Match preview Serie B: CSA - Vitória at Estádio Rei Pelé

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Tue 22.December
Match begins: 22:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Rei Pelé (20801 seats)

The league table in Serie B tells a story about these teams so far, with CSA leading Vitória by 9 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • CSA has the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Serie B
  • Vitória have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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CSA form and stats

31 points is a decent return from 15 Serie B games here at Estádio Rei Pelé for CSA. The data says 10 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses.

CSA lost their last game at Juventude (placed 3rd) after a 0-1 scoreline. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Cruzeiro the opponent.

CSA have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Rei Pelé with 25 goals in 15 league matches. CSA have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vitória form and stats

Vitória have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-8-5 (14 played).

Vitória lost away at Oeste (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Juventude.

Vitória have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 18 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Vitória have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

CSA and Vitória have met before this season: Vitória - CSA 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): CSA two wins, one draw and Vitória one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VitóriaL. de Sousa Pereira
L. de Sousa Pereira
13 goals
CSAP. Luiz de Souza
P. Luiz de Souza
9 goals
CSAR. Pimpão Vianna
R. Pimpão Vianna
4 goals

CSA missing players

Vitória missing players

CSA Vitória
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 6 Played P 4 14 30
13 10 5 Won W 0 1 8
6 1 0 Drew D 3 8 12
11 4 1 Lost L 1 5 10
39 25 13 Scored S 6 18 38
30 13 4 Conceded C 7 20 34
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 83%
63% 67% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 60%
47% 53% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 47%
17% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 23%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 21% 17%
50% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 57%
30% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 30%
27% 20% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.4
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
11.1 12.1 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13 13.8
4.3 4.7 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.9 4.8
30% 35% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 33% 26%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • CSA has the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Serie B
  • CSA have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • CSA haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vitória have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Chapecoense 29 16 10 3 32 12 14 8 5 1 12 4 15 8 5 2 20 8 20 58
2 América Mineiro 29 16 8 5 32 19 14 8 3 3 19 12 15 8 5 2 13 7 13 56
3 Juventude 30 13 10 7 43 29 16 8 6 2 25 12 14 5 4 5 18 17 14 49
4 Cuiaba 29 13 8 8 35 29 15 9 5 1 23 10 14 4 3 7 12 19 6 47
5 Sampaio Correa 29 13 6 10 41 29 15 8 0 7 20 14 14 5 6 3 21 15 12 45
6 CSA 30 13 6 11 39 30 15 10 1 4 25 13 15 3 5 7 14 17 9 45
7 Avai 29 13 4 12 32 37 14 7 1 6 15 18 15 6 3 6 17 19 -5 43
8 Guarani 29 12 7 10 35 33 14 8 3 3 22 13 15 4 4 7 13 20 2 43
9 Ponte Preta 29 11 7 11 34 38 15 7 4 4 20 21 14 4 3 7 14 17 -4 40
10 Cruzeiro 29 12 9 8 34 26 15 5 5 5 21 16 14 7 4 3 13 10 8 39
11 Confianca 29 10 9 10 32 35 14 6 5 3 17 16 15 4 4 7 15 19 -3 39
12 Operario PR 29 9 11 9 25 26 15 6 6 3 19 12 14 3 5 6 6 14 -1 38
13 Brasil de Pelotas 29 8 13 8 26 26 14 5 8 1 15 8 15 3 5 7 11 18 0 37
14 Vitória 30 8 12 10 38 34 16 7 4 5 20 14 14 1 8 5 18 20 4 36
15 CRB 29 9 7 13 30 38 14 6 5 3 16 11 15 3 2 10 14 27 -8 34
16 Parana 29 8 8 13 29 39 14 5 5 4 16 13 15 3 3 9 13 26 -10 32
17 Figueirense 29 7 10 12 22 29 15 4 6 5 14 11 14 3 4 7 8 18 -7 31
18 Nautico 29 6 11 12 25 35 13 4 7 2 15 12 16 2 4 10 10 23 -10 29
19 Botafogo SP 29 6 7 16 17 29 14 4 3 7 12 14 15 2 4 9 5 15 -12 25
20 Oeste 30 4 7 19 22 50 16 3 3 10 10 23 14 1 4 9 12 27 -28 19

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.