This match features two teams living in the basement of the Serie C, EC São José holding 8th place and Tombense lying 7th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
The hosts José saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Serie C. That game was an away game at Sao Bento, so at least José are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Tombense when visiting EC São José as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
EC São José form and stats
The story so far in the Serie C for EC São José, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Serie C, at their home stadium is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
In their previous game, the manager Everton Vanoni led his José to a defeat in the Serie C match away at Sao Bento. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ypiranga Erechim in a game that was won 2-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with José perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with EC São José as a small favourite), we find four games. EC São José has won one of these, drawn two and lost one.
José aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Defensively José have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tombense form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie C matches, Tombense, who have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Serie C, have produced an overall stat of 0-1-4 so far.
Tombense played 0-0 against Ituano in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Boa.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Tombense in our archives, and the results are: one win for Tombense, five draws and six defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Tombense's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 5 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Tombense have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Tombense - José 4-0 earlier this season. José-Tombense H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: EC São José one win, Tombense one win, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. da Silva Coura 7 goals | C. da Silva Soares 4 goals |  G. Vertuoso 3 goals |
EC São José missing players
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| EC São José | Tombense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| 90% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 60% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 20% | 30% |
| 40% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 60% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 80% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 103 | 53 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 30 | 65 |
| 35 | 22 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 17% | 18% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 14% | 43% |
- EC São José has the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Serie C
- EC São José has the fewest scored goals (6) in Serie C
- EC São José has the the worst goal difference (-7) in Serie C
- EC São José have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- EC São José have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tombense have scored away.
- Tombense has the fewest scored goals (1) away in Serie C
- Tombense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tombense have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Tombense have yet to win a game away.
- Tombense haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Ypiranga Erechim | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Londrina | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | Criciuma | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Volta Redonda | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Ituano | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Tombense | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | EC São José | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 9 | Boa | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 10 | Sao Bento | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 8 |