The ABC & América RN managers F. de Assis Ciriaco dos Santos and J. Fernandes Barros are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Potiguar league table.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
ABC form and stats
Perfect Potiguar season at home so far for ABC, who have the most scored goals (28) in Potiguar, 2 wins from 2 appearances.
The ABC goalkeeper Rafael de Jesus Mariano is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 254 minutes without conceding a goal in the Potiguar.
ABC enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Potiguar Mossoro's place. The match ended 2-0 with Jailson and João Paulo scoring. Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against ASSU.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the ABC at home in the league. 13 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
América RN form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Potiguar.
América RN delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Juventude (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) in their previous match; a Copa do Brasil game. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Palmeira.
América are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (15 goals from 4 away games). The América RN defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: ABC - América RN 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five ABC victories, two draws and three América RN wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Nascimento da Silva 10 goals | J. Assis Penha 7 goals | P. Luiz de Souza 7 goals |
ABC missing players
América RN missing players
| ABC | América RN | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 49 | 24 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 22 | 47 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 86% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 79% |
| 64% | 71% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 57% | 71% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 43% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 57% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 57% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.2 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 7.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 166 | 84 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 79 | 173 |
| 82 | 43 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 34 | 74 |
| 50% | 37% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 46% |
- ABC has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home
- ABC has the fewest conceded goals (2)
- ABC has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
- ABC has the most clean sheets (4) at home
- ABC has the most clean sheets (8)
- ABC has the most points from losing position (10)
- ABC has the most scored goals (13) at home
- ABC has the most scored goals (28)
- ABC has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
- ABC has the the best goal difference (+13) at home
- ABC has the the best goal difference (+26)
- ABC have not yet lost a game.
- ABC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- ABC have scored in all their matches so far.
- ABC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- ABC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- ABC is in the best form (5-1-0)
- All of América RN's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- América RN has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- América RN has the most scored goals in the second half (29)
- América RN have not yet lost a game away.
- América RN have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- América RN have scored in all their matches so far.
- América RN haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 26 | 18 |
| 2 | América RN | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 16 |
| 3 | Globo | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Forca e Luz | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 5 | ASSU | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 6 | Santa Cruz de Natal RN | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -8 | 6 |
| 7 | Potiguar Mossoro | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -14 | 5 |
| 8 | Palmeira | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 3 |