 9 4 10 15
2 Santa Cruz 7 4 1 2 16 12 3 2 0 1 8 6 4 2 1 1 8 6 4 13
3 Nautico 5 3 1 1 11 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 2 1 0 7 3 6 10
4 Salgueiro 5 3 1 1 11 6 3 2 1 0 8 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 5 10
5 Sport Recife 6 2 3 1 15 7 5 2 3 0 14 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 8 9
6 Caruaru City 6 2 2 2 8 8 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 8
7 Afogados 7 1 4 2 11 14 4 1 2 1 7 7 3 0 2 1 4 7 -3 7
8 Vera Cruz 5 1 1 3 8 10 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 6 6 -2 4
9 Ibis 6 1 1 4 3 10 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 7 -7 4
10 Sete de Setembro PE 7 1 0 6 3 24 3 0 0 3 2 9 4 1 0 3 1 15 -21 3

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