National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gremio U20 or Atletico-MG U20 that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Gremio U20 form and stats
Last season their Sao Paolo Youth Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.This match is a Sao Paolo Youth Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
The Gremio U20 goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 301 minutes without conceding a goal in the Brasileiro U20.
Gremio U20's last game was hosting Chapecoense-SC U20 and winning 4-0. Ahead of that match, Gremio U20 won a home game hosting Uniao ABC U20 (1-0).
As mentioned above, Gremio U20 "killed" Chapecoense-SC U20 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
This is expected to be a close game, with Gremio U20 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gremio U20 as a small favourite), we find two games. Gremio U20 has won 0 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Atletico-MG U20 form and stats
They also participated in Sao Paolo Youth Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.When we have look at the Sao Paolo Youth Cup statistics, we find 4W-0D-1L. This is both home and away. A depressing five defeats in a row for Atletico-MG U20 in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Ponte Preta U20.
The supporters enjoyed Atletico-MG U20's previous game versus EC Sao Bernardo U20, a Sao Paolo Youth Cup 4-1 win played at home. Before that, Atletico-MG U20 secured a home win against ABC U20 with the score 4-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Atletico-MG U20 playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were {1 Atletico-MG U20 wins}, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Gremio U20 missing players
Atletico-MG U20 missing players
| Gremio U20 | Atletico-MG U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 35 | 26 | Scored | S | 15 | 43 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 318 | 187 | Total Shots | T S | 119 | 288 | ||
| 130 | 88 | Shots on Target | S O | 37 | 102 | ||
| 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 42% | ||