Soccer game preview: Home crowds with high hopes before São Paulo - Goiás

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo

São Paulo are hunting the top league spots while Goiás are more concerned with avoiding relegation. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • São Paulo have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Goiás have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Serie A

These teams have little in common geographically as Goiás have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It's no vacation for neither São Paulo nor Goiás as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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São Paulo form and stats

As mentioned below, São Paulo are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Serie A games.

Paulo are returning here after guesting Academia Puerto Cabello in a Copa Sudamericana fixture and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

Before that, São Paulo had a Serie A home game versus Vasco da Gama which ended with a victory 4-2.

From these home matches, Paulo have conceded only 2 goals.

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Goiás form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Goiás have produced an overall stat of 0-1-3 so far.

The fans enjoyed Goiás's previous game versus Universitario, a Copa Sudamericana win (1-0) played at home.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Bahia.

After this away game Goiás return home for a Copa Verde game against Paysandu. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Goiás are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 4 away games. Goiás's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

São Paulo have won or drawn the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Goiás.

Top Goalscorers

PauloJ. Calleri
J. Calleri
3 goals
São PauloL. da Rocha Neves
L. da Rocha Neves
2 goals
São PauloM. Costa do Nascimento
M. Costa do Nascimento
2 goals

São Paulo missing players

Goiás missing players

São Paulo Goiás
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 3 Played P 0 4 7
3 3 3 Won W 0 0 2
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 3 4
12 9 9 Scored S 0 1 6
6 2 2 Conceded C 0 6 13
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 86%
43% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 43%
14% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
14% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
57% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 43%
43% 67% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 75% 57%
 
5.3 3.3 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 6.4
6.3 8.3 8.3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.8 6.3
2.9 2.7 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.3 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15.5 14.7
5 5.7 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4.6
34% 53% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 6% 19%
 
15.3 18.3 18.3 Shots against (avg) S A 0 18.8 16.9
4.4 5.3 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.2 4.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of São Paulo's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Goiás have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Goiás have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Goiás have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Serie A
  • Goiás have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Goiás have yet to win a game away.
  • Goiás haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • São Paulo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • São Paulo have won all their matches at home so far.
  • São Paulo have won significantly less corners at 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 7 6 0 1 14 6 4 4 0 0 8 1 3 2 0 1 6 5 8 18
2 Palmeiras 7 4 3 0 16 6 4 3 1 0 9 4 3 1 2 0 7 2 10 15
3 Fluminense 7 4 1 2 12 6 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 2 0 2 7 5 6 13
4 Atletico Mineiro 7 4 1 2 11 6 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 13
5 São Paulo 7 3 3 1 12 6 3 3 0 0 9 2 4 0 3 1 3 4 6 12
6 Cruzeiro 7 4 0 3 11 6 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 2 0 1 8 2 5 12
7 Flamengo 7 4 0 3 13 9 4 3 0 1 8 3 3 1 0 2 5 6 4 12
8 Athletico PR 7 4 0 3 10 9 3 3 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 3 3 6 1 12
9 Santos 7 3 2 2 8 5 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 1 0 2 2 3 3 11
10 Grêmio 7 3 2 2 10 10 4 2 2 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 3 6 0 11
11 Fortaleza 7 2 4 1 10 6 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 1 2 1 5 3 4 10
12 Bragantino 7 2 4 1 11 11 4 2 1 1 6 6 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 10
13 Bahia 7 2 1 4 9 12 4 1 1 2 7 7 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 7
14 Cuiaba 7 2 1 4 6 12 3 0 1 2 2 7 4 2 0 2 4 5 -6 7
15 Internacional 7 2 1 4 5 11 3 2 0 1 3 3 4 0 1 3 2 8 -6 7
16 Goiás 7 2 1 4 6 13 3 2 0 1 5 7 4 0 1 3 1 6 -7 7
17 Vasco da Gama 7 1 3 3 8 11 3 0 1 2 2 4 4 1 2 1 6 7 -3 6
18 Corinthians 7 1 2 4 6 12 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 0 0 4 2 9 -6 5
19 America Mineiro 7 1 1 5 7 18 4 1 0 3 3 10 3 0 1 2 4 8 -11 4
20 Coritiba 7 0 2 5 6 16 4 0 2 2 3 7 3 0 0 3 3 9 -10 2

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.