A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Santa Cruz fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Ferroviário's 7th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Santa Cruz has the most scored goals (29) in Serie C
- Ferroviário have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Santa Cruz and Ferroviário should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Santa Cruz form and stats
Santa Cruz, who have the most scored goals (29) in Serie C, are steadily winning Serie C games and points here at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel. 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
Santa Cruz lost their last game at Jacuipense (placed 5th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Manaus that was lost 1-2.
A decent goal production from Santa in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. Santa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ferroviário form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ferroviário so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Paysandu's place.
As mentioned above, Ferroviário was the only team on the pitch versus Imperatriz in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task.
Ferroviário find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Ferroviário struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Ferroviário - Santa 1-3, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Santa won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Ferroviário has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / oneTop Goalscorers
  W. Lima Silva e Silva 6 goals |  D. Bittencourt Morais 3 goals |   C. Silva Rocha 3 goals |
Santa Cruz missing players
Ferroviário missing players
| Santa Cruz | Ferroviário | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 29 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 19 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 59% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 76% |
| 41% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 53% |
| 24% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 18% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 41% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| 47% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7.5 | 9.5 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 7.5 | 8.2 |
| 3.3 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| 52% | 42% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 38% | 31% |
- Ferroviário have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santa Cruz has the most points (19) at home in Serie C
- Santa Cruz has the most scored goals (29) in Serie C
- Santa Cruz has the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Serie C
- Santa Cruz has the the best goal difference (+16) in Serie C
- Santa Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santa Cruz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Santa Cruz have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Santa Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Santa Cruz | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 2 | Remo | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Paysandu | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Vila Nova | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Jacuipense | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 24 |
| 6 | Manaus | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Ferroviário | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Botafogo PB | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Treze | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Imperatriz | 17 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 38 | -49 | 1 |