It's the second attempt for points this season as Cuiabá and Bragantino fight it out at Arena Pantanal.
These teams have little in common geographically as Bragantino have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Sudamericana.
Cuiabá form and stats
In the previous season, Cuiabá's league stats were 10 wins, 11 draws and 17 losses, producing 16th position in the Serie A. From these 38 matches they scored {31 goals} and conceded 42. Playing as the home team in the last season Cuiabá managed 6-8-5 (win-draw-lost) with {17 goals} and 15 conceded.
Cuiabá are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Palmeiras. Midfield player Raniele got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Raniele scored one goal.
Previous to that game, a Matogrossense home match hosting Uniao Rondonopolis in a game that was won 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Cuiabá perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cuiabá as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Cuiabá has won 4 of these, drawn 5 and lost 0.
Bragantino form and stats
Let's have a look at how Bragantino performed last season in the Paulista A1: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded {10 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 3 with 5/7 goals scored/conceded.
The regulars enjoyed Bragantino's previous game versus Oriente Petrolero, a Copa Sudamericana win (5-0) played at home.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Bahia.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bragantino playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 1 Bragantino win, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Cuiabá two wins, three draws and Bragantino three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Almeida Melo 1 goals |   Bruno 1 goals |  E. Colcenti Antunes 1 goals |
Cuiabá missing players
Bragantino missing players
| Cuiabá | Bragantino | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cuiabá | Last season | Bragantino | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 34 | 24 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 11 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 69% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 62% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 38% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 31% | 57% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 31% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 29% | ||
| 69% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 43% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 36% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13.4 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 14.9 | ||
| 6.2 | 8.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 42% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Flamengo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Fluminense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Atletico PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Botafogo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Vasco da Gama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Palmeiras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Gremio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Internacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Atletico Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Bahia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Cruzeiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Sao Paulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Cuiabá | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Goias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bragantino | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Botafogo SP | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 3 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 4 | Inter de Limeira | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -14 | 11 |
