The season is still fairly new and the Serie B table has to be read with caution. So far Juventude find themselves in 2nd position and América Mineiro are placed 7th.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Juventude and América Mineiro.
It's quite the trip for América Mineiro when visiting Juventude as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
Juventude form and stats
The hosts won their first Serie B game here at Estádio Alfredo Jaconi, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Juventude last season were 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses from 3 games.
Juventude are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Parana. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Sampaio Correa.
Early season league goal statistics from Juventude's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
América Mineiro form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
América delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Operario PR (placed 3rd) in their previous match; a Serie B game. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Cuiaba.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oeste in just four days.
1 goal so far away for América Mineiro, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Juventude won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and América Mineiro has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / twoTop Goalscorers
  R. Jacó Morais 2 goals |  J. da Silva 1 goals | B. Vasconcelos Lopes 1 goals |
Juventude missing players
América Mineiro missing players
| Juventude | América Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 3.7 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5.3 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 9 | 38 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 29% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| Juventude | Last season | América Mineiro | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 11 | 6 | Played | P | 7 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 11 | 20 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | ||
| 73% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 45% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 85% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 54% | ||
| 27% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 9% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 27% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 54% | ||
| 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 38% | ||
| 55% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 77 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 92 | 174 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 66 | ||
| 30% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Parana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Juventude | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Operario PR | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Vitoria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Cuiaba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | CRB | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | América Mineiro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Avai | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | CSA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Brasil de Pelotas | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Guarani | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Oeste | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | Nautico | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Chapecoense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Confianca | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Figueirense | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Cruzeiro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Sampaio Correa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Novo Hamburgo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Juventude | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 4 | Sao Luiz | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 5 | Pelotas | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 6 | Ypiranga Erechim | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 4 |