CSA will hope that their home advantage is enough to get all three points from this grim dispute, versus high-powered Novorizontino.
- CSA have not yet lost a game at home.
- Novorizontino have not yet lost a game away.
It's quite the trip for Novorizontino when visiting CSA as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.
CSA and Novorizontino 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.
CSA form and stats
CSA have collected 6 points from their Serie B home games so far after 1-3-0. When CSA hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Cruzeiro, Gremio, Sport Recife, Bahia and Vasco da Gama), they have won 1 of 2 matches! CSA have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
CSA shared the glory with Nautico in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Marques, defender, was given a rating of 7.7/10 in that game, top of the team. Marques hit two key passes and won 9 of 13 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Operario PR that ended 0-0.There will be little rest for CSA after this match as they are travelling to CRB for a Serie B game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for CSA here at Estádio Rei Pelé in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). From these home matches, CSA have conceded only 2 goals.
Novorizontino form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
231 minutes! That's how long the Novorizontino goalkeeper Giovanni Aparecido Adriano dos Santos and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Novorizontino delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Sport Recife (placed 4th) in their previous game. Defender Felippi was the best team player with a rating of 7.63. Felippi hit three key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Ponte Preta with the score of 1-0.The attacking power of Novorizontino when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Novorizontino are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Rodrigues Silva 7 goals | C. dos Santos 3 goals | M. Oliveira Lemos 2 goals |
CSA missing players
Novorizontino missing players
| CSA | Novorizontino | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 38% |
| 6.9 | 8.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 2.5 | 4.1 |
| 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.1 | 17.2 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.8 | 11.8 |
| 5.2 | 6.5 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 10% | 12% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 23% | 26% |
| 12.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.8 | 10.4 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 4 |
- CSA have not yet lost a game at home.
- CSA have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- CSA have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Novorizontino have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Novorizontino have not yet lost a game away.
- Novorizontino 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 | Cruzeiro | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Bahia | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Sport Recife | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Novorizontino | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Gremio | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Operario PR | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Chapecoense | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Londrina | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Ituano | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Criciuma | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Brusque | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | CRB | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Tombense | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Ponte Preta | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Nautico | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Sampaio Corrêa | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 18 | Vila Nova | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 19 | CSA | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 20 | Guarani | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
