It's time for cup football and it's the Serie D Regular Season between Vitória ES and Goiânia. Here's the biggest preview available before kick-off:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Vitória ES and Goiânia.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Goiânia, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.
Vitória ES form and stats
Vitória was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Serie D.On the other hand, in the Serie D, Vitória ES has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses. Vitória has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Estrela do Norte defeat 564 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Vitória tasted defeat here at Estádio Salvador Venâncio da Costa, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.
The fans are hoping that Vitória will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Serie D game against Goiânia (placed 2nd).
The manager R. Fonseca will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Aguia Negra in only three days.
Goiânia form and stats
As the visiting team in Goiano 1 matches, Goiânia have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Serie D stats, they have 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses both home and away. Goiânia has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Goiânia are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Serie D against Vitória ES (placed 6th). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Operario Ltda.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Goiânia rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Goiânia - Vitória 1-0.Top Goalscorers
  T. de Araujo Mota 4 goals |  E. Gonçalves de Freitas 4 goals | É. Luciano 2 goals |
Vitória ES missing players
Goiânia missing players
| Vitória ES | Goiânia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 44 | 30 | Scored | S | 13 | 26 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 22 | 38 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 150 | 87 | Total Shots | T S | 72 | 173 | ||
| 70 | 46 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 66 | ||
| 53% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Goianesia | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | Goiânia | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Aguia Negra | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 4 | Uniao Rondonopolis | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 5 | Operario Ltda | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 6 | Vitória ES | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jaragua EC | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Goias | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | CRAC | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 13 |
| 4 | Anapolis | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 5 | Gremio Anapolis | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 6 | Goiânia | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 10 |