It's game two of the Serie C season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Ituano-Novorizontino!
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.
Ituano form and stats
Last season, Ituano's league statistics were 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Paulista A1. Over these twelve matches they scored 10 goals and conceded 14. Playing at home last season Ituano managed 2-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 8 conceded.
Fillipe Soutto was the last player to score a league goal for Ituano and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ituano haven't scored in 247 minutes.
Ituano are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Criciuma.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Novorizontino (0-4).Novorizontino form and stats
Let's have a look at how Novorizontino performed last season in the Paulista A1: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 17 and conceded 12 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 3 with 6/7 goals scored/conceded. Novorizontino has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Novorizontino had fun at their own home (Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior) last time out, beating Figueirense 1-0.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Ponte Preta in the Paulista A1.Head 2 Head
Ituano-Novorizontino H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Ituano zero wins, Novorizontino four wins, one draw. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Ituano missing players
Novorizontino missing players
| Ituano | Novorizontino | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Ituano | Last season | Novorizontino | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 7 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Scored | S | 6 | 23 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 86% | ||
| 50% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | ||
| 7% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | ||
| 21% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 36% | ||
| 43% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 7% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.6 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 27% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Criciuma | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Novorizontino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Botafogo SP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | EC Sao Jose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Mirassol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Oeste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Parana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ypiranga Erechim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Figueirense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Ituano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 | Bragantino | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Novorizontino | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Ituano | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 13 |