Possible nail-biting contest in Salgueiro - Santa Cruz game

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Competition: Brazil Pernambucano 1
Competition: Wed 09.February
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cornélio de Barros Muniz (5715 seats)

Salgueiro confront Santa Cruz for recognition and victory.

Insights:
  • Santa Cruz have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Pernambucano 1

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 Salgueiro and Santa Cruz.

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Salgueiro form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Salgueiro's two home games in the Pernambucano 1 so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estádio Cornélio de Barros Muniz.

Salgueiro's last game was hosting Sete de Setembro PE (placed 10th) and winning 4-0.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Íbis.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Salgueiro have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost two.

Salgueiro has scored 6 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Santa Cruz form and stats

As the visiting team in Pernambucano 1 matches, Santa Cruz have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.

The followers enjoyed Santa Cruz's previous fixture versus Íbis (placed 6th), a 3-0 win played at home.

Prior to that match, a home win 5-2 against Afogados.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Santa Cruz in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Santa Cruz, one draw and five defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Pernambucano 1 trip to Sport Recife.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Santa Cruz has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Salgueiro-Santa Cruz H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Salgueiro three wins, Santa Cruz two wins, five draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Salgueiro missing players

Santa Cruz missing players

Salgueiro Santa Cruz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
7 6 0 Scored S 0 2 10
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
33% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.3 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 3
3.7 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2.3
2.7 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.3 4 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 11.7
3.3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 7
70% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 48%
 
5.3 2.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 9.3
3 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 3
Key stats in Pernambucano 1 this season:
  • Santa Cruz have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Pernambucano 1
  • Santa Cruz is in the best form (3-0-0) in Pernambucano 1
Salgueiro Last season Santa Cruz
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 9   Played P   9 18
8 6   Won W   1 2
7 2   Drew D   2 6
3 1   Lost L   6 10
27 14   Scored S   4 11
14 3   Conceded C   9 19
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 83%
67% 56%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   44% 50%
33% 22%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   11% 28%
22% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 6%
6% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
44% 22%   BTTS BTTS   22% 39%
50% 67%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 22%
17% 22%   Failed to Score F T   67% 56%
 
4.2 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 6.2
5.6 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.7
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.9
2 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
6.4 6   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 11.2
2.4 2.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 3.2
63% 70%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 20%
 
7.5 7.7   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 10.4
2.5 2.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Santa Cruz 3 3 0 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 7 9
2 Sport Recife 3 2 0 1 11 3 2 2 0 0 10 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 8 6
3 Nautico 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 6 6
4 Retro 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
5 Salgueiro 3 1 1 1 7 4 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 4
6 Íbis 3 1 0 2 2 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 -5 3
7 Caruaru City 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
8 Afogados 2 0 1 1 4 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 1
9 Vera Cruz 3 0 1 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 5 -3 1
10 Sete de Setembro PE 3 0 0 3 0 14 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 11 -14 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 America RN 14 8 4 2 24 8 7 4 2 1 12 4 7 4 2 1 12 4 16 28
2 Salgueiro 14 7 5 2 18 8 7 5 1 1 9 2 7 2 4 1 9 6 10 26
3 Floresta 14 6 6 2 22 13 7 4 3 0 14 6 7 2 3 2 8 7 9 24
4 Globo 14 4 6 4 16 17 7 3 3 1 11 7 7 1 3 3 5 10 -1 18
5 Atletico Cajazeirense 14 5 1 8 17 21 7 4 1 2 12 7 7 1 0 6 5 14 -4 16
6 Campinense 14 3 6 5 13 15 7 3 4 0 10 4 7 0 2 5 3 11 -2 15
7 Afogados 14 4 1 9 15 33 7 4 1 2 11 14 7 0 0 7 4 19 -18 13
8 Guarany de Sobral 14 2 5 7 10 20 7 2 2 3 5 7 7 0 3 4 5 13 -10 11

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