National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Retrô U20 or Cruzeiro 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.
Retrô U20 form and stats
Last season, Retrô's Sao Paolo Youth Cup journey ended in the group stage.Retrô manager and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Itapirense U20 (placed 2nd) in the Sao Paolo Youth Cup.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Ibis U20.There will be little rest for Retrô U20 after this match as they are travelling to Palmas FR U20 for a Sao Paolo Youth Cup game in only three days.
Cruzeiro U20 form and stats
They also participated in Sao Paolo Youth Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Cruzeiro U20 are travelling after their nice 5-0 home win in the Sao Paolo Youth Cup against Palmas FR U20 (placed 4th). As mentioned above, Cruzeiro was the only team on the pitch versus Palmas FR U20 in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
It was a Mineiro U20 defeat before that one as the away game against America Mineiro U20 wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cruzeiro manager as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Itapirense U20.
Head 2 Head
Retrô U20 missing players
Cruzeiro U20 missing players
| Retrô U20 | Cruzeiro U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 7 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 23 | Scored | S | 12 | 42 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 27% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 33% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 16% | ||
| 3.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 33% | ||
| 11.4 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 |
