Football preview: Home crowd has high expectations when São Paulo meet Coritiba

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo

São Paulo have 28 points performing as the home side. Coritiba have claimed 14 points being the away side. Should we expect a home win?

Insights:
  • São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Coritiba have the most conceded goals (29) away in Serie A

São Paulo have less rest than Coritiba in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Sudamericana game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus LDU Quito, was also a home game here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo. The away team is better rested.

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São Paulo form and stats

23 points is a decent return from 11 Serie A games here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo for São Paulo. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.

São Paulo's previous match was a Copa Sudamericana game also played at their own stadium, ending 1-0 against LDU Quito. The home side are looking to continue in that form.

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

The São Paulo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Paulo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.

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Coritiba form and stats

Coritiba have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-2-8 (11 played). With the Coritiba losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Coritiba are travelling again after losing away to Fortaleza in their previous match (1-3). Defender Natanael was the best team player with a rating of 6.83. Natanael won 4 of 5 duels.

A 2-3 loss hosting Flamengo before that.

Coritiba are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 11 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Paulo have won at least one point in the last 6 matches (2-4-0) facing Coritiba.

The last head to head meeting ended Coritiba - São Paulo 1-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

São PauloJ. Calleri
J. Calleri
6 goals
CoritibaR. dos Santos Fernandes
R. dos Santos Fernandes
6 goals
São PauloL. da Rocha Neves
L. da Rocha Neves
4 goals

São Paulo missing players

Coritiba missing players

São Paulo Coritiba
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 6 Played P 5 11 21
7 7 5 Won W 0 1 3
7 2 1 Drew D 2 2 5
7 2 0 Lost L 3 8 13
25 18 15 Scored S 5 11 21
21 9 4 Conceded C 10 29 42
81% 82% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 91% 90%
71% 73% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 91% 81%
43% 45% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 82% 62%
10% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 64% 43%
10% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 27% 19%
52% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 82% 67%
33% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 9% 14%
33% 36% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 18% 29%
 
6.1 6.6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.9 4.9
4.9 4.7 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.9 6
2.9 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4.5 3.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
15 16.7 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 10.7 12.1
5 5.8 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4.5 4.8
24% 28% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 22% 21%
 
13.3 12.1 14.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.6 16.5 15.2
3.9 3.5 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 6.4 5.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Coritiba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Coritiba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Coritiba have the most conceded goals (29) away in Serie A
  • Coritiba have the the worst goal difference (-18) away in Serie A
  • Coritiba have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 21 16 3 2 38 11 11 11 0 0 26 3 10 5 3 2 12 8 27 51
2 Palmeiras 21 11 7 3 37 17 10 7 2 1 18 8 11 4 5 2 19 9 20 40
3 Gremio 20 11 3 6 32 25 11 8 2 1 23 10 9 3 1 5 9 15 7 36
4 Flamengo 21 10 6 5 34 26 10 5 4 1 16 6 11 5 2 4 18 20 8 36
5 Fluminense 21 10 5 6 30 22 11 8 3 0 18 6 10 2 2 6 12 16 8 35
6 Bragantino 21 9 8 4 29 21 11 6 4 1 17 7 10 3 4 3 12 14 8 35
7 Atletico PR 21 9 6 6 31 25 11 7 3 1 21 12 10 2 3 5 10 13 6 33
8 Fortaleza 21 9 5 7 25 20 11 6 3 2 17 9 10 3 2 5 8 11 5 32
9 Atletico Mineiro 21 8 6 7 24 18 10 4 3 3 13 10 11 4 3 4 11 8 6 30
10 Cuiaba 21 8 4 9 21 25 10 3 3 4 12 13 11 5 1 5 9 12 -4 28
11 São Paulo 21 7 7 7 25 21 11 7 2 2 18 9 10 0 5 5 7 12 4 28
12 Cruzeiro 21 6 7 8 20 20 11 3 3 5 5 8 10 3 4 3 15 12 0 25
13 Corinthians 20 6 7 7 22 23 9 4 4 1 14 8 11 2 3 6 8 15 -1 25
14 Internacional 21 6 7 8 17 24 10 4 3 3 10 9 11 2 4 5 7 15 -7 25
15 Goias 21 6 6 9 20 29 10 3 4 3 11 14 11 3 2 6 9 15 -9 24
16 Bahia 21 5 6 10 22 28 10 4 3 3 18 12 11 1 3 7 4 16 -6 21
17 Santos 21 5 6 10 21 34 11 4 5 2 18 15 10 1 1 8 3 19 -13 21
18 Vasco da Gama 20 4 4 12 15 30 10 3 1 6 6 12 10 1 3 6 9 18 -15 16
19 Coritiba 21 3 5 13 21 42 10 2 3 5 10 13 11 1 2 8 11 29 -21 14
20 América Mineiro 20 3 4 13 22 45 10 3 1 6 11 20 10 0 3 7 11 25 -23 13

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.