Pernambucano 1 match prediction and preview for Santa Cruz vs Petrolina clash

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Competition: Brazil Pernambucano 1
Date: Sat 18.January
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)

It's ground zero in Pernambucano 1 - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Santa Cruz and Petrolina did in their pre-season friendlies!

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Santa Cruz form and stats

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Santa Cruz as they are travelling to their away game against Retrô in the Pernambucano 1. That match is four days after this one.

It's the first season at a new level for Santa Cruz as they were promoted from Serie C last season. Happy days that were secured through 6 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses from 18 games. The team scored 17 goals at home last season and conceded 13. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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Petrolina form and stats

Let's have a look at how Petrolina performed last season in the Pernambucano 1: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 5 and conceded 13 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 0 and lost 4 with 2/11 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 6 - 0 - 1 (Santa Cruz wins - draws - Petrolina wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Santa CruzA. Monteiro
A. Monteiro
3 goals
Santa CruzA. da
A. da
2 goals

Santa Cruz missing players

Petrolina missing players

Santa Cruz Petrolina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Santa Cruz Last season Petrolina
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 9   Played P   6 10
6 5   Won W   1 2
7 3   Drew D   0 2
5 1   Lost L   5 6
24 17   Scored S   2 5
27 13   Conceded C   15 17
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 80%
78% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 60%
50% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 50%
33% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 20%
17% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 10%
61% 78%   BTTS BTTS   17% 20%
17% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 40%
28% 11%   Failed to Score F T   67% 60%
 
4.3 5.7   Corners For (avg) C F   4.2 3.4
4.6 4.1   Corners Against (avg) C A   4.8 5.4
2.7 2.8   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
4 1   Red Cards R C   1 2
 
137 67   Total Shots T S   33 38
62 35   Shots on Target S O   6 8
39% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 25%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Academica Vitoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Afogados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Central 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Decisao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Nautico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Petrolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Retrô 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Salgueiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Santa Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sport Recife 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Nautico 18 10 3 5 24 18 9 6 2 1 18 10 9 4 1 4 6 8 6 33
2 Sampaio Correa 18 9 4 5 22 19 9 5 2 2 11 6 9 4 2 3 11 13 3 31
3 Imperatriz 18 8 4 6 27 22 9 5 3 1 12 4 9 3 1 5 15 18 5 28
4 Confianca 18 7 5 6 22 22 9 5 2 2 12 7 9 2 3 4 10 15 0 26
5 Botafogo PB 18 6 7 5 26 22 9 4 3 2 15 10 9 2 4 3 11 12 4 25
6 Ferroviario 18 7 4 7 21 20 9 4 2 3 12 9 9 3 2 4 9 11 1 25
7 Santa Cruz 18 6 7 5 24 27 9 5 3 1 17 13 9 1 4 4 7 14 -3 25
8 Treze 18 5 4 9 22 27 9 4 2 3 12 8 9 1 2 6 10 19 -5 19
9 ABC 18 4 6 8 19 22 9 2 3 4 12 14 9 2 3 4 7 8 -3 18
10 Globo 18 4 4 10 19 27 9 4 2 3 13 11 9 0 2 7 6 16 -8 16
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 Sport Recife 9 7 0 2 21 7 5 4 0 1 15 5 4 3 0 1 6 2 14 21
2 Nautico 9 6 1 2 18 8 5 4 1 0 12 2 4 2 0 2 6 6 10 19
3 Santa Cruz 9 5 2 2 12 8 4 4 0 0 9 1 5 1 2 2 3 7 4 17
4 Salgueiro 9 5 1 3 21 15 5 5 0 0 17 5 4 0 1 3 4 10 6 16
5 Central 9 5 1 3 12 9 5 2 1 2 7 7 4 3 0 1 5 2 3 16
6 Afogados 9 3 3 3 13 17 4 2 1 1 6 6 5 1 2 2 7 11 -4 12
7 Academica Vitoria 9 2 3 4 8 14 5 2 1 2 6 5 4 0 2 2 2 9 -6 9
8 Petrolina 9 2 2 5 5 13 4 1 2 1 3 2 5 1 0 4 2 11 -8 8
9 America PE 9 0 1 8 3 16 4 0 0 4 2 7 5 0 1 4 1 9 -13 1
10 Flamengo Arcoverde 9 2 2 5 13 19 4 1 2 1 4 5 5 1 0 4 9 14 -6 -5

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There are 26 state football leagues in Brazil. Because of long distances in Brazil a very competitive football culture developed within each state. Therefore, Brazil remain one of the few countries who still run state championships alongside the national ones. Most of them run from January to May, outside the national season.