The Forca e Luz manager Jose Nilson attacks this game with the team placed 4th so far. In the visitors dressing room Palmeira and their manager Wemeson are in 7th place before this match.
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.
Forca e Luz form and stats
Preceding that game was the away draw at ABC that finished 1-1.
Palmeira form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Potiguar ended in defeat. Last season Palmeira had these away match statistics: Played 3; won 0, drew 0 and lost 3.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Globo's place.
Palmeira have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Forca one win, two draws and Palmeira two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Carvalho Vieira 2 goals | R. Mendes dos Santos Júnior 1 goals | Michel Lima 1 goals |
Forca e Luz missing players
Palmeira missing players
| Forca e Luz | Palmeira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 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 |
| 3.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| Forca e Luz | Last season | Palmeira | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 86% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 86% | ||
| 79% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 71% | ||
| 57% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 57% | ||
| 50% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 43% | ||
| 50% | 57% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 14% | ||
| 57% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 50% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 14% | ||
| 21% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 50% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11.6 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | ABC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Globo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Forca e Luz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | ASSU | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Santa Cruz de Natal RN | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Palmeira | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Potiguar Mossoro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -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 | ABC | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 21 |
| 2 | America RN | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 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 |