Possible nail-biting contest in Tombense - Sampaio Corrêa game

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Soares de Azevedo (13971 seats)

Tombense have excelled Sampaio Corrêa this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all the data you need prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Tombense have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest points (2) away in Serie B

It's quite the trip for Sampaio Corrêa when visiting Tombense as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.

There have been limited time to rest for the home team, as they played a Serie B fixture only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Operário PR.

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Tombense form and stats

Tombense are steadily winning Serie B games and points here at Estádio Soares de Azevedo. 5 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games. Two home wins in a row for Tombense bring valid hopes of a third.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Felipe Garcia dos Prazeres not having conceded a league goal in 225 minutes.

The home team returns to Estádio Soares de Azevedo after drawing with Operário PR (placed 16th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Lucas (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Lucas hit two key passes and had 61 successful passes (of 73 total).

Ahead of that match, Tombense won a home game hosting Criciúma (1-0).

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 Tombense have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Not much happening? In this team's last 20 league games, 15 have contained two goals or less.

Tombense are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Tombense are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Soares de Azevedo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.

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Sampaio Corrêa form and stats

Sampaio Corrêa have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 0-2-8 (10 played). Sampaio Corrêa seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The fans enjoyed Sampaio's previous match versus Sport Recife (placed 10th), a 4-1 win played at home. Poveda, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.15. Poveda scored two goals and hit four key passes.

A 0-1 defeat away at Londrina before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Sampaio Corrêa in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Sampaio Corrêa, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Sampaio Corrêa are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 10 away games. Sampaio Corrêa have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Tombense and Sampaio Corrêa have played each other previously this season: Sampaio Corrêa - Tombense 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

TombenseJ. Ferreira da Silva
J. Ferreira da Silva
6 goals
TombenseE. Galdino Moreira
E. Galdino Moreira
4 goals
TombenseJ. Araújo Fernandes
J. Araújo Fernandes
2 goals

Tombense missing players

Sampaio Corrêa missing players

Tombense Sampaio Corrêa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 4 10 20
6 5 2 Won W 0 0 8
11 5 0 Drew D 0 2 4
3 0 0 Lost L 4 8 8
19 13 3 Scored S 0 3 25
18 8 1 Conceded C 6 15 21
85% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
70% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 75%
25% 30% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 35%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
60% 80% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 45%
25% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
30% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 70% 35%
 
3.2 4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.8 4.3
6.4 5.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.7 5.2
1.9 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.5 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10 12.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 10.8 13
3.6 4.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 4.2
26% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 10% 29%
 
14.6 12.4 14 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 12.7 12
4 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.7 4.2
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Sampaio Corrêa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest points (2) away in Serie B
  • Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Serie B
  • Sampaio Corrêa have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in Serie B
  • Sampaio Corrêa have yet to win a game away.
  • Tombense have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Tombense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tombense have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sampaio Corrêa have scored away.
  • Tombense have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Tombense have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Tombense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Cruzeiro 20 14 3 3 25 10 10 10 0 0 16 2 10 4 3 3 9 8 15 45
2 Gremio 21 9 10 2 21 7 10 8 1 1 17 3 11 1 9 1 4 4 14 37
3 Vasco da Gama 20 9 8 3 19 12 10 6 4 0 11 2 10 3 4 3 8 10 7 35
4 Bahia 20 10 4 6 21 11 10 6 2 2 13 5 10 4 2 4 8 6 10 34
5 Londrina 20 8 5 7 21 20 10 5 4 1 14 8 10 3 1 6 7 12 1 29
6 Tombense 20 6 11 3 19 18 10 5 5 0 13 8 10 1 6 3 6 10 1 29
7 Sampaio Corrêa 20 8 4 8 25 21 10 8 2 0 22 6 10 0 2 8 3 15 4 28
8 CRB 20 7 7 6 19 23 11 4 6 1 11 8 9 3 1 5 8 15 -4 28
9 Criciúma 20 7 6 7 21 19 11 5 3 3 13 8 9 2 3 4 8 11 2 27
10 Sport Recife 20 6 9 5 13 12 9 5 3 1 8 2 11 1 6 4 5 10 1 27
11 Novorizontino 20 7 5 8 20 24 10 5 2 3 12 11 10 2 3 5 8 13 -4 26
12 Brusque 20 6 5 9 15 19 9 4 2 3 8 6 11 2 3 6 7 13 -4 23
13 Ituano 20 5 8 7 19 20 10 3 5 2 9 7 10 2 3 5 10 13 -1 23
14 Chapecoense 21 5 8 8 17 20 10 1 4 5 7 13 11 4 4 3 10 7 -3 23
15 Ponte Preta 20 5 7 8 13 17 9 3 4 2 5 3 11 2 3 6 8 14 -4 22
16 Operário PR 20 5 6 9 19 23 10 4 2 4 12 10 10 1 4 5 7 13 -4 21
17 CSA 20 3 11 6 13 18 9 2 6 1 8 7 11 1 5 5 5 11 -5 20
18 Guarani 20 3 10 7 12 22 11 2 6 3 4 9 9 1 4 4 8 13 -10 19
19 Nautico 20 4 6 10 18 26 11 2 4 5 13 14 9 2 2 5 5 12 -8 18
20 Vila Nova 20 2 11 7 12 20 11 2 7 2 7 7 9 0 4 5 5 13 -8 17

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.