EC São José hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 7th position in the Serie C table. Visiting Ituano holds 5th place with 17 pts.
EC São José and Ituano 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.
Ituano have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
EC São José form and stats
The story so far in the Serie C for EC São José, who have the most conceded goals (18) in Serie C, at their home stadium is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
It's back home for José, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Volta Redonda away with the result 4-3. Wagner, Fábio and Tiago Pedra (3) found the net in that victory.
A goal frenzy last time out for EC São José, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Volta Redonda. Fun stuff to watch! What a game it was for Tiago Pedra when beating Volta Redonda, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Some amazing scenes last match, when Tiago Pedra scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time.
The José fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. From these home matches, José have conceded only 4 goals.
Ituano form and stats
There's been little loot from Ituano's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Serie C. Ituano only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Impressive finishing from Cadu Baroni, Suéliton and Guilherme secured the home win 3-1 against Brusque in their previous game. Prior to that match, the Ituano manager V. Bergantin faced defeat when travelling to Londrina and losing 0-1.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Ituano struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Ituano - EC São José 2-2 earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one José victory, one draw and one Ituano win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.EC São José missing players
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| EC São José | Ituano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 31% | 17% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 31% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 23% | 17% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 54% |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 3.8 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 131 | 63 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 51 | 128 |
| 50 | 26 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 18 | 54 |
| 24% | 23% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 22% | 31% |
- EC São José has the most conceded goals (18) in Serie C
- EC São José has the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Serie C
- EC São José has the the worst goal difference (-6) in Serie C
- Ituano has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie C
- Ituano has the most points from losing position (8) in Serie C
- Ituano has the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Serie C
- Ituano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | Brusque | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | Ypiranga Erechim | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Londrina | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Tombense | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Ituano | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Criciúma | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | EC São José | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 8 | Volta Redonda | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Boa | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | São Bento | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 9 |