Evenly matched teams: Juventude vs Vitória match preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Mon 14.September
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi

Juventude perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. Vitória can look both up and down from their 9th position.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Serie B. That game, against Cruzeiro, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Vitória.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Juventude form and stats

Juventude have played 4 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Juventude's last game was hosting Confianca (placed 16th) and winning 3-1. Before that match, a win away at Oeste.

This is expected to be a close game, with Juventude perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Juventude as a small favourite), we find six games. Juventude has won one of these, drawn three and lost two.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as CRB are coming to town in three days.

Juventude has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Juventude have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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Vitória form and stats

Playing away, Vitória have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Serie B this season. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Vitória play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Cruzeiro (placed 13th). Before that, Vitória secured a home win against Cuiaba with the score 4-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vitória playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were two Vitória wins, three draws and five defeats.

The visiting Vitória have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. Vitória have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Juventude zero wins, one draw and Vitória one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

JuventudeR. Jacó Morais
R. Jacó Morais
3 goals
JuventudeB. Vasconcelos Lopes
B. Vasconcelos Lopes
3 goals
VitóriaL. de Sousa Pereira
L. de Sousa Pereira
3 goals

Juventude missing players

Vitória missing players

Juventude Vitória
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 5 9
4 2 1 Won W 0 0 3
3 2 0 Drew D 1 3 4
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 2
13 5 2 Scored S 3 5 11
10 2 1 Conceded C 3 7 9
78% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 78%
56% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 40% 33%
56% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 33%
44% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 33%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 20% 22%
56% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 33%
33% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 44%
33% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 44%
 
4.8 4.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4 4.1
5.6 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 6.2
2 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
101 48 13 Total Shots T S 15 67 120
35 16 5 Shots on Target S O 5 15 35
37% 31% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 33% 31%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Juventude have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Juventude have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Vitória have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vitória have yet to win a 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 Ponte Preta 9 5 2 2 14 10 4 2 1 1 6 5 5 3 1 1 8 5 4 17
2 Paraná 9 5 2 2 11 7 5 3 1 1 6 3 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 17
3 America Mineiro 9 5 2 2 9 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 3 1 1 4 2 3 17
4 Chapecoense 7 5 1 1 7 2 4 4 0 0 5 0 3 1 1 1 2 2 5 16
5 Operario PR 9 4 3 2 11 7 4 3 0 1 9 4 5 1 3 1 2 3 4 15
6 Juventude 9 4 3 2 13 10 4 2 2 0 5 2 5 2 1 2 8 8 3 15
7 Cuiaba 8 4 3 1 9 6 4 2 2 0 3 1 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 15
8 CRB 8 3 4 1 11 8 4 2 2 0 6 4 4 1 2 1 5 4 3 13
9 Vitória 9 3 4 2 11 9 4 3 1 0 6 2 5 0 3 2 5 7 2 13
10 Nautico 9 3 4 2 12 11 5 2 3 0 8 5 4 1 1 2 4 6 1 13
11 Brasil de Pelotas 8 2 4 2 6 6 4 2 2 0 5 3 4 0 2 2 1 3 0 10
12 Avai 8 3 0 5 7 7 5 2 0 3 5 5 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 9
13 Cruzeiro 9 4 2 3 10 9 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 8
14 Botafogo SP 9 2 2 5 6 9 4 1 1 2 3 3 5 1 1 3 3 6 -3 8
15 Guarani 9 2 2 5 8 12 5 0 2 3 5 8 4 2 0 2 3 4 -4 8
16 Confianca 8 1 4 3 6 10 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 0 2 3 2 7 -4 7
17 Figueirense 8 1 3 4 2 6 4 0 2 2 0 2 4 1 1 2 2 4 -4 6
18 Oeste 9 1 3 5 7 14 5 1 1 3 4 9 4 0 2 2 3 5 -7 6
19 Sampaio Correa 7 1 1 5 4 8 4 1 0 3 2 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 -4 4
20 CSA 7 1 1 5 5 12 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 4 3 9 -7 4

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.