National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ríver U20 or Corinthians 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.
Ríver U20 form and stats
Last season their Sao Paolo Youth Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Ríver drew their last game, 1-1 away at Sao Jose EC U20 (placed 3rd).
Prior to that, an away loss at EC Sao Bernardo U20 in the Sao Paolo Youth Cup.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ríver as they are travelling to their away game against Resende U20 in the Sao Paolo Youth Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Corinthians U20 form and stats
Corinthians was sent out of Sao Paolo Youth Cup in the semi-finals last season.Corinthians are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Sao Paolo Youth Cup against Resende U20 (placed 4th). Late drama in the previous game, when Sesay scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Resende U20.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Osasco Audax U20.The schedule is very tough for Corinthians now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Sao Paolo Youth Cup game at Sao Jose EC U20 is waiting in only three days.
Head 2 Head
Ríver U20 missing players
Corinthians U20 missing players
| Ríver U20 | Corinthians U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 11 | 3 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 23 | 65 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 45% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 27% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 45% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 4.7 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 6.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.6 | 24 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 11.7 | ||
| 5 | 11.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 24% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 48% | ||
| 13.9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 7.1 | ||
| 5.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Corinthians U20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Ríver U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Sao Jose EC U20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Resende U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
