The ABC & Itabaiana managers F. de Assis Ciriaco dos Santos and J. Ferreira dos Santos are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Serie D league table.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Itabaiana when visiting ABC as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
ABC form and stats
ABC, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Serie D, have played 6 Serie D games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Preceding that match was the home game against Vitória da Conquista that was lost 1-3.
As mentioned above, ABC "killed" Jacyobá in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
ABC can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 12 times. ABC are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Maria Lamas Farache in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Itabaiana form and stats
Itabaiana, who have the most scored goals (29) in Serie D, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Serie D, after 1-3-2 (6 played).
Itabaiana go into this game after a win, the home game against Central that ended 2-1. Prior to that match, the Itabaiana manager J. Ferreira dos Santos faced defeat when travelling to Coruripe and losing 0-2.
Itabaiana has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. In the opposite end, Itabaiana have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Itabaiana - ABC 1-1 earlier this season. ABC-Itabaiana H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: ABC two wins, Itabaiana two wins, one draw. four of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  W. Maciel Monteiro 5 goals | J. Assis Penha 3 goals |  F. da Costa Oliveira 2 goals |
ABC missing players
Itabaiana missing players
| ABC | Itabaiana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 17 |
| 69% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 83% | 69% |
| 31% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 83% | 77% |
| 69% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100 | 60 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 46 | 78 |
| 32 | 20 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 22 | 38 |
| 53% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 41% | 76% |
- ABC has the fewest conceded goals (6) in Serie D
- ABC has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Serie D
- ABC has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Serie D
- ABC has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie D
- ABC has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie D
- ABC has the most clean sheets (9) in Serie D
- ABC has the the best goal difference (+17) in Serie D
- ABC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- ABC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- All of Itabaiana's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Itabaiana has the most points from losing position (9) in Serie D
- Itabaiana has the most scored goals (29) in Serie D
- Itabaiana has the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Serie D
- Itabaiana have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Itabaiana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Itabaiana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Itabaiana 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 | ABC | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 23 |
| 2 | Itabaiana | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 3 | Vitória da Conquista | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | Central | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Potiguar Mossoró | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Coruripe | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -5 | 18 |
| 7 | Frei Paulistano | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 8 | Jacyobá | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 26 | -34 | 4 |