2nd position in the Serie C table for Santa Cruz so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Jacuipense visits Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel.
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.
Santa Cruz form and stats
Perfect Serie C season at home so far for Santa Cruz 3 wins from 3 appearances. It’s been three wins in a row for Santa here at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Maycon Cleiton de Paula Azevedo not having conceded a league goal in 262 minutes.
Santa Cruz travelled for their previous game, a trip to Manaus that ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Santa won a home game hosting Remo (1-0).
Goals decide football matches and Santa are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. From these home matches, Santa Cruz have conceded only 2 goals.
Jacuipense form and stats
Four points from two away games for Jacuipense, meaning one draw and one victory in the Serie C so far.
The attacking players of Jacuipense have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 191 minutes. Jacuipense have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 192 minutes since they last conceded in Serie C.
Jacuipense are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Treze (placed 9th). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Ferroviario.
2 goals so far away for Jacuipense, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  W. Lima Silva e Silva 6 goals |  T. de Oliveira 4 goals | E. Constantino Pereira Filho 4 goals |
Santa Cruz missing players
Jacuipense missing players
| Santa Cruz | Jacuipense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 57 | 26 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 55 |
| 22 | 10 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 36% | 60% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 33% |
- Jacuipense has the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Serie C
- Jacuipense have not yet lost a game away.
- Santa Cruz has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Serie C
- Santa Cruz have won all their matches at home so far.
- Santa Cruz is in the best form (4-1-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ferroviario | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Santa Cruz | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Vila Nova | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Paysandu | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Remo | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Jacuipense | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Manaus | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Botafogo PB | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Treze | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Imperatriz | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -12 | 1 |