It's time for cup football and it's the Serie D Regular Season between Novorizontino and Caxias. Here's the biggest preview available before kick-off:
It's no vacation for neither Novorizontino nor Caxias as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Caxias when visiting Novorizontino as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Novorizontino form and stats
Last season, Novorizontino's Serie D journey ended in the 16th finals.When playing at home in the Paulista A1, Novorizontino have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 6 games. This match is a Serie D match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Novorizontino enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Caxias's place. The match ended 1-0 with Guilherme Queiroz scoring. Previous to that game, a Serie D home match hosting Sao Luiz in a game that was won 1-0.
There will be little rest for Novorizontino after this match as they are travelling to Sao Luiz for a Serie D game in only three days.
The Novorizontino fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Novorizontino are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Dr. Jorge Ismael de Biasi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Caxias form and stats
Caxias was sent out of Serie D in the quarter-finals last season.When we have look at the Serie D statistics, we find 3W-1D-3L. This is both home and away.
Caxias might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Novorizontino proved too strong as Caxias slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio Francisco Stédile. It was a Serie D defeat before that one as the away game against Marcilio Dias wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
A quick return to home after this game, as Caxias are hosting Marcilio Dias in the Serie D only three days away.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Caxias - Novorizontino 0-1.Top Goalscorers
  G. de Queiroz Gonçalves 3 goals | C. Santos Silva 1 goals |
Novorizontino missing players
Caxias missing players
| Novorizontino | Caxias | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 261 | 163 | Total Shots | T S | 83 | 231 | ||
| 87 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 77 | ||
| 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Novorizontino | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Pelotas | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Marcilio Dias | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Caxias | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Joinville | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Sao Luiz | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Sao Caetano | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 8 | Atletico Tubarao | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Santo Andre | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | Novorizontino | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Botafogo SP | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -14 | 11 |