📏 Form Guide

Juventude

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Juventude head into this game following on from a 1-1 Serie A tied result versus Criciuma.

In that game, Juventude managed 53% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Juventude was Jean Carlos (64'). Criciuma had 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. Renato Kayzer (36') was the scorer for Criciuma.

Their latest results shine a light on the fact that things are going according to plan in the Juventude defence. Juventude have been stingy, resulting in the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their past six games standing at 3.

Taking a look at their past results, Juventude:

• have not registered a win against Corinthians in their last 2 league matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 8 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.

Corinthians

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In their last fixture, Corinthians drew 0-0 in the Serie A match with Atlético Mineiro.

In that game, Corinthians managed 49% possession and 13 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. On the other side, Atletico Mineiro had 8 shots on goal with 3 on target.

A succession of reliable performances from the Corinthians defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their previous 6 fixtures combined. During the same time, their own forwards have managed to score 13. We will see whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Analysis of their past results shows that Corinthians:

• haven't won against Juventude when they have played them away from home in the previous 7 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head meetings going back to 13/05/2007 shows us that Juventude have won 1 of these & Corinthians 2, with the number of drawn games being 3.

An aggregate of 14 goals were scored between them in this period, with 6 of them from Juve and 8 belonging to Timão. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Serie A match day 30 on 05/10/2022 which ended up with the score at Juventude 2-2 Corinthians.

In that game, Juventude had 34% possession and 17 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The goals were scored by Óscar Ruiz (46') and Isidro Pitta (62').

At the other end, Corinthians had 12 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Giuliano (24') and Yuri Alberto (54') scored.

The match was refereed by Wagner do Nascimento.

📋 Team News: Juventude

The Juventude boss Roger Machado will be thankful to have no fitness worries to speak of before this game thanks to a fully injury-free squad to pick from.

In all likelihood, Juve could use a 4-2-3-1 formation this time, beginning the first half with Gabriel, João Lucas, Rodrigo Sam, Zé Marcos, Gabriel Inocencio, Jadson, Caique Gonçalves, Lucas Barbosa, Jean Carlos, Nenê and Erick Farias.

🗞️ Team News: Corinthians

Corinthians boss António Oliveira has multiple availability issues to deal with. Paulinho (Torn knee ligaments) and Ruan Oliveira (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be making appearances.

From our viewpoint, Timão seem likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system by sending out Cassio, Fagner, Felix Torres, Gustavo Henrique, Hugo, Raniele, Fausto Vera, Angel Romero, Rodrigo Garro, Wesley Gassova and Yuri Alberto.

⚡ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Corinthians and Juventude could end up without much reward for their efforts here.

It will be interesting to see how this one goes, and it’s not easy to pick a clear winner. We therefore think that it’s going to be a tight encounter, finishing with a 0-0 scoreline when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 22:05 17/04/2024