It's the second possibility for points this league season as Santa Cruz and Afogados lock horns at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Santa Cruz form and stats
Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
It's back home for Santa Cruz, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Caruaru City away with the result 2-1.
Before that, Santa drew at home versus Floresta (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties).The match schedule is unforgiving for Santa Cruz as they have a new game in only three days, a Pernambucano 1 match thankfully also at home. Ibis are visiting.
Afogados form and stats
Let's have a look at how Afogados performed last season in the Serie D: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 1 draw and 9 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 0 and lost 7 with 4/19 goals scored/conceded.
Afogados played 2-2 against Vera Cruz in their previous match.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Santa Cruz (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) that ended 0-0.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - three - zero (Santa Cruz wins - draws - Afogados wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Santa Cruz missing players
Afogados missing players
| Santa Cruz | Afogados | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Santa Cruz | Last season | Afogados | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 83% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 50% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 28% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 71% | ||
| 6% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 50% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 21% | ||
| 39% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 57% | ||
| 22% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | ||
| 56% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 36% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.1 | 6 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11.2 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 20% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 37% | ||
| 10.4 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sport Recife | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Nautico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Retrô | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Santa Cruz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ibis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 6 | Afogados | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Caruaru City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Salgueiro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Vera Cruz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Sete de Setembro PE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 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 |
