This promises to be another interesting encounter at Arena das Dunas in the Serie D. América RN is in 4th position and welcome ABC in 1st place. Read all about the match here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Potiguar game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Globo. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
América RN form and stats
América RN have only played one Serie D game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 2 matches.
In their previous game, the manager D. Neri led his América RN to a defeat in the Serie D match away at Campinense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Arena das Dunas. América lost the game against Campinense in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.
Ahead of that match, América won a home game hosting Central (1-0).Early season league goal statistics from América RN's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
ABC form and stats
1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for ABC in their Serie D matches away.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. ABC goalkeeper Jerfesson Rodrigues Santana is eager to challenge this, with his 195 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
ABC play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Globo.
Before that, ABC secured a home win against Sousa with the score 4-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Globo in just three days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, ABC has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for América, three draws and four wins for ABC. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  W. Freitas da Silva 15 goals |  W. Maciel Monteiro 8 goals | R. Faria 4 goals |
América RN missing players
ABC missing players
| América RN | ABC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 6.5 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 7 | 4.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 45% |
| América RN | Last season | ABC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 8 | Played | P | 8 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Scored | S | 19 | 31 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | ||
| 87% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | ||
| 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | ||
| 7% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 19% | ||
| 53% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 31% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 19% | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11.1 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 9 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 41% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 90% | 62% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Campinense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Central | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | América RN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 5 | Sousa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 6 | Caucaia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Uniclinic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Treze | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Santa Cruz de Natal RN | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | América RN | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Potiguar Mossoro | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 12 |
| 5 | Globo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Forca e Luz | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -8 | 5 |
| 7 | ASSU | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 3 |
| 8 | Palmeira | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -8 | 1 |