Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Novorizontino U20 & Santa Cruz U20 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Sao Paolo Youth Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Novorizontino U20 form and stats
Novorizontino participated in Sao Paolo Youth Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Happy days for Novorizontino U20 in their previous game, a Sao Paolo Youth Cup match away at União Iacanga U20 (placed 4th) that ended with a 4-1 victory.
Ahead of that match, Novorizontino lost 0-2 at home to Atletico GO U20.The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to União ABC U20 in only three days.
Santa Cruz U20 form and stats
Santa was sent out of Sao Paolo Youth Cup in the 3rd round last season.Santa Cruz U20 are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Sao Paolo Youth Cup against União ABC U20 (placed 3rd).
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Confianca PB U20 in the Copa Do Nordeste U20.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Santa manager as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against União Iacanga U20.
Head 2 Head
Novorizontino U20 missing players
Santa Cruz U20 missing players
| Novorizontino U20 | Santa Cruz U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 72 | 32 | Scored | S | 14 | 46 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 24% | ||
| 6.4 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 49% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 26% | ||
| 8.8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 13.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Novorizontino U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Santa Cruz U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | União ABC U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | União Iacanga U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Novorizontino U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Santa Cruz U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | União ABC U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | União Iacanga U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
