Delightful dogfight as daring Bragantino duel with determined Cuiabá

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid (17724 seats)

Bragantino are positioned 6th, while Cuiabá are hanging back 4 points behind in the league table. Can they crop the gap?

Insights:
  • Bragantino have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cuiabá have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Bragantino form and stats

Bragantino have collected 19 points from their Serie A home games so far after 5-4-1. The home fans are hungry for more even though Bragantino have been steadily collecting points here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid through three straight draws.

Bragantino lost their last game at Bahia (placed 16th) after a 0-4 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated through four league fixtures. As you see from the result above, Bragantino suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfield player Fernandes got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Fernandes hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 38 successful passes (of 46 total).

In the match before that, Bragantino hosted Vasco da Gama and drew the game 1-1.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Bragantino matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat (from 5 games).

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 10 latest league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

The Bragantino fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bragantino have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cuiabá form and stats

5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Cuiabá playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.

Cuiabá are looking to quickly end their 190 minutes long goal drought in the Serie A.

Cuiabá failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Palmeiras (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-2. Silva got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Silva hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Atletico PR's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cuiabá when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 2 and winning 2 games.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cuiabá as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Bragantino and Cuiabá have faced each other previously this season: Cuiabá - Bragantino 1-1. Head-to-head numbers (for the previous nine meetings): Bragantino won three games, four matches ended in a draw and Cuiabá have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / six.

Top Goalscorers

CuiabáD. Brum Silva Acosta
D. Brum Silva Acosta
8 goals
BragantinoT. Borbas
T. Borbas
5 goals

Bragantino missing players

Cuiabá missing players

Bragantino Cuiabá
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
8 5 1 Won W 0 5 8
8 4 1 Drew D 0 1 4
4 1 1 Lost L 2 4 8
27 15 2 Scored S 1 9 21
21 7 3 Conceded C 4 10 23
90% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 75%
40% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 40%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 45%
45% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 25%
25% 30% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 30%
 
6.8 7.8 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4 5
5.1 4.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.9 5
2.9 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.3 2.7
2 2 2 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
16.6 20.3 17 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12.3 13
6 6.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 4.1
22% 22% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 25% 26%
 
11.3 9.6 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.8 12.1
3.2 2.7 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.7 4.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bragantino have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cuiabá have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Cuiabá haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Botafogo 20 15 3 2 35 11 10 10 0 0 23 3 10 5 3 2 12 8 24 48
2 Palmeiras 20 10 7 3 36 17 9 6 2 1 17 8 11 4 5 2 19 9 19 37
3 Flamengo 20 10 5 5 34 26 9 5 3 1 16 6 11 5 2 4 18 20 8 35
4 Fluminense 20 10 4 6 28 20 11 8 3 0 18 6 9 2 1 6 10 14 8 34
5 Grêmio 19 10 3 6 29 25 10 7 2 1 20 10 9 3 1 5 9 15 4 33
6 Bragantino 20 8 8 4 27 21 10 5 4 1 15 7 10 3 4 3 12 14 6 32
7 Atletico PR 19 9 4 6 28 22 10 7 2 1 19 10 9 2 2 5 9 12 6 31
8 Fortaleza 20 8 5 7 22 19 10 5 3 2 14 8 10 3 2 5 8 11 3 29
9 Cuiabá 20 8 4 8 21 23 10 3 3 4 12 13 10 5 1 4 9 10 -2 28
10 Sao Paulo 20 7 7 6 24 19 11 7 2 2 18 9 9 0 5 4 6 10 5 28
11 Atlético Mineiro 20 7 6 7 22 18 9 3 3 3 11 10 11 4 3 4 11 8 4 27
12 Cruzeiro 20 6 7 7 20 17 11 3 3 5 5 8 9 3 4 2 15 9 3 25
13 Corinthians 19 6 6 7 21 22 8 4 3 1 13 7 11 2 3 6 8 15 -1 24
14 Internacional 20 6 6 8 17 24 10 4 3 3 10 9 10 2 3 5 7 15 -7 24
15 Goias 19 6 4 9 18 27 9 3 3 3 10 13 10 3 1 6 8 14 -9 22
16 Bahia 20 5 6 9 22 25 10 4 3 3 18 12 10 1 3 6 4 13 -3 21
17 Santos 20 5 6 9 21 32 11 4 5 2 18 15 9 1 1 7 3 17 -11 21
18 Vasco da Gama 19 4 4 11 15 29 10 3 1 6 6 12 9 1 3 5 9 17 -14 16
19 Coritiba 20 3 5 12 20 39 10 2 3 5 10 13 10 1 2 7 10 26 -19 14
20 America Mineiro 19 2 4 13 20 44 9 2 1 6 9 19 10 0 3 7 11 25 -24 10

Read more about Serie A

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.