National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Central or Decisao that keep their silverware dream alive.
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!
Central form and stats
Action has already taken place for Central in Pernambucano 2 as they have defeated Maguary PE, Porto, Cha Grande, Ypiranga PE and Belo Jardim to reach the 2nd Phase.When playing at home in the Serie D, Central have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
Central's previous match was a Pernambucano 2 game also played at their own stadium, finishing 2-0 versus Porto. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Before that game, a nice away victory at Cha Grande. A Pernambucano 2 match.
Central has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Decisao form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated 1.º de Maio, Serrano PE, Pesqueira, Flamengo Arcoverde and Petrolina in order to reach 2nd phase of Pernambucano 2.It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Pesqueira in their previous outing. The Pernambucano 2 duel ended 1-1.
One match before, 0-0 at home against 1.º de Maio in the Pernambucano 2.
Head 2 Head
Central have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Decisao.The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.
Central missing players
Decisao missing players
| Central | Decisao | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 23 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 44 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 32% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 5.9 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7.7 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 24% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 33% | ||
| 9 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 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 | ABC | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | Campinense | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | America RN | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Uniclinic | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | Sousa | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 6 | Treze | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Central | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Caucaia | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 35 | -31 | 9 |
