Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nautico U20 & Santa Cruz U20 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Pernambucano U20. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nautico U20 form and stats
Last season, Nautico U20's Pernambucano U20 journey ended in the final against Sport Recife U20..
Nautico U20's previous fixture was a Pernambucano U20 game also played at their own stadium, ending 3-1 against Santa Cruz U20. The home side hope to to continue in that form.
Before that, a strong away win at Caruaru City U20. A Pernambucano U20 match.
Santa Cruz U20 form and stats
Santa was sent out of Pernambucano U20 in the quarter-finals last season, when Retro U20 turned out to be too strong.0 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Santa Cruz U20 playing as the away team in the league this season.
Two away matches in a row for Santa Cruz U20, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Nautico U20 in the Pernambucano U20.
The match before that was the Pernambucano U20-battle against Porto PE U20, a home defeat (0-3).
Head 2 Head
The duelists have battled earlier this season: Nautico - Santa Cruz U20 3-1. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's three Nautico U20 victories, zero draws and one Santa Cruz U20 wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Nautico U20 missing players
Santa Cruz U20 missing players
| Nautico U20 | Santa Cruz U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 60 | 37 | Scored | S | 23 | 41 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 2.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 6.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 68% | 63% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | ||
| 7.9 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nautico U20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 15 |
| 2 | Porto PE U20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Sport Recife U20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Retro U20 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Santa Cruz U20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 6 | Central U20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Ibis U20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Atletico Torres U20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Caruaru City U20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 10 | Atletico PE U20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 5 |
| 11 | Petrolina U20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -11 | 0 |
