Treze will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Santa Cruz.
Treze and Santa Cruz 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.
Treze form and stats
2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C numbers at home for Treze so far this season. Treze has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio Municipal Presidente Getúlio Vargas, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A strong away win for Treze against Imperatriz the last match, as Douglas Lima and Ítallo were on target. Ahead of that match, Treze won a home game hosting Imperatriz (4-1).
Treze have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal Presidente Getúlio Vargas with 8 goals in 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
Santa Cruz form and stats
Playing away, Santa Cruz, who have the most scored goals (16) in Serie C, have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Serie C this season.
Santa won their last game, 2-1 versus Paysandu played at home. Prior to that result Santa Cruz won their away game at Ferroviario. The scoreline was 3-1.
Pipico certainly enjoyed Santa Cruz's last game versus Paysandu, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 2-1 victory.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Santa Cruz have scored 5 goals in 5 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Santa Cruz - Treze 3-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Treze three wins, three draws and Santa Cruz four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Lima Silva e Silva 6 goals |  D. Bittencourt Morais 3 goals |
Treze missing players
Santa Cruz missing players
| Treze | Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 60% | 80% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 60% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | 55 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 35 | 78 |
| 31 | 21 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 15 | 33 |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 33% | 48% |
- Santa Cruz has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Serie C
- Santa Cruz has the most scored goals (16) in Serie C
- Santa Cruz has the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Serie C
- Santa Cruz has the the best goal difference (+7) in Serie C
- Treze has the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Serie C
- Treze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Vila Nova | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Remo | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Ferroviario | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Treze | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Paysandu | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Manaus | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Botafogo PB | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Jacuipense | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 10 | Imperatriz | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 16 | -17 | 1 |