Open game expected at Arena Pantanal: Cuiabá vs São Paulo preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 22.Jul
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Pantanal (7000 seats)

Arena Pantanal: Get set for a football frolic when Cuiabá host São Paulo. All the latest on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Cuiabá have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • São Paulo have yet to win a game away.

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.

This looks to be an action-packed match with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Cuiabá form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Cuiabá have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Arena Pantanal.

Cuiabá enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Fortaleza's place. The match ended 1-0 with Deyverson scoring. Walter loved the game against Fortaleza. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. Walter, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.12 out of 10 in that game. Walter topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Bahia that ended 1-1.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 10 league games, 9 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

On the other hand, Cuiabá have conceded 10 goals.

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São Paulo form and stats

São Paulo have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 0-4-3 (7 played).

Paulo are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the game against Santos (placed 14th). The attacker Calleri got a match rating of 8.8 in that game. Calleri scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that, the Copa do Brasil victory away at Palmeiras.

The attacking power of São Paulo when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

São Paulo have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when playing Cuiabá.

The games between these teams have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 2 red cards from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

CuiabáD. Brum Silva Acosta
D. Brum Silva Acosta
6 goals
São PauloJ. Calleri
J. Calleri
6 goals
São PauloL. da Rocha Neves
L. da Rocha Neves
4 goals

Cuiabá missing players

São Paulo missing players

Cuiabá São Paulo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
5 1 0 Won W 0 0 7
4 3 0 Drew D 2 4 4
6 3 2 Lost L 1 3 4
14 7 1 Scored S 0 4 22
17 10 3 Conceded C 1 7 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 71% 87%
67% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 73%
33% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 47%
7% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 13%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
47% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 53%
27% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 29% 33%
27% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 27%
 
4.7 5.6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 6.3 6.2
5.1 4.1 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.3 5.3
2.9 2.1 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.6 2.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.9 13.4 19 Shots (avg) S ( 11 14 15.5
4.1 4.6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.4 5.1
23% 22% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 13% 29%
 
11.5 7.6 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 15 13.7
4.1 3.6 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.7 4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Cuiabá have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cuiabá haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • São Paulo have yet to win a game away.

  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 15 13 0 2 26 7 8 8 0 0 16 1 7 5 0 2 10 6 19 39
2 Flamengo 15 8 3 4 27 18 7 5 1 1 14 4 8 3 2 3 13 14 9 27
3 Gremio 14 8 2 4 24 20 8 5 2 1 17 9 6 3 0 3 7 11 4 26
4 São Paulo 15 7 4 4 22 14 8 7 0 1 18 7 7 0 4 3 4 7 8 25
5 Fluminense 15 7 4 4 21 14 8 5 3 0 12 4 7 2 1 4 9 10 7 25
6 Palmeiras 15 6 7 2 25 13 7 4 2 1 13 7 8 2 5 1 12 6 12 25
7 Bragantino 15 6 6 3 22 16 8 5 2 1 14 6 7 1 4 2 8 10 6 24
8 Atletico PR 15 7 2 6 20 18 8 6 1 1 14 7 7 1 1 5 6 11 2 23
9 Fortaleza 15 6 5 4 16 12 8 4 3 1 10 5 7 2 2 3 6 7 4 23
10 Cruzeiro 15 6 4 5 16 11 8 3 1 4 4 6 7 3 3 1 12 5 5 22
11 Internacional 15 6 4 5 13 16 7 4 2 1 7 4 8 2 2 4 6 12 -3 22
12 Atletico Mineiro 14 5 5 4 18 14 7 2 3 2 9 8 7 3 2 2 9 6 4 20
13 Cuiabá 15 5 4 6 14 17 7 1 3 3 7 10 8 4 1 3 7 7 -3 19
14 Santos 15 4 4 7 16 23 8 3 3 2 13 11 7 1 1 5 3 12 -7 16
15 Corinthians 14 4 3 7 12 17 6 2 3 1 7 5 8 2 0 6 5 12 -5 15
16 Bahia 15 3 4 8 15 23 7 2 2 3 11 11 8 1 2 5 4 12 -8 13
17 Goias 14 3 2 9 14 26 6 2 1 3 8 12 8 1 1 6 6 14 -12 11
18 Coritiba 15 2 5 8 14 28 7 1 3 3 6 9 8 1 2 5 8 19 -14 11
19 Vasco da Gama 14 2 3 9 11 23 7 1 1 5 4 10 7 1 2 4 7 13 -12 9
20 America Mineiro 14 2 3 9 16 32 7 2 1 4 8 14 7 0 2 5 8 18 -16 9

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.