Delightful dogfight as daring Manaus duel with determined Confiança

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Competition: Brazil Serie C
Competition: Sat 24.Jun
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Ismael Benigno (2000 seats)

Preview: 5 points stand between the squads until now, Confiança the superior team. Will Manaus shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Manaus is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Confiança have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

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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Manaus form and stats

Manaus have played 4 Serie C games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). When Manaus hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Sao Bernardo, Amazonas, EC Sao Jose, Operario PR and Nautico), they have won 1 of 2 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Manaus to get some points in this home game.

The Manaus crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to EC Sao Jose here at Estádio Ismael Benigno.

Prior to that, an away loss at Amazonas.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Manaus handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

Manaus has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. On the other hand, Manaus have conceded 5 goals. When Manaus hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Brusque, Floresta, Altos, Pouso Alegre, Aparecidense and America RN), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Confiança form and stats

Playing away, Confiança have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Serie C this season.

Two away games in a row for Confiança, whose coach Eutrópio could celebrate last time after the win against America RN. Those three points felt good as this side had gone five league fixtures without winning.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Nautico.

We have checked recent matches where Confiança have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Confiança as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

ConfiançaA. dos Santos Rodrigues
A. dos Santos Rodrigues
3 goals
ConfiançaE. Custodio dos Santos
E. Custodio dos Santos
3 goals
ConfiançaD. Cardoso Nogueira
D. Cardoso Nogueira
3 goals

Manaus missing players

Confiança missing players

Manaus Confiança
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 2 5 9
3 3 1 Won W 1 2 4
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
6 1 1 Lost L 0 2 3
6 5 3 Scored S 2 4 11
14 5 5 Conceded C 1 5 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 40% 56%
33% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 44%
11% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 33%
11% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
33% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 56%
22% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 33%
44% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 11%
 
5 7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.4 4
5 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 8 6.8
3.6 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.8 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.1 11.5 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 8.4 10
2.7 2.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3 4
25% 45% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 27% 31%
 
12.8 12.2 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 15.2 14.2
4.6 3.5 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.6 4.3
Key stats in Serie C this season:
  • Confiança have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Confiança haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Manaus have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Manaus have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manaus have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Manaus have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Serie C
  • Manaus have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Serie C
  • Manaus have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Manaus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Manaus is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Amazonas 9 5 3 1 15 9 4 2 2 0 6 2 5 3 1 1 9 7 6 18
2 Sao Bernardo 9 5 1 3 12 10 4 3 0 1 7 5 5 2 1 2 5 5 2 16
3 EC Sao Jose 9 4 3 2 14 8 3 2 1 0 6 2 6 2 2 2 8 6 6 15
4 Operario PR 9 4 3 2 10 6 5 3 2 0 5 1 4 1 1 2 5 5 4 15
5 Nautico 9 4 3 2 12 10 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 1 2 2 5 8 2 15
6 Confiança 9 4 2 3 11 11 4 2 1 1 7 6 5 2 1 2 4 5 0 14
7 Botafogo PB 9 3 5 1 11 9 4 1 3 0 5 4 5 2 2 1 6 5 2 14
8 Ypiranga Erechim 9 4 1 4 13 10 6 3 1 2 9 4 3 1 0 2 4 6 3 13
9 Figueirense 9 4 1 4 9 7 5 3 0 2 8 5 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 13
10 CSA 9 3 4 2 8 6 5 2 2 1 4 3 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 13
11 Volta Redonda 9 4 0 5 13 9 4 3 0 1 7 1 5 1 0 4 6 8 4 12
12 Paysandu 9 3 3 3 7 14 5 3 2 0 7 4 4 0 1 3 0 10 -7 12
13 Remo 9 3 2 4 10 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 2 1 2 7 6 0 11
14 Brusque 9 3 2 4 8 8 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 1 1 2 3 3 0 11
15 Pouso Alegre 9 3 2 4 6 9 5 1 1 3 2 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 -3 11
16 Floresta 9 2 4 3 8 10 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 0 2 2 3 6 -2 10
17 Manaus 9 3 0 6 6 14 4 3 0 1 5 5 5 0 0 5 1 9 -8 9
18 Altos 9 2 3 4 10 14 4 1 2 1 6 6 5 1 1 3 4 8 -4 9
19 America RN 9 2 3 4 6 11 5 2 1 2 6 6 4 0 2 2 0 5 -5 9
20 Aparecidense 9 2 1 6 9 13 5 1 0 4 5 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 -4 7

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.