Sampaio Corrêa have reset their minds and bodies after their 0-0-match vs Ituano and are eager to meet Avaí. Here's all the facts!
- Avaí have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Serie B
- Sampaio Corrêa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sampaio Corrêa have to travel 3500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Avaí form and stats
Avaí's struggle is real here at Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva with only 6 points collected from 8 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-4. Avaí are slowly digging their own grave here at Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.
Stress levels are on the rise for Avaí's attacking players as they have now played 440 minutes without scoring in a league game. Tárik (own goal) was their last goal scorer.
The Avaí crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Ponte Preta here at Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva. Defender Douglas got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Douglas won 11 of 13 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against ABC with the scoreline 0-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Avaí have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Not much happening? In this team's last 10 league games, 8 have had two goals or less.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Avaí as they are travelling to their away game against Ituano in the Serie B. That match is three days after this one.
Avaí aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva in the league, with only {4 goals} from 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Avaí defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Avaí has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Sampaio Corrêa form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sampaio Corrêa so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose). When Sampaio Corrêa is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Tombense, Chapecoense, Ituano, Sampaio Corrêa, ABC and Londrina is teams we like to compare Avaí with.
184 minutes! That's how long the Sampaio Corrêa goalkeeper Luiz Daniel de Carvalho Silva and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Sampaio Corrêa played 0-0 against Ituano in their previous match. Alyson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.91. The defender Alyson won 2 of 5 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Tombense.Sampaio are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
Few goals the story here? 10 of this team's most recent 12 league matches have contained two goals or less.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sampaio Corrêa are hosting Sport Recife in the Serie B only four days away.
Sampaio Corrêa are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 8 away games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Sampaio have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Avaí won seven games, two matches ended in a draw and Sampaio Corrêa have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Oliveira dos Santos 4 goals |   W. da Silva Souza 2 goals |  S. Patino 2 goals |
Avaí missing players
Sampaio Corrêa missing players
| Avaí | Sampaio Corrêa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 24 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 81% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 56% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 31% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 19% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 19% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 38% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 31% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 41% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 62% | 47% |
| 5.6 | 7.2 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3 | 4.4 |
| 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 16.1 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.2 | 15.1 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| 16% | 12% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 14% | 21% |
| 12.9 | 11.9 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 14.5 | 12.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
- Avaí have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Avaí have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Serie B
- Avaí have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Serie B
- Avaí have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Serie B
- Avaí have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sampaio Corrêa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sampaio Corrêa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sampaio Corrêa have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Vila Nova | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 34 |
| 2 | Criciuma | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Sport Recife | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Vitoria | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Guarani | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Atletico GO | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Juventude | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Ceara | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | Botafogo SP | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | CRB | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Ituano | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampaio Corrêa | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Chapecoense | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Tombense | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 18 | Avaí | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -15 | 12 |
| 19 | Londrina | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
| 20 | ABC | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 10 |
