Delightful dogfight as daring Cuiabá duel with determined Goiás

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 23.October
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Pantanal (7000 seats)

Very important fight in the lower section of the Serie A, with both Cuiabá and Goiás suffering more stress than pleasure. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosting team at 17th and the visitors in 14th spot.

Insights:
  • Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals (24) in Serie A
  • Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's quite the trip for Goiás when visiting Cuiabá as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

Cuiabá and Goiás should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cuiabá form and stats

4 victories, 7 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Cuiabá, who have the fewest scored goals (24) in Serie A, have to build on here at Arena Pantanal in the Serie A.

Cuiabá drew their last game, 1-1 away at Ceará (placed 16th). Deyverson, a natural forward, was the declared top performer for the side in that game, and was presented with a rating of 7.32 (out of 10). Deyverson scored one goal.

Before that game, the home loss against Flamengo with the scoreline 1-2.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 23 league games, 18 have contained two goals or less.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie A game versus Avaí in only four days. This game is also played here at Arena Pantanal.

Cuiabá have scored {12 league goals} here from 15 matches, not a lot. Cuiabá are not conceding a lot of goals here at Arena Pantanal in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches. Cuiabá has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Goiás form and stats

4-5-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Goiás in their Serie A matches away.

Two away games in a row for Goiás, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-4 versus Internacional. An off the wall game with plenty of goals last time out for Goiás, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fixture, will this fixture be as exciting? Goiás goalkeeper Tadeu had a wonderful day at work versus Internacional, but despite managing seven saves the beating could not be helped. Raúl, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.35. Raúl scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Ceará that ended 1-1.

Goiás are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting America Mineiro in just three days.

Goiás's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H match ended Goiás - Cuiabá 1-0, earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Cuiabá victories, one draw and three Goiás wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GoiásP. Garay da Silva
P. Garay da Silva
17 goals
CuiabáD. Brum Silva Acosta
D. Brum Silva Acosta
4 goals
GoiásN. Godinho Johann
N. Godinho Johann
4 goals

Cuiabá missing players

Goiás missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cuiabá Goiás
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 3 Played P 5 16 31
7 4 1 Won W 1 4 9
10 7 2 Drew D 2 5 11
15 4 0 Lost L 2 7 11
24 12 2 Scored S 4 16 33
35 11 1 Conceded C 7 24 40
94% 87% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
56% 53% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 65%
25% 13% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 39%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 16%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 13%
47% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 58%
22% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 40% 19% 19%
38% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 26%
 
5.6 5.9 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.9 3.4
5.7 4.7 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 7.2 6.4
2.2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.3 3.1
6 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.9 14 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 11 11.5
3.1 3.3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 3.6
24% 24% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 30% 29%
 
13 10.8 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 19.8 20 18.3
4.3 3.9 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.7 5.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Cuiabá have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Serie A
  • Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in Serie A
  • Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals (24) in Serie A
  • Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Serie A
  • Goiás have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Palmeiras 32 19 11 2 53 21 16 10 4 2 30 11 16 9 7 0 23 10 32 68
2 Internacional 32 16 12 4 49 28 16 10 5 1 33 13 16 6 7 3 16 15 21 60
3 Flamengo 32 16 7 9 51 29 16 10 3 3 32 9 16 6 4 6 19 20 22 55
4 Fluminense 32 16 6 10 51 38 16 10 2 4 31 17 16 6 4 6 20 21 13 54
5 Corinthians 31 15 9 7 38 30 16 11 4 1 23 8 15 4 5 6 15 22 8 54
6 Atletico PR 32 14 9 9 38 36 16 9 6 1 24 12 16 5 3 8 14 24 2 51
7 Atletico Mineiro 32 12 11 9 38 33 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 6 6 4 17 17 5 47
8 America Mineiro 32 13 6 13 30 32 16 8 3 5 19 15 16 5 3 8 11 17 -2 45
9 Fortaleza 32 12 8 12 34 33 15 5 6 4 14 11 17 7 2 8 20 22 1 44
10 Botafogo 32 12 7 13 32 35 16 4 4 8 13 16 16 8 3 5 19 19 -3 43
11 São Paulo 31 9 14 8 41 33 15 6 5 4 25 16 16 3 9 4 16 17 8 41
12 Santos 31 10 10 11 36 29 16 8 4 4 27 15 15 2 6 7 9 14 7 40
13 Bragantino 31 9 11 11 41 41 15 7 5 3 24 14 16 2 6 8 17 27 0 38
14 Goiás 31 9 11 11 33 40 15 5 6 4 17 16 16 4 5 7 16 24 -7 38
15 Coritiba 31 10 4 17 31 49 16 10 2 4 21 13 15 0 2 13 10 36 -18 34
16 Ceará 32 6 16 10 29 33 17 3 8 6 16 20 15 3 8 4 13 13 -4 34
17 Cuiabá 32 7 10 15 24 35 15 4 7 4 12 11 17 3 3 11 12 24 -11 31
18 Atlético GO 32 7 9 16 32 49 16 5 4 7 18 19 16 2 5 9 14 30 -17 30
19 Avaí 32 7 7 18 28 52 17 6 4 7 21 24 15 1 3 11 7 28 -24 28
20 Juventude 32 3 12 17 25 58 16 2 8 6 15 22 16 1 4 11 10 36 -33 21

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Palmeiras 32 19 11 2 53 21 16 10 4 2 30 11 16 9 7 0 23 10 32 68
2 Internacional 32 16 12 4 49 28 16 10 5 1 33 13 16 6 7 3 16 15 21 60
3 Flamengo 32 16 7 9 51 29 16 10 3 3 32 9 16 6 4 6 19 20 22 55
4 Fluminense 32 16 6 10 51 38 16 10 2 4 31 17 16 6 4 6 20 21 13 54
5 Corinthians 31 15 9 7 38 30 16 11 4 1 23 8 15 4 5 6 15 22 8 54
6 Atletico PR 32 14 9 9 38 36 16 9 6 1 24 12 16 5 3 8 14 24 2 51
7 Atletico Mineiro 32 12 11 9 38 33 16 6 5 5 21 16 16 6 6 4 17 17 5 47
8 America Mineiro 32 13 6 13 30 32 16 8 3 5 19 15 16 5 3 8 11 17 -2 45
9 Fortaleza 32 12 8 12 34 33 15 5 6 4 14 11 17 7 2 8 20 22 1 44
10 Botafogo 32 12 7 13 32 35 16 4 4 8 13 16 16 8 3 5 19 19 -3 43
11 São Paulo 31 9 14 8 41 33 15 6 5 4 25 16 16 3 9 4 16 17 8 41
12 Santos 31 10 10 11 36 29 16 8 4 4 27 15 15 2 6 7 9 14 7 40
13 Bragantino 31 9 11 11 41 41 15 7 5 3 24 14 16 2 6 8 17 27 0 38
14 Goiás 31 9 11 11 33 40 15 5 6 4 17 16 16 4 5 7 16 24 -7 38
15 Coritiba 31 10 4 17 31 49 16 10 2 4 21 13 15 0 2 13 10 36 -18 34
16 Ceará 32 6 16 10 29 33 17 3 8 6 16 20 15 3 8 4 13 13 -4 34
17 Cuiabá 32 7 10 15 24 35 15 4 7 4 12 11 17 3 3 11 12 24 -11 31
18 Atlético GO 32 7 9 16 32 49 16 5 4 7 18 19 16 2 5 9 14 30 -17 30
19 Avaí 32 7 7 18 28 52 17 6 4 7 21 24 15 1 3 11 7 28 -24 28
20 Juventude 32 3 12 17 25 58 16 2 8 6 15 22 16 1 4 11 10 36 -33 21

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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.