This could be an interesting match as Brusque have their presumed home advantage while Santa Cruz are ahead 8 points in the Serie C table.
- Brusque is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Santa Cruz has the fewest conceded goals (16) in Serie C
Brusque and Santa Cruz should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Santa Cruz when visiting Brusque as the cities are 3200 kilometers apart.
Brusque form and stats
Brusque are steadily winning Serie C games and points here at Estádio Augusto Bauer. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
Brusque shared the glory with Criciuma in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Ahead of that match, Brusque lost 1-8 at home to Volta Redonda.
A decent goal production from Brusque in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Brusque have conceded 13 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Santa Cruz form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Serie C, on their Serie C travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Prior to that match, the Santa manager I. Schülle faced defeat when travelling to Jacuipense and losing 0-1.
A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Ferroviario. Santa Cruz were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 3-3, with Chiquinho scoring the equalizer. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Santa, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Santa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Santa are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Nascimento da Silva Junior 8 goals | L. Marques Lima 6 goals |  W. Lima Silva e Silva 6 goals |
Brusque missing players
Santa Cruz missing players
| Brusque | Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 32 |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 78% | 89% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 44% | 61% |
| 50% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 56% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 33% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 10.3 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.7 | 8.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 3.5 |
| 41% | 42% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 70% | 51% |
- Brusque has the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Serie C
- Brusque have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brusque is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Santa Cruz has the fewest conceded goals (16) in Serie C
- Santa Cruz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Ypiranga Erechim | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 31 |
| 2 | Ituano | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Londrina | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | Brusque | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 5 | Tombense | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Volta Redonda | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 23 |
| 7 | EC Sao Jose | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 8 | Criciuma | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 9 | Sao Bento | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Boa | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 15 |