Evenly matched teams: Manaus vs Figueirense match preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie C
Competition: Sat 18.June
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena da Amazônia (44000 seats)

Serie C: Two teams in decent shape get together for this game. Figueirense hold a wee advantage with their 4th spot in the standings?

Insights:
  • Manaus have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Figueirense have the most matches under the total-line (4) 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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Manaus form and stats

Manaus have collected 9 points from their Serie C home games so far after 2-3-0. The home fans are hungry for more even though Manaus have been steadily collecting points here at Arena da Amazônia through three straight draws.

Manaus enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Campinense's place. The match ended 2-1 with Claudinho and Alvinho scoring. The victory against Campinense came after Alvinho's winning goal. The Manaus manager Piza was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 75th minute.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Altos that ended 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Manaus perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Manaus as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Manaus has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Manaus aren't scoring a lot here at Arena da Amazônia in the league, with only 3 goals from 5 games. As for guarding their own goal, Manaus have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Figueirense form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C travels is 1 win, 4 draws and 0 defeats.

Figueirense's last game was the home draw against Confiança (0-0).

Before that, Figueirense travelled to Ypiranga Erechim and returned home with a draw after the game finished 3-3.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Figueirense in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Figueirense, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Figueirense find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

Manaus missing players

Figueirense missing players

Manaus Figueirense
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 1 5 10
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 4
4 3 0 Drew D 1 4 5
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
7 3 0 Scored S 3 6 13
6 1 0 Conceded C 3 5 9
80% 60% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 80%
40% 20% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 60%
10% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 20% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 20% 20%
30% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 50%
50% 80% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 40%
40% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 30%
 
4.9 4.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5 6.3
5.4 5.6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 1 5 4.7
3.3 2.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.4 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.6 13.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.6 10.6
3.7 4.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.6 3.9
19% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 46% 33%
 
9.5 7.6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 17 11.4 11
2.6 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10 4.2 4.2
Key stats in Serie C this season:
  • Figueirense have not yet lost a game away.
  • Figueirense have the most matches under the total-line (4) in Serie C
  • Figueirense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Manaus have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Manaus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paysandu 10 6 3 1 20 9 6 5 1 0 16 4 4 1 2 1 4 5 11 21
2 ABC 10 6 2 2 12 6 5 4 1 0 7 1 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 20
3 Mirassol 10 6 2 2 14 9 5 4 1 0 8 3 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 20
4 Figueirense 10 4 5 1 13 9 5 3 1 1 7 4 5 1 4 0 6 5 4 17
5 Botafogo PB 10 5 2 3 10 8 5 3 2 0 6 3 5 2 0 3 4 5 2 17
6 Volta Redonda 10 5 1 4 18 11 6 4 1 1 14 4 4 1 0 3 4 7 7 16
7 EC Sao Jose 10 4 4 2 17 11 5 3 2 0 11 3 5 1 2 2 6 8 6 16
8 Remo 10 5 1 4 16 12 5 4 1 0 13 4 5 1 0 4 3 8 4 16
9 Ypiranga Erechim 10 4 4 2 12 11 5 3 1 1 9 7 5 1 3 1 3 4 1 16
10 Manaus 10 4 4 2 7 6 5 2 3 0 3 1 5 2 1 2 4 5 1 16
11 Aparecidense 10 3 3 4 11 10 4 1 1 2 4 5 6 2 2 2 7 5 1 12
12 Ferroviário 10 4 0 6 8 10 5 3 0 2 6 5 5 1 0 4 2 5 -2 12
13 Vitoria 10 3 2 5 9 9 5 2 0 3 5 4 5 1 2 2 4 5 0 11
14 Botafogo SP 10 3 2 5 12 15 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 1 1 3 6 9 -3 11
15 Confiança 10 2 4 4 5 9 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 0 2 3 0 5 -4 10
16 Altos 10 3 1 6 11 16 5 3 0 2 7 5 5 0 1 4 4 11 -5 10
17 Floresta 10 3 1 6 7 15 4 1 1 2 3 4 6 2 0 4 4 11 -8 10
18 Campinense 10 2 3 5 6 11 5 1 2 2 4 4 5 1 1 3 2 7 -5 9
19 Uniclinic 10 2 3 5 7 17 5 0 2 3 2 5 5 2 1 2 5 12 -10 9
20 Brasil de Pelotas 10 1 3 6 5 16 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 0 1 4 2 11 -11 6

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.