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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 21:15 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Parque (43600 seats)

A good game and three points is the only event that will satisfy the Palmeiras club members in this Allianz Parque duel with Juventude, having a solid lead on their opponents in the Serie A table.

Insights:
  • Palmeiras have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Serie A
  • Juventude have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie A

Both participants have had plentiful rest since their previous competitive action. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face fixture!

It's quite the trip for Juventude when visiting Palmeiras as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Palmeiras form and stats

Palmeiras are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Allianz Parque. 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats is the summary from 11 games.

Palmeiras drew their last game, 1-1 away at Atlético Mineiro (placed 1st). Weverton, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.81 out of 10 in that game. Weverton stopped the opponent with five saves.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Corinthians (1-2).

The manager A. Moreira Ferreira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to America Mineiro in only three days.

Palmeiras have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Allianz Parque with 20 goals in 11 league matches. Palmeiras's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Juventude form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Juventude so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-4 (win-draw-lose).

Juventude are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Serie A against Santos (placed 16th). Guilherme Castilho, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.83. Castilho scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).

Prior to that match, the Juventude manager M. dos Santos Gonçalves faced defeat when travelling to Atletico PR and losing 1-2.

Juventude have another match away in just three sleeps, a Serie A game versus Sport Recife. A gruelling itinerary for them!

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Juventude as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded by Juventude in these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head encounter ended Juventude - Palmeiras 0-3, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Palmeiras three wins, two draws and Juventude two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PalmeirasB. Vasconcelos Lopes
B. Vasconcelos Lopes
5 goals
JuventudeR. Bueno da Silva
R. Bueno da Silva
5 goals
PalmeirasR. Cavalcante Veiga
R. Cavalcante Veiga
4 goals

Palmeiras missing players

Juventude missing players

Palmeiras Juventude
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 5 Played P 2 10 22
12 7 5 Won W 1 1 6
2 1 0 Drew D 1 5 8
7 3 0 Lost L 0 4 8
33 20 13 Scored S 3 8 21
25 16 6 Conceded C 2 12 25
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
81% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 73%
57% 64% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 36%
29% 45% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 5%
14% 27% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
52% 73% 80% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 50%
33% 18% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 27%
19% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 27%
 
5.8 6.7 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 3 3.6
5 4.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.9 5.3
2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.5
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
15.2 17.4 17 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.5 10.8
5 4.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.4 3.5
32% 39% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 24% 27%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Juventude have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
  • Juventude have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Serie A
  • Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Juventude have scored away.
  • Palmeiras have the most scored goals (20) at home in Serie A
  • Palmeiras have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Serie A
  • Palmeiras haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Atlético Mineiro 21 14 4 3 32 13 9 7 1 1 19 5 12 7 3 2 13 8 19 46
2 Palmeiras 21 12 2 7 33 25 11 7 1 3 20 16 10 5 1 4 13 9 8 38
3 Fortaleza 22 10 6 6 30 23 10 6 3 1 17 7 12 4 3 5 13 16 7 36
4 Flamengo 19 11 2 6 36 19 10 6 0 4 16 12 9 5 2 2 20 7 17 35
5 Bragantino 21 8 9 4 32 24 10 2 6 2 15 14 11 6 3 2 17 10 8 33
6 Corinthians 22 8 9 5 22 19 11 3 4 4 13 14 11 5 5 1 9 5 3 33
7 Internacional 21 8 8 5 26 22 10 4 3 3 12 10 11 4 5 2 14 12 4 32
8 Fluminense 22 8 8 6 24 24 11 5 4 2 12 10 11 3 4 4 12 14 0 32
9 Atletico PR 21 9 3 9 29 26 11 6 3 2 18 13 10 3 0 7 11 13 3 30
10 Cuiaba 22 6 11 5 23 22 11 3 4 4 13 15 11 3 7 1 10 7 1 29
11 Ceara 21 6 10 5 20 21 11 6 4 1 15 8 10 0 6 4 5 13 -1 28
12 Atletico GO 21 6 9 6 17 20 11 2 7 2 7 8 10 4 2 4 10 12 -3 27
13 Sao Paulo 22 6 9 7 18 23 11 3 6 2 9 8 11 3 3 5 9 15 -5 27
14 Juventude 22 6 8 8 21 25 12 5 3 4 13 13 10 1 5 4 8 12 -4 26
15 America Mineiro 22 5 9 8 19 24 12 4 4 4 10 8 10 1 5 4 9 16 -5 24
16 Santos 22 5 9 8 20 28 11 4 5 2 11 9 11 1 4 6 9 19 -8 24
17 Bahia 22 6 5 11 25 35 11 4 2 5 15 17 11 2 3 6 10 18 -10 23
18 Gremio 20 6 4 10 17 22 10 3 4 3 9 7 10 3 0 7 8 15 -5 22
19 Sport Recife 22 3 8 11 8 19 11 1 4 6 2 7 11 2 4 5 6 12 -11 17
20 Chapecoense 22 1 7 14 17 35 10 0 2 8 5 17 12 1 5 6 12 18 -18 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.