It's early days in the Serie C and both EC São José and Brusque are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
EC São José form and stats
The hosts won their first Serie C game here, lifting spirits. Home statistics for EC São José last season were 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses from 3 games.
José faced defeat in their previous match, away at Tombense (0-4). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Sao Bento.
José were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Early season league goal statistics from EC São José's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Brusque form and stats
Only one away game in the Serie C so far for Brusque and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 2 losses from 5 travels. Having won their last three away games Brusque has no reason to fear anyone.
Two travels in a row for Brusque, whose manager J. Testoni could celebrate last time after the Serie C win against Sao Bento. Before that, Brusque secured a home win against Ypiranga Erechim with the score 2-1.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Brusque has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: José won three, Brusque won one and zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Nascimento da Silva Junior 8 goals | L. Marques Lima 6 goals |  G. Vertuoso 3 goals |
EC São José missing players
Brusque missing players
| EC São José | Brusque | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 8 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| EC São José | Last season | Brusque | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 11 | 5 | Played | P | 7 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 45% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 29% | 46% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 31% | ||
| 9% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 23% | ||
| 9% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 15% | ||
| 36% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 46% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 38% | ||
| 27% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 23% | ||
| 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 70 | 42 | Total Shots | T S | 61 | 139 | ||
| 27 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 56 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brusque | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Criciuma | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Ituano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Tombense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | EC São José | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 6 | Volta Redonda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Londrina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Boa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Ypiranga Erechim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Sao Bento | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Grêmio | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Esportivo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Caxias | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | EC São José | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 9 |
| 5 | Aimore | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Brasil de Pelotas | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Avaí | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Brusque | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Figueirense | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Marcilio Dias | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Criciuma | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Juventus SC | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | Chapecoense | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Joinville | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 10 |
| 9 | Concordia | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Atletico Tubarao | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 6 |