Resende will hope that their home support is enough to get a victory from this difficult duel, versus sparkling Athletic Club.
- Resende have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Athletic Club have the most points (6) away in Serie D
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Resende form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Resende's two home games in the Serie D so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Estádio do Trabalhador.
Resende enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Real Noroeste's place. The match ended 1-0 with Freitas scoring.
Ahead of that match, Resende won a home game hosting Nova Iguacu (3-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Resende perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Resende as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Resende has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Resende are traveling soon after this match as the Serie D match at Athletic Club awaits in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Resende's 2 home games: {3 goals}, 2 conceded.
Athletic Club form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Serie D away games so far for Athletic Club with six points collected from three matches.
Impressive finishing from Santos, Osto (2) and Dias secured the home win 4-2 against Santo Andre in their previous game. As you can tell from the result, the match against Santo Andre was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Preceding that game was the away victory against Vitoria ES with the score of 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Athletic Club playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Athletic Club wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Resende in just three days.
Club have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Riboldi Dal Osto 4 goals | W. Ribeiro Silva 2 goals | A. de Souza Junior 1 goals |
Resende missing players
Athletic Club missing players
| Resende | Athletic Club | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 6.5 | 11 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 6.2 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11.2 | 12.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.7 | 10.2 |
| 4.3 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 31% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | 37% |
| 10.2 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.7 | 9.8 |
| 4.7 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
- Athletic Club have the most points (6) away in Serie D
- Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Resende have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Resende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portuguesa RJ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Athletic Club | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Santo Andre | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 4 | Vitoria ES | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Democrata GV | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Resende | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Real Noroeste | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
| 8 | Nova Iguacu | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 2 |
