Serie B preview: Can Brusque edge out victory against Sampaio Corrêa?

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Thu 04.August
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Augusto Bauer (5000 seats)

Serie B: Brusque are 4 points behind Sampaio Corrêa, but are set to go full throttle. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Brusque have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Serie B
  • Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest points (2) away in Serie B

It's quite the trip for Sampaio Corrêa when visiting Brusque as the cities are 3600 kilometers apart.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Brusque form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Brusque have to build on here at Estádio Augusto Bauer in the Serie B. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Brusque has four draws from their last four matches.

The spoils were shared in Brusque's previous game, also at home. Visiting Cruzeiro (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Midfielder Potiguar was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Potiguar hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Guarani the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Brusque handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Sports gamblers who enjoy betting for low-scoring games might be interested to know that this team have played 11 league rounds in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Brusque here at Estádio Augusto Bauer in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). Brusque are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Augusto Bauer in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.

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Sampaio Corrêa form and stats

There's been little loot from Sampaio Corrêa's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 11 away games in the Serie B. Sampaio Corrêa only have 0 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Sampaio Corrêa, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Tombense (placed 5th).

Before that, Sampaio Corrêa secured a home win against Sport Recife with the score 4-1.

We have checked recent matches where Sampaio have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 0 victories, 6 draws and 7 defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Sampaio Corrêa's away league games. Only 3 goals from 11 travels. As for defending, Sampaio Corrêa rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent logged scoreline between these teams is the Sampaio Corrêa - Brusque 3-1 played not long ago this season. Previous three meetings with these sides: Brusque won zero, Sampaio Corrêa were winners in one and we saw two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BrusqueA. de Oliveira
A. de Oliveira
10 goals
BrusqueF. Marques Maciel
F. Marques Maciel
5 goals
BrusqueD. Koester
D. Koester
4 goals

Brusque missing players

Sampaio Corrêa missing players

Brusque Sampaio Corrêa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 1 Played P 1 11 21
6 4 0 Won W 0 0 8
6 3 0 Drew D 0 2 4
9 3 1 Lost L 1 9 9
15 8 0 Scored S 1 3 25
19 6 1 Conceded C 3 18 24
86% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 90%
57% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 55% 76%
14% 10% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 36% 38%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 18% 24%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
29% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 27% 43%
43% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 29%
43% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 73% 38%
 
4.3 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.8 4.3
5.7 4.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.5 5
2.3 2.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.5 13.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 16 10.9 13
3.7 4.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.1 4.2
19% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 9% 28%
 
11.5 8.8 12 Shots against (avg) S A 18 12.5 11.9
3.8 3.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.7 4.2
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Brusque have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sampaio Corrêa have scored away.
  • Brusque have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Serie B
  • Sampaio Corrêa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest points (2) away in Serie B
  • Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Serie B
  • Sampaio Corrêa have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Serie B
  • Sampaio Corrêa have yet to win a game 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 Cruzeiro 21 14 4 3 25 10 10 10 0 0 16 2 11 4 4 3 9 8 15 46
2 Vasco da Gama 22 10 9 3 23 12 12 7 5 0 15 2 10 3 4 3 8 10 11 39
3 Bahia 21 11 4 6 24 11 11 7 2 2 16 5 10 4 2 4 8 6 13 37
4 Gremio 21 9 10 2 21 7 10 8 1 1 17 3 11 1 9 1 4 4 14 37
5 Tombense 21 7 11 3 22 18 11 6 5 0 16 8 10 1 6 3 6 10 4 32
6 Sport Recife 22 7 10 5 16 14 11 6 4 1 11 4 11 1 6 4 5 10 2 31
7 Londrina 21 8 6 7 22 21 11 5 5 1 15 9 10 3 1 6 7 12 1 30
8 Criciuma 22 7 8 7 23 21 11 5 3 3 13 8 11 2 5 4 10 13 2 29
9 Sampaio Corrêa 21 8 4 9 25 24 10 8 2 0 22 6 11 0 2 9 3 18 1 28
10 CRB 21 7 7 7 19 27 11 4 6 1 11 8 10 3 1 6 8 19 -8 28
11 Novorizontino 21 7 6 8 21 25 11 5 3 3 13 12 10 2 3 5 8 13 -4 27
12 Ituano 21 6 8 7 22 21 10 3 5 2 9 7 11 3 3 5 13 14 1 26
13 Ponte Preta 21 6 7 8 16 17 10 4 4 2 8 3 11 2 3 6 8 14 -1 25
14 Brusque 21 6 6 9 15 19 10 4 3 3 8 6 11 2 3 6 7 13 -4 24
15 Chapecoense 22 5 9 8 17 20 10 1 4 5 7 13 12 4 5 3 10 7 -3 24
16 Operario PR 21 5 6 10 19 26 10 4 2 4 12 10 11 1 4 6 7 16 -7 21
17 CSA 21 3 11 7 14 21 10 2 6 2 9 10 11 1 5 5 5 11 -7 20
18 Guarani 21 3 10 8 13 24 11 2 6 3 4 9 10 1 4 5 9 15 -11 19
19 Nautico 21 4 6 11 18 29 11 2 4 5 13 14 10 2 2 6 5 15 -11 18
20 Vila Nova 21 2 12 7 13 21 11 2 7 2 7 7 10 0 5 5 6 14 -8 18

Read more about Serie B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.