Serie C preview: Can Confiança edge out victory against Imperatriz?

It's no vacation for neither Confiança nor Imperatriz as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Confiança form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista as Confiança have scored 11 goals to get 16 points from 7 games. The overall stats are 5-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Confiança has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista. We remember; it was Náutico.

Confiança's previous game was a Serie C match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Imperatriz. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus ABC with a 2-1 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Confiança handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D3-L2.

The Confiança fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 matches. Confiança are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.

Imperatriz form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Imperatriz, who have the most scored goals (12) away in Serie C, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).

It might be tough going out on the road again for Imperatriz, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Confiança. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Treze.

We have checked recent matches where Imperatriz have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were W1-D1-L2.

Imperatriz has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 12 goals from 7 games. The Imperatriz manager Paulinho Kobayashi has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Confiança - Imperatriz 3-1 earlier this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 1 Confiança victory, 1 draw and 0 Imperatriz wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Matheus Lima 5 goals

Renan Gorne 4 goals

Confiança missing players

Imperatriz missing players