Serie D: We're expecting an engrossing and key scrap involving Santa Cruz and Sergipe at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel. They both need three points!
- Santa Cruz have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Serie D
- Sergipe have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Serie D
Both participants have had sufficient rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's hope for an enthusiastic game!
Santa Cruz form and stats
Santa Cruz must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Serie D games here at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Jóse do Rego Maciel.
Santa travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sergipe that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Martelotte made a successful contribution in the game against Sergipe, bringing on Cabral who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting CSE in a game that was won 2-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Santa Cruz handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Sergipe form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie D matches, Sergipe have produced an overall stat of 0-3-1 so far. Sergipe has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 35 days ago, in the ASA fixture.
Sergipe played 1-1 against Santa Cruz in their previous match.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Atlético Alagoinhas that ended 0-0.We have checked recent matches where Sergipe have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 0 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sergipe as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Sergipe - Santa Cruz 1-1 was the end result in these contenders' last head-to-head game, earlier this season. Previous four meetings featuring these squads: Santa Cruz won zero, Sergipe were winners in two and we saw two draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Alves Lira 5 goals |  T. da Silva 4 goals | R. de Oliveira Furtado 4 goals |
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| Santa Cruz | Sergipe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 71% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 43% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 29% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 5.6 | 7.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 6 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8.3 | 7.5 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.9 | 18 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 6.3 |
| 4.7 | 6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 21% | 33% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 9.7 | 6.7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6.7 | 11.2 |
| 3.4 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
- All of Santa Cruz's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Santa Cruz have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Serie D
- Santa Cruz have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sergipe have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sergipe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sergipe have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Serie D
- Sergipe have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Serie D
- Sergipe have yet to win a 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 | Lagarto | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | ASA | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 3 | CSE | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Jacuipense | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Juazeirense | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | Santa Cruz | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Sergipe | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Atlético Alagoinhas | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
