National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Linense U20 or Sport Recife U20 that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Linense U20 and Sport Recife U20.
Linense U20 form and stats
Action has already taken place for Linense in Sao Paolo Youth Cup as they have defeated Andira U20, Desportiva Alianca U20 and Atletico-MG U20 to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Linense U20's Sao Paolo Youth Cup journey ended in the group stage.2W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Sao Paolo Youth Cup for Linense U20.
Linense U20's previous game was a Sao Paolo Youth Cup match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Atletico-MG U20. The home side are looking to build on that result.
In the match before that, Linense U20 hosted Desportiva Alianca U20 and drew the Sao Paolo Youth Cup game 2-2.Sport Recife U20 form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Taguatinga U20, Confianca U20 and Mirassol U20 in order to reach 2nd round of Sao Paolo Youth Cup. Last season their Sao Paolo Youth Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Sao Paolo Youth Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Sport Recife U20, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Mirassol U20. A huge disappointment for Sport Recife U20 in their last match (vs Mirassol U20). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Taguatinga U20.Head 2 Head
Linense U20 missing players
Sport Recife U20 missing players
| Linense U20 | Sport Recife U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 50 | ||
| 49 | 24 | Conceded | C | 24 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 6.2 | ||
| 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 17.2 | 18.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.6 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
