Match preview Serie C: Ituano - Brusque at Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior

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Competition: Brazil Serie C
Competition: Mon 21.December
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior (18560 seats)

Ituano perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Brusque can look both up and down from their 4th position.

Insights:
  • Ituano is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Brusque has the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Serie C

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Ituano form and stats

Overall Serie C stats at home this season for Ituano are 4-4-1 (wins-draw-losses).

It's back home for Ituano, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Vila Nova away with the result 2-1. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Sao Bento.

Goals decide football matches and Ituano are scoring many of them at home; 18 on target from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Ituano have conceded 11 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Brusque form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Brusque so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Brusque's previous match, a Serie C home game that ended 0-0 vs Santa Cruz. Before that, Brusque travelled to Criciuma and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Brusque have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Brusque have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Ituano - Brusque 3-1. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Ituano victories, zero draws and two Brusque wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrusqueE. Nascimento da Silva Junior
E. Nascimento da Silva Junior
8 goals
BrusqueL. Marques Lima
L. Marques Lima
6 goals

Ituano missing players

Brusque missing players

Ituano Brusque
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
9 4 2 Won W 0 2 8
5 4 0 Drew D 1 3 6
5 1 0 Lost L 1 4 5
30 18 5 Scored S 2 9 23
21 11 0 Conceded C 3 13 26
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
79% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 63%
58% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 47%
26% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 32%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
53% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 53%
37% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 37%
21% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.5 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.8 11.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 8.5 9.4
4.2 5.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 3.3
38% 38% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 39% 39%
Key stats in Serie C this season:
  • Brusque has the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Serie C
  • Brusque haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Ituano has the most points from losing position (14) in Serie C
  • Ituano has the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Serie C
  • Ituano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ituano is in the best form (5-0-1)

  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

Read more about Serie C

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is the third tier of the Brazilian football league system. It is divided into two groups of ten teams, based on geographical location. The teams in each group play each other home and away, and the top four in each group meet in a playoff where all four semifinalists are promoted to Série B. The bottom two teams in each group are relegated.