National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Itapirense U20 or Palmas FR 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.
Itapirense U20 form and stats
Itapirense U20 participated in Sao Paolo Youth Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.The story so far in the league for Itapirense U20 at their home stadium (Estádio Municipal Coronel Francisco Vieira) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The spoils were shared in Itapirense's previous game, also at home. Visiting Retrô U20 (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Preceding that match was a Paulista U20 defeat to Osasco Audax U20 (1-2).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Itapirense, as the Sao Paolo Youth Cup home game vs Cruzeiro U20 is only three days away.
Palmas FR U20 form and stats
As the visiting team in league matches, Palmas FR U20 have produced an overall stat of 0-0-0 so far.
Palmas play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-5 to Cruzeiro U20 (placed 1st). Palmas lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
The game before that, in the Copa Do Brasil U20, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Coritiba U20.After this away game Palmas return home for a Sao Paolo Youth Cup game against Retrô U20. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Itapirense U20 missing players
Palmas FR U20 missing players
| Itapirense U20 | Palmas FR U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 17 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | ||
| 36% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 9.7 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 20 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 11 | 11 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cruzeiro U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Itapirense U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Retrô U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Palmas FR U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cruzeiro U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Itapirense U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Retrô U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Palmas FR U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
