Vila Nova vs Confiança: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Wed 22.September
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Governo do Estado de Goiás

Vila Nova are impatient to add to their points total at home in the upcoming match versus Confiança.

Insights:
  • Vila Nova have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Serie B
  • Confiança have the most conceded goals (37) in Serie B

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.

These teams have little in common geographically as Confiança have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Vila Nova form and stats

Vila Nova have played 12 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-6-3 (wins-draws-losses). Vila Nova has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio do Governo do Estado de Goiás, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Vila are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Coritiba. Renato Silveira was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.32 out of 10. The defender Silveira won 2 of 6 duels.

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

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vila handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, six draws and three defeats.

There will be little rest for Vila after this match as they are travelling to Goias for a Serie B game in only three days.

Vila Nova have scored 4 goals here in 12 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Vila have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Confiança form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Confiança so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-8 (win-draw-lose).

Confiança won their last game, 2-0 versus Sampaio Correa played at home. Midfielder Jhemerson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.5. Jhemerson scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 33 successful passes (of 38 total).

Before that, Confiança travelled to Brasil de Pelotas and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Confiança have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were two victories, one draw and six defeats.

A new game in only four days for Confiança, the Serie B home match versus Operario PR. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Confiança have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other previously this campaign: Confiança - Vila 1-0. Numbers for the former three meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Vila Nova, one draw and two wins for Confiança. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

ConfiançaS. Santos Salles
S. Santos Salles
4 goals
ConfiançaJ. Purcino de Almeida
J. Purcino de Almeida
3 goals
VilaR. Ferreira Donato
R. Ferreira Donato
2 goals

Vila Nova missing players

Confiança missing players

Vila Nova Confiança
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 12 24
6 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
8 6 3 Drew D 2 3 5
10 3 1 Lost L 2 8 15
16 4 0 Scored S 3 11 23
20 5 1 Conceded C 8 20 37
79% 58% 25% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 92%
38% 17% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 71%
17% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 46%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 25%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 12%
29% 8% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 50%
38% 67% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 21%
54% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 38%
 
4.4 5.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.2 4.6
4.1 2.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.8 5.1
2.1 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11.1 12.4 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 9.9 10.5
3.6 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.5
18% 9% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 27%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Confiança have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Confiança have scored at least twice as many goals away as Vila Nova have scored home.
  • Confiança have the most conceded goals (37) in Serie B
  • Confiança have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Serie B
  • Confiança have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Serie B
  • Confiança have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Serie B
  • Vila Nova have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Serie B
  • Vila Nova have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Serie B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coritiba 24 14 6 4 33 18 12 7 4 1 19 7 12 7 2 3 14 11 15 48
2 Goias 23 11 9 3 26 14 11 6 4 1 14 6 12 5 5 2 12 8 12 42
3 Botafogo 23 12 5 6 34 22 11 9 1 1 23 7 12 3 4 5 11 15 12 41
4 CRB 24 11 8 5 33 26 12 5 6 1 17 11 12 6 2 4 16 15 7 41
5 Guarani 24 10 8 6 34 27 12 6 3 3 16 12 12 4 5 3 18 15 7 38
6 Avai 24 10 7 7 26 19 12 6 3 3 15 10 12 4 4 4 11 9 7 37
7 Sampaio Correa 24 9 8 7 28 22 11 6 2 3 15 9 13 3 6 4 13 13 6 35
8 Nautico 23 9 8 6 27 23 12 5 5 2 18 12 11 4 3 4 9 11 4 35
9 Operario PR 24 9 7 8 19 25 12 6 2 4 13 13 12 3 5 4 6 12 -6 34
10 Vasco da Gama 24 9 6 9 28 28 12 7 2 3 17 10 12 2 4 6 11 18 0 33
11 Remo 24 9 6 9 22 25 13 6 2 5 10 10 11 3 4 4 12 15 -3 33
12 Cruzeiro 24 6 12 6 28 31 12 3 7 2 17 18 12 3 5 4 11 13 -3 30
13 CSA 23 8 5 10 21 21 12 4 5 3 12 9 11 4 0 7 9 12 0 29
14 Brusque 24 7 7 10 21 32 12 4 5 3 11 8 12 3 2 7 10 24 -11 28
15 Ponte Preta 24 6 8 10 22 26 12 6 4 2 18 11 12 0 4 8 4 15 -4 26
16 Vila Nova 24 6 8 10 16 20 12 3 6 3 4 5 12 3 2 7 12 15 -4 26
17 Vitória 24 4 12 8 18 21 12 3 5 4 11 11 12 1 7 4 7 10 -3 24
18 Londrina 23 4 9 10 16 27 12 2 4 6 8 14 11 2 5 4 8 13 -11 21
19 Confiança 24 4 5 15 23 37 12 3 2 7 12 17 12 1 3 8 11 20 -14 17
20 Brasil de Pelotas 23 2 10 11 14 25 11 2 5 4 8 11 12 0 5 7 6 14 -11 16

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.