The Santa Cruz & Vila Nova managers I. Schülle and F. Guedes are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Serie C league table.
Santa Cruz and Vila Nova 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.
It's quite the trip for Vila Nova when visiting Santa Cruz as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
Santa Cruz form and stats
This stadium, Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel, has been a fortress for Santa Cruz in the Serie C so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-1-0. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Santa has won five games in a row. The Jacuipense match was the last time out without a victory. Santa has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Before that, Santa had a home game versus Botafogo PB which ended with a victory 1-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Santa played a great game against Imperatriz and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. What a game it was for Pipico when beating Imperatriz, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Goals decide football matches and Santa are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
Vila Nova form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Serie C, are W1-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C. Things are running smoothly for Vila Nova who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Ferroviário.
344 minutes! That's how long the Vila goalkeeper Fabricio Barros Santana and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Ferroviário.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vila as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. Vila are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Santa Cruz and Vila Nova have met before this season: Vila Nova - Santa Cruz 1-0. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Santa Cruz victories, one draw and three Vila Nova wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Lima Silva e Silva 6 goals |  D. Bittencourt Morais 3 goals |
Santa Cruz missing players
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| Santa Cruz | Vila Nova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 54% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 46% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 91 | 51 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 60 | 126 |
| 39 | 23 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 19 | 47 |
| 46% | 52% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 32% |
- Santa Cruz has the most scored goals (12) at home in Serie C
- Santa Cruz has the most scored goals (24) in Serie C
- Santa Cruz has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Serie C
- Santa Cruz has the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Serie C
- Santa Cruz has the the best goal difference (+14) in Serie C
- Santa Cruz have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Vila Nova have scored away.
- Santa Cruz have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Santa Cruz haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Santa Cruz is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Vila Nova has the fewest conceded goals (6) in Serie C
- Vila Nova has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Serie C
- Vila Nova has the most clean sheets (10) in Serie C
- Vila Nova has the most clean sheets (4) away in Serie C
- Vila Nova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | Vila Nova | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Remo | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Manaus | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 5 | Ferroviário | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Jacuipense | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Paysandu | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Treze | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Botafogo PB | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 10 | Imperatriz | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 | -30 | 1 |