National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sao Paulo U20 or Vasco U20 that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Sao Paulo U20 nor Vasco U20 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sao Paulo U20 form and stats
Last season, Sao Paulo U20's Sao Paolo Youth Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.5W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Sao Paolo Youth Cup for Sao Paulo U20.
Sao Paulo U20's last game was hosting Sao Caetano U20 and winning 3-0.
Previous to that game, a Sao Paolo Youth Cup home match hosting Sao Bernardo U20 in a game that was won 3-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Sao Paulo U20 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sao Paulo U20 as a small favourite), we find one game. Sao Paulo U20 has won one of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
Vasco U20 form and stats
The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Sao Paolo Youth Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Osasco Audax U20 (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) in their previous outing. The Sao Paolo Youth Cup match ended in a draw 1-1.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Joinville U20 in the Sao Paolo Youth Cup.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vasco U20 playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Vasco U20 wins, one draw and five defeats.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the prior six meetings): Paulo won two games, two matches ended in a draw and Vasco U20 got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / twoSao Paulo U20 missing players
Vasco U20 missing players
| Sao Paulo U20 | Vasco U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 47 | 28 | Scored | S | 34 | 69 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.9 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.3 | 15.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 6.5 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 41% | ||
| 8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
