Serie B game forecast and preview for the Confiança vs Sampaio Corrêa duel

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Fri 17.September
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista (22000 seats)

Confiança hope to have lots of fans in for this game even though the season has been hard up to now with 14 points and a 20th position in the Serie B table. Visiting Sampaio Corrêa hold 7th place with 35 pts.

Insights:
  • Confiança have the most conceded goals (37) in Serie B
  • Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Serie B

Confiança and Sampaio Corrêa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Confiança form and stats

With 2 Serie B wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Confiança are certainly not brimming with confidence. With eight home Serie B games in a row without a win, the Confiança fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Vila Nova game long ago, can be stopped today.

Confiança travelled for their previous game, a trip to Brasil de Pelotas that ended 1-1. Defender Luan got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.32/10. Luan won 8 of 12 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against CRB with the scoreline 1-2.

Confiança are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Vila Nova awaits in four days.

Confiança aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista in the league, with only 10 goals from 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Confiança defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Sampaio Corrêa form and stats

The visitors are W3-D6-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.

Sampaio's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Operário PR that finished 0-0. Diego Cardoso, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Cardoso hit two key passes.

A 2-3 defeat away at Ponte Preta before that.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Brusque in just four days.

Sampaio have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Sampaio are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Confiança and Sampaio Corrêa have played each other before this season: Sampaio Corrêa - Confiança 3-1. Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Confiança won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Sampaio Corrêa have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Sampaio CorrêaJ. Ferreira da Silva
J. Ferreira da Silva
8 goals
ConfiançaS. Santos Salles
S. Santos Salles
4 goals
Sampaio CorrêaJ. Gonçalves Silva
J. Gonçalves Silva
4 goals

Confiança missing players

Sampaio Corrêa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Confiança Sampaio Corrêa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 5 12 23
3 2 1 Won W 2 3 9
5 2 0 Drew D 2 6 8
15 7 2 Lost L 1 3 6
21 10 4 Scored S 8 13 28
37 17 5 Conceded C 6 11 20
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 75% 78%
70% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 58% 61%
48% 45% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 33% 30%
26% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 25% 26%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 8% 13%
52% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 42% 35%
17% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 42% 52%
39% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 42% 35%
 
4.7 6.4 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.2 4.2
5.1 4.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 6.6 5.9
2.6 3.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.2 2.7 2.3
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.6 11.3 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 8 9
3.5 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 2.9 3.2
26% 23% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 37% 38%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Confiança have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Serie B
  • Confiança have the fewest points (8) at home in Serie B
  • Confiança have the most conceded goals (37) in Serie B
  • Confiança have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Serie B
  • Confiança have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Serie B
  • Confiança have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Serie B
  • Confiança have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Confiança haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Confiança is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Sampaio Corrêa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sampaio Corrêa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Serie B
  • 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 Coritiba 23 13 6 4 32 18 11 6 4 1 18 7 12 7 2 3 14 11 14 45
2 Goias 23 11 9 3 26 14 11 6 4 1 14 6 12 5 5 2 12 8 12 42
3 Botafogo 23 12 5 6 34 22 11 9 1 1 23 7 12 3 4 5 11 15 12 41
4 CRB 23 11 7 5 32 25 11 5 5 1 16 10 12 6 2 4 16 15 7 40
5 Avai 23 10 7 6 25 17 12 6 3 3 15 10 11 4 4 3 10 7 8 37
6 Guarani 23 10 7 6 34 27 12 6 3 3 16 12 11 4 4 3 18 15 7 37
7 Sampaio Corrêa 23 9 8 6 28 20 11 6 2 3 15 9 12 3 6 3 13 11 8 35
8 Nautico 23 9 8 6 27 23 12 5 5 2 18 12 11 4 3 4 9 11 4 35
9 Operário PR 23 9 6 8 18 24 12 6 2 4 13 13 11 3 4 4 5 11 -6 33
10 Vasco da Gama 23 9 5 9 27 27 12 7 2 3 17 10 11 2 3 6 10 17 0 32
11 Remo 23 8 6 9 20 24 12 5 2 5 8 9 11 3 4 4 12 15 -4 30
12 CSA 23 8 5 10 21 21 12 4 5 3 12 9 11 4 0 7 9 12 0 29
13 Cruzeiro 23 6 11 6 27 30 11 3 6 2 16 17 12 3 5 4 11 13 -3 29
14 Brusque 23 7 6 10 21 32 11 4 4 3 11 8 12 3 2 7 10 24 -11 27
15 Vila Nova 23 6 8 9 16 19 12 3 6 3 4 5 11 3 2 6 12 14 -3 26
16 Ponte Preta 23 6 7 10 22 26 11 6 3 2 18 11 12 0 4 8 4 15 -4 25
17 Vitoria 23 4 11 8 18 21 12 3 5 4 11 11 11 1 6 4 7 10 -3 23
18 Londrina 23 4 9 10 16 27 12 2 4 6 8 14 11 2 5 4 8 13 -11 21
19 Brasil de Pelotas 23 2 10 11 14 25 11 2 5 4 8 11 12 0 5 7 6 14 -11 16
20 Confiança 23 3 5 15 21 37 11 2 2 7 10 17 12 1 3 8 11 20 -16 14

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coritiba 23 13 6 4 32 18 11 6 4 1 18 7 12 7 2 3 14 11 14 45
2 Goias 23 11 9 3 26 14 11 6 4 1 14 6 12 5 5 2 12 8 12 42
3 Botafogo 23 12 5 6 34 22 11 9 1 1 23 7 12 3 4 5 11 15 12 41
4 CRB 23 11 7 5 32 25 11 5 5 1 16 10 12 6 2 4 16 15 7 40
5 Avai 23 10 7 6 25 17 12 6 3 3 15 10 11 4 4 3 10 7 8 37
6 Guarani 23 10 7 6 34 27 12 6 3 3 16 12 11 4 4 3 18 15 7 37
7 Sampaio Corrêa 23 9 8 6 28 20 11 6 2 3 15 9 12 3 6 3 13 11 8 35
8 Nautico 23 9 8 6 27 23 12 5 5 2 18 12 11 4 3 4 9 11 4 35
9 Operário PR 23 9 6 8 18 24 12 6 2 4 13 13 11 3 4 4 5 11 -6 33
10 Vasco da Gama 23 9 5 9 27 27 12 7 2 3 17 10 11 2 3 6 10 17 0 32
11 Remo 23 8 6 9 20 24 12 5 2 5 8 9 11 3 4 4 12 15 -4 30
12 CSA 23 8 5 10 21 21 12 4 5 3 12 9 11 4 0 7 9 12 0 29
13 Cruzeiro 23 6 11 6 27 30 11 3 6 2 16 17 12 3 5 4 11 13 -3 29
14 Brusque 23 7 6 10 21 32 11 4 4 3 11 8 12 3 2 7 10 24 -11 27
15 Vila Nova 23 6 8 9 16 19 12 3 6 3 4 5 11 3 2 6 12 14 -3 26
16 Ponte Preta 23 6 7 10 22 26 11 6 3 2 18 11 12 0 4 8 4 15 -4 25
17 Vitoria 23 4 11 8 18 21 12 3 5 4 11 11 11 1 6 4 7 10 -3 23
18 Londrina 23 4 9 10 16 27 12 2 4 6 8 14 11 2 5 4 8 13 -11 21
19 Brasil de Pelotas 23 2 10 11 14 25 11 2 5 4 8 11 12 0 5 7 6 14 -11 16
20 Confiança 23 3 5 15 21 37 11 2 2 7 10 17 12 1 3 8 11 20 -16 14

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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.