Serie B: What this game might not have in style it should make up for in tempo and dedication. Bring on Juventude - ABC!
- Juventude have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- ABC have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie B
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Juventude form and stats
Juventude have collected 12 points from their Serie B home games so far after 4-0-3.
The Juventude coach Barbosa and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Ituano (placed 14th). Nenê, who usually features in attack, was the declared top performer for the side in that match, earning a rating of 7.64 (out of 10). Nenê hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match, Juventude won a home game hosting Vitoria (1-0).There will be little rest for Juventude after this match as they are travelling to Ponte Preta for a Serie B game in only three days.
Juventude are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games.
ABC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for ABC so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Home advantage was not enough for ABC in their previous game as they lost hosting Criciuma, 0-1. Anjos got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, top player of the team. Anjos hit three key passes and had 47 successful passes (of 55 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Avai.Low on goals? 8 of this team's latest 10 league rounds have seen two or less goals.
The attacking power of ABC when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. ABC struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Juventude-ABC H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Juventude three wins, ABC one win, two draws. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 4 red cards from the last six encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Rodrigues Silva 5 goals |  A. de Carvalho 5 goals |  David 3 goals |
Juventude missing players
ABC missing players
| Juventude | ABC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 17 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 94% |
| 62% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 62% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 6% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 6% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 44% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 19% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 4.9 | 6.6 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.5 | 4.9 |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.6 | 5.1 |
| 3.1 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 15.3 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 9 | 11.6 |
| 4.4 | 5.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 27% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 22% | 18% |
| 13.6 | 11.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 16 | 14.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
- ABC have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- ABC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- ABC have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie B
- ABC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Juventude have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Juventude have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Juventude haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Sport Recife | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 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 | Juventude | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Guarani | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Ceara | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 11 | Atlético GO | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | CRB | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 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 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Sampaio Corrêa | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 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 | Londrina | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
| 19 | Avai | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -15 | 11 |
| 20 | ABC | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 10 |
