The fresh new season is about to begin and the supporters are trembling with anticipation. It’s square one as América RN host Sousa for the opening match at Arena das Dunas. Keep reading!
There have been little to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a Potiguar fixture only four days earlier. That game was an away game at ABC, so at least América RN are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
América RN form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for América RN as they were promoted from Potiguar last season. Happy days that were secured through 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses from 14 games. The team scored 12 goals at home last season and conceded 4. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Sousa form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sousa performed last season in the Serie D: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 16 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 2/13 goals scored/conceded.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Campinense in just three days.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings with these sides: América won two, Sousa triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.América RN missing players
Sousa missing players
| América RN | Sousa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| América RN | Last season | Sousa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 11 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 40 | 25 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 13 | 18 | ||
| 90% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 79% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 35% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 15% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 21% | ||
| 50% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 29% | ||
| 50% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 36% | ||
| 10% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 71% | 57% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | ||
| 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 41% | ||
| 7 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 8.7 | ||
| 3 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | Campinense | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | América RN | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Uniclinic | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | Sousa | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 6 | Treze | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Central | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Caucaia | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 35 | -31 | 9 |
