The Forca e Luz manager Jose Nilson attacks this game with the team placed 7th so far. In the visitors dressing room Potiguar Mossoró and their manager J. Menezes Bezerra are in 5th place before this match.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Forca e Luz form and stats
Forca e Luz have played three Potiguar home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Forca e Luz manager Jose Nilson and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Palmeira (placed 8th) in the Potiguar. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Santa Cruz de Natal RN.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Forca e Luz as they have a new game in only three days, a Potiguar match thankfully also at home. ASSU are visiting.
Forca e Luz has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 3 games. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Forca e Luz have let the opposition score 10 times, an average of more than three per game.
Potiguar Mossoró form and stats
Things could have gone better for Potiguar Mossoró in their Potiguar away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Ketson was the last player to score for the away team. Potiguar Mossoró haven't scored a league goal in the last 188 minutes.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Potiguar Mossoró, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Globo (placed 3rd).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Potiguar trip to Palmeira.
2 goals so far away for Potiguar Mossoró, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Potiguar Mossoró - Forca e Luz 0-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - zero - five (Forca e Luz wins - draws - Potiguar Mossoró wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 F. Moreira Santos 4 goals |  D. Lomba Farias 2 goals |  H. da Silva Souza 2 goals |
Forca e Luz missing players
Potiguar Mossoró missing players
| Forca e Luz | Potiguar Mossoró | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 23 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 82% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 73% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 27% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 5.6 | 6.8 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 5.2 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5 | 4.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 106 | 58 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 30 | 36 |
| 42 | 26 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 26% | 19% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 45% | 64% |
- Forca e Luz has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- Forca e Luz has the most conceded goals (10) at home
- Forca e Luz has the most conceded goals in the first half (13)
- Forca e Luz has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home
- Forca e Luz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Forca e Luz have created more than twice as many corners as Potiguar Mossoró.
- Forca e Luz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Forca e Luz have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Potiguar Mossoró has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Potiguar Mossoró have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Potiguar Mossoró have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 9 |
| 2 | America RN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Globo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | ASSU | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Potiguar Mossoró | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 6 | Santa Cruz de Natal RN | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 2 |
| 7 | Forca e Luz | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -9 | 2 |
| 8 | Palmeira | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -13 | 1 |