Most experts are most impressed by Juventude so far, with their 6th spot in the Serie B table and looking forward to facing Vila Nova (who are in 8th).
- Juventude have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie B
It's quite the trip for Vila Nova when visiting Juventude as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Juventude form and stats
6 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Juventude have to build on here at Estádio Alfredo Jaconi in the Serie B. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Juventude after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Juventude are confident in defense, having played 418 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Juventude's last game was hosting Novorizontino (placed 3rd) and winning 1-0. Goalkeeper Couto got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.83 out of ten. Couto topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Botafogo SP with a 2-0 scoreline.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Juventude have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Gamblers who enjoy gambling for low-scoring games might like knowing that this club have played 7 league rounds in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).
The Juventude fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Juventude have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vila Nova form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie B, on their Serie B travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Vila Nova's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Vila Nova failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sport Recife (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. The attacker Lourenço got a match rating of 8.4 in that game. Lourenço hit eight key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 1-3 defeat away at Novorizontino before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vila Nova playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 5 Vila wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
Lacking goals? 10 of this team's most recent 12 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
Vila Nova have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Vila Nova as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Vila Nova have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive games without losing (3-3-0) when playing Juventude.The two sides played each other earlier on this match year: Vila Nova - Juventude 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  A. de Carvalho 6 goals |   G. Parede Pinheiro 6 goals |
Juventude missing players
Vila Nova missing players
| Juventude | Vila Nova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 24 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 55% | 43% |
| 38% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | 29% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 9% | 5% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 27% | 24% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 52% |
| 24% | 10% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.6 | 15.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 16.1 | 18 |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 27% | 25% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 20% | 21% |
| 12.9 | 10.2 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 14 | 11.8 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
- Juventude have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Juventude haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Vila Nova have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vila Nova haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sport Recife | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 44 |
| 2 | Vitória | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Novorizontino | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 39 |
| 4 | Criciuma | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Guarani | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Juventude | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 36 |
| 7 | Mirassol | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Vila Nova | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 35 |
| 9 | Botafogo SP | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 32 |
| 10 | Ceara | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | CRB | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Atlético GO | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -4 | 28 |
| 13 | Ituano | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 14 | Ponte Preta | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Sampaio Correa | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 23 |
| 16 | Avai | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 21 |
| 17 | Tombense | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 18 | Chapecoense | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Londrina | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -14 | 16 |
| 20 | ABC | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -16 | 13 |
