Home advantage could prove decisive in Bragantino - Palmeiras battle

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 01.Oct
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid (17724 seats)

A total of 24 sets of matches have been played and both Bragantino and Palmeiras are up there with the best. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Bragantino have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Palmeiras have the most clean sheets (6) away in Serie A

Palmeiras could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Libertadores game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Boca Juniors, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Palmeiras.

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Bragantino form and stats

25 points is a decent return from 12 Serie A games here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid for Bragantino. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since Bragantino tasted defeat here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Cleiton Schwengber not having conceded a league goal in 366 minutes.

Happy days for Bragantino in their previous game, a fixture away at America Mineiro (placed 19th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Midfield player Evangelista got a match rating of 8.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Evangelista scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 44 successful passes (of 53 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Gremio in a game that was won 2-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bragantino have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.

It should be considered that a peek at the 14 most recent league games shows that 13 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Bragantino have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid with 19 goals in 12 league matches. Bragantino are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 12 matches.

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Palmeiras form and stats

4-6-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Palmeiras, who have the most clean sheets (6) away in Serie A, in their Serie A matches away.

It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Boca Juniors in their previous outing. The Copa Libertadores fixture ended 0-0. Weverton was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.63. The agile goalkeeper Weverton topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 0-1 defeat away at Gremio before that.

Betting on few goals? 5 league matches in a row with this team have had two goals or less.

After this away game Palmeiras return home for a Copa Libertadores game against Boca Juniors. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Palmeiras are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 13 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Palmeiras are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Palmeiras have avoided a loss in the last 6 games (3-3-0) versus Bragantino.

Palmeiras - Bragantino 1-1 was the outcome when these teams formerly met, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

PalmeirasR. Cavalcante Veiga
R. Cavalcante Veiga
7 goals
BragantinoT. Borbas
T. Borbas
6 goals
BragantinoE. Colcenti Antunes
E. Colcenti Antunes
6 goals

Bragantino missing players

Palmeiras missing players

Bragantino Palmeiras
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 3 13 24
11 7 2 Won W 0 4 12
9 4 0 Drew D 1 6 8
4 1 0 Lost L 2 3 4
33 19 4 Scored S 3 19 38
21 7 0 Conceded C 5 10 18
88% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 88%
79% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 62%
33% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 42%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 29%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 12%
33% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 38% 50%
54% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 46% 38%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 25%
 
7.2 7.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.7 6.7
4.9 4.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.2 4.1
3 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.9 2.6
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
16.4 19.2 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 14.1 15.8
5.8 6.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.6 5.2
24% 25% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 32% 30%
 
11 9.3 12 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 13.1 11
3.2 2.8 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.8
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bragantino have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Palmeiras have the most clean sheets (6) away in Serie A
  • Palmeiras have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Serie A

  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 24 16 3 5 39 15 12 11 0 1 27 5 12 5 3 4 12 10 24 51
2 Palmeiras 24 12 8 4 38 18 11 8 2 1 19 8 13 4 6 3 19 10 20 44
3 Gremio 24 13 4 7 39 31 13 10 2 1 26 10 11 3 2 6 13 21 8 43
4 Bragantino 24 11 9 4 33 21 12 7 4 1 19 7 12 4 5 3 14 14 12 42
5 Fluminense 24 12 5 7 34 26 13 10 3 0 20 6 11 2 2 7 14 20 8 41
6 Atletico PR 24 11 7 6 37 27 13 8 4 1 24 14 11 3 3 5 13 13 10 40
7 Flamengo 24 11 7 6 36 30 11 5 4 2 16 9 13 6 3 4 20 21 6 40
8 Fortaleza 24 11 5 8 29 23 12 7 3 2 19 10 12 4 2 6 10 13 6 38
9 Atlético Mineiro 24 10 7 7 27 19 12 6 3 3 15 10 12 4 4 4 12 9 8 37
10 Sao Paulo 24 8 7 9 29 26 13 8 2 3 21 12 11 0 5 6 8 14 3 31
11 Corinthians 24 7 9 8 28 29 12 5 6 1 19 12 12 2 3 7 9 17 -1 30
12 Cuiaba 24 8 5 11 23 30 11 3 4 4 14 15 13 5 1 7 9 15 -7 29
13 Cruzeiro 24 7 8 9 23 21 12 3 4 5 5 8 12 4 4 4 18 13 2 29
14 Internacional 24 7 8 9 20 27 11 5 3 3 12 10 13 2 5 6 8 17 -7 29
15 Vasco da Gama 24 7 5 12 26 34 12 5 1 6 15 15 12 2 4 6 11 19 -8 26
16 Goias 24 6 8 10 20 30 12 3 6 3 11 14 12 3 2 7 9 16 -10 26
17 Bahia 24 6 7 11 28 33 12 4 4 4 20 15 12 2 3 7 8 18 -5 25
18 Santos 24 6 6 12 23 40 12 4 5 3 18 18 12 2 1 9 5 22 -17 24
19 America Mineiro 24 4 5 15 26 50 13 4 1 8 13 23 11 0 4 7 13 27 -24 17
20 Coritiba 24 3 5 16 25 53 11 2 3 6 12 17 13 1 2 10 13 36 -28 14

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.