Cuiabá have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts São Paulo. Prepare for the match with this Serie A preview!
The hosts São Paulo saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Serie A. That game was an away game at Santos, so at least Paulo are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Cuiabá when visiting Paulo as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
São Paulo form and stats
São Paulo have less points than they have played home games in the Serie A so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points. In general it's been a long time since Paulo tasted defeat here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
São Paulo are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Santos. Midfielder Welington was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.2 (out of ten) in that game. Welington dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Chapecoense that ended 1-1.There will be little rest for Paulo after this match as they are travelling to Ceara for a Serie A game in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from São Paulo's 2 home games: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Cuiabá form and stats
The Serie A season is young and Cuiabá have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Cuiabá are looking to quickly end their 183 minutes long goal drought in the Serie A.
Cuiabá are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at America Mineiro (placed 19th). Goalkeeper Walter got the top player rating of the team with 8.3/10. Walter stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. Goalkeeper Walter made a total of six saves, making him a hero against America Mineiro. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fluminense wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cuiabá manager L. Iubel as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sport Recife.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cuiabá has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Citadin Martins 1 goals |   J. Barbosa 1 goals |  E. Rodrigues Brandão 1 goals |
São Paulo missing players
Cuiabá missing players
| São Paulo | Cuiabá | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 80% | 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 7.4 | 6.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 2.8 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.8 | 11 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9 | 11.3 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| São Paulo | Last season | Cuiabá | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 9 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 38 | 26 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 93% | ||
| 81% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 12% | 33% | ||
| 44% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 19% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 44% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 60% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 7% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.1 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 6.3 | ||
| 45% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico PR | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Bragantino | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Atletico Mineiro | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Bahia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Atlético GO | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Santos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Flamengo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Ceara | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Internacional | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 14 | Juventude | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Chapecoense | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Cuiabá | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 18 | São Paulo | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 20 | Gremio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 |