Pelotas will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Novorizontino.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's quite the trip for Novorizontino when visiting Pelotas as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.
Pelotas form and stats
3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie D numbers at home for Pelotas, who have the most scored goals (17) in Serie D, so far this season.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 256 minutes without scoring a league goal. Marcelo Ferreira was the last player to find the net. Pelotas are confident in defense, having played 217 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Pelotas drew their last game, 0-0 away at Caxias (placed 4th). Before that, Pelotas played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Joinville.
The Pelotas fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Pelotas's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Novorizontino form and stats
The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Serie D, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses in the Serie D. In general it has been a productive period now for Novorizontino as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games. Novorizontino has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Marcilio Dias.
370 minutes! That's how long the Novorizontino goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Novorizontino, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Atlético Tubarão (placed 7th) in the Serie D last time out. Before that, Novorizontino secured a home win against Marcilio Dias with the score 1-0.
The visiting Novorizontino have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. Novorizontino are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Novorizontino - Pelotas 1-0 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  G. de Queiroz Gonçalves 4 goals |  J. Borges 3 goals | C. Santos Silva 2 goals |
Pelotas missing players
Novorizontino missing players
| Pelotas | Novorizontino | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 42% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 17% | 8% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 58% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 42% | 0% | 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 |
| 2.2 | 3.5 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 88 | 52 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 29 | 83 |
| 34 | 19 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 13 | 29 |
| 50% | 42% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 54% | 48% |
- Novorizontino has the fewest conceded goals (3) in Serie D
- Novorizontino has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Serie D
- Novorizontino has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Serie D
- Novorizontino has the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Serie D
- Novorizontino has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Serie D
- Novorizontino has the most clean sheets (9) in Serie D
- Novorizontino has the most points (14) away in Serie D
- Novorizontino has the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Serie D
- Novorizontino has the the best goal difference (+11) in Serie D
- Novorizontino have not yet lost a game.
- Novorizontino have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Novorizontino have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Novorizontino is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Pelotas has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie D
- Pelotas has the most scored goals (17) in Serie D
- Pelotas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pelotas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Pelotas have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Pelotas haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Novorizontino | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 30 |
| 2 | Marcilio Dias | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Pelotas | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Caxias | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Sao Luiz | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Joinville | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Atlético Tubarão | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
| 8 | Sao Caetano | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -21 | 6 |
