Loyal fans at Estádio Antônio Moreno de Melo haven’t celebrated many home wins this season, with Iguatu lying uncomfortably in the 7th position. The visiting Santa Cruz will attempt to shield their higher league place in this one.
- Iguatu have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Serie D
- Santa Cruz have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Serie D
Iguatu 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.
Iguatu form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Antônio Moreno de Melo as Iguatu have scored 11 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Serie D are 4-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Iguatu to get some points in this home game.
Iguatu faced defeat in their previous match, away at Nacional de Patos (1-3).
Before that game, a nice away win at Pacajus. A Copa Fares Lopes game.
Scoring bonanza? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league games with this team has seen at least three goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Iguatu, as the Copa Fares Lopes home game vs Fortaleza B is only three days away.
The Iguatu fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches.
Santa Cruz form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santa Cruz so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Santa Cruz are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
There were no winners in Santa's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Potiguar Mossoró (placed 4th).
A 0-2 defeat away at Campinense before that.As opposed to that, Santa Cruz have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The sides have played each other before in this season, with the result Santa Cruz - Iguatu 1-0 logged in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Lima Silva e Silva 4 goals | E. Mendes de Carvalho 4 goals | F. Santos Meireles 1 goals |
Iguatu missing players
Santa Cruz missing players
| Iguatu | Santa Cruz | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 19 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 69% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 62% |
| 69% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 54% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 23% |
| 4.2 | 6.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.2 | 6.4 |
| 5.4 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.2 | 18.7 | 23.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.3 | 12.8 |
| 6.1 | 8.3 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 19% | 22% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 21% | 24% |
| 11.6 | 10.3 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 13.2 | 12 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
- Iguatu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Iguatu have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Iguatu have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Serie D
- Iguatu have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Serie D
- Iguatu have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Serie D
- Iguatu have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Iguatu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Santa Cruz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santa Cruz have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Serie D
- Santa Cruz have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Serie D
- Santa Cruz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nacional de Patos | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | Sousa | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Pacajus | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Potiguar Mossoró | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Santa Cruz | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Campinense | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Iguatu | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Globo | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 17 | -25 | 4 |
