Vila Nova are prepared for ABC with belief in acquiring all three points. Will they? Open our match preview!
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Serie B
- ABC have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Serie B
It's quite the trip for ABC when visiting Vila as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Vila Nova form and stats
This stadium, Estádio Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga, has been a fortress for Vila Nova in the Serie B so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-2-0. Vila Nova has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Lourenço was the last player to score a league goal for Vila Nova and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Vila Nova haven't scored in 194 minutes.
No payout for Vila in their previous match, an away game at Ceara that ended in defeat 0-1. Heartbreak for Vila Nova in their last match as Ceara's Otávio scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Defender Rodrigo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.3/10. Rodrigo hit one key pass and won 10 of 13 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Londrina.It should be noted that a glance at the 14 most recent league fixtures shows that 13 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The Vila fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Vila Nova have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
ABC form and stats
There's been little loot from ABC's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Serie B. ABC only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
The manager Aal was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Estádio Maria Lamas Farache. ABC suffered a 0-1 loss to Guarani (placed 6th). Defender Gedeilson was the best team player with a rating of 7.15. Gedeilson hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
A 1-1 draw at Juventude's stadium before that.Few goals the story here? 10 of this club's latest 12 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting ABC as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as ABC have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Vila Nova won five games, one match ended with a tie and ABC got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Parede Pinheiro 5 goals | C. da Silva Dantas 5 goals | A. Cordeiro Pessôa Neto 3 goals |
Vila Nova missing players
ABC missing players
| Vila Nova | ABC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 21 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 39% | 25% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 28% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 22% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 22% | 11% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 44% |
| 61% | 88% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 5.2 | 6.9 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.3 | 4.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.3 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18.4 | 21.1 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.3 | 10.8 |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 22% | 23% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | 18% |
| 11.9 | 9.6 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 16.3 | 14.4 |
| 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6 | 5.1 |
- 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 (14) in Serie B
- ABC have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Serie B
- ABC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vila Nova have not yet lost a game at home.
- Vila Nova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the most clean sheets (11) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the the best goal difference (+14) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Vitória | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 2 | Vila Nova | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | Criciúma | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Guarani | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 7 | Mirassol | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Ceara | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Juventude | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 27 |
| 12 | Ponte Preta | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | CRB | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Ituano | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampaio Correa | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Tombense | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 17 | Chapecoense | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Londrina | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 14 |
| 19 | Avaí | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 20 | ABC | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
