Juventude – Santa Cruz Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (05.08.2017)

Prediction for Juventude – Santa Cruz

Juventude to win @ 1.73

Juventude and Santa Cruz play at Estadio Alfredo Jaconi in a match for the 19th matchday of Serie B. There is no record of direct matches between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last confrontation was disputed in 24-09-2006 and finished with the marker: Santa Cruz (1-0) Juventude. In this game the home factor can be decisive, since the Youth presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Juventude :

After 7 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses, the home team is currently in 6th place with 28 points won. In his last game, he tied with the Figueirense out for (2-2), after in the previous game to have lost by (0-1) at home, in a match against América Mineiro. This is a stronger team with the support of his fans, since in the last 30 games he recorded 1 victory, 6 draws and 8 losses as a visitor, with 12 goals scored and 27 suffered; Against 10 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats in his stadium, with 19 goals scored and 8 suffered. For the championship, the Juventude conquered 19 points in 27 possible, after 6 victories, 1 tie and 2 losses in the last 9 parties that disputed in its stadium. The team conceded goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 games, so it has not shown great defensive solidity, but its attack has marked regularly, since it scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 18 matches in this competition, only got 2 comebacks in all 9 matches in which he suffered the first goal.

Juventude came to occupy a place among the first qualifiers, but dropped a lot in Serie B in the last days and did not win since 6 games, so it needs to rediscover the road of victories, to fight again for the ascent. The team is characterized by a good quality attack, which scored 25 goals and is the fourth most effective of the competition, while the defense also shows good solidity, suffered 17 goals and is the fifth most solid, although he suffered goals with Frequency in recent matches.

Playing at home, as the game that will do this Saturday, Juventud has 70% of the average and 1.67 goals scored goals and 0.67 goals suffered, showing good strength to his fans, where he won 6 victories in 9 games. In the general of the competition, taking into account the 18 matches he has played so far, the team usually scores more in the second half, as 17 of his 23 goals scored in the second half, mainly between 75 and 90 minutes, when there were 8 goals.

Santa Cruz :

After 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses, the visiting team is currently in 15th place with 23 points won. In his last game, he lost with Paysandu at home (1-2), after in the previous game to have lost out, in a match against Parana, by (4-0). This is a team that has similar results at home and abroad, so it is not usually affected by the home factor, since in the last 30 games it has 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses as a visitor; Against 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. For the championship, the Santa Cruz conquered 8 points in 27 possible, after 2 victories, 2 ties and 5 losses in the last 9 parties that disputed like visitor.

For this competition, he did not win any of the last 5 away games. In their games for the league like visitor the final result more frequent to the rest was 1-0 (4 in 9 parties). His defense has not been very solid, having suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 18 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 10 times and only got 2 rebounds. In the last 20 home games for all competitions there is 1 period in the spotlight: he scored 11 of his 25 goals in the minutes (76′-90 ‘).

The Santa Cruz won only 1 win in the last 6 matches of Serie B and this placed the team dangerously close to the drop zone, being only 3 points of the first team in the relegation zone. Then, it is essential to get back to good results, to get out of the situation in which you are. The team scored 20 goals, being only the tenth best attack of the competition, and suffered 23 goals, having the sixth weakest defense and these numbers show that it is necessary to adjust both in the offensive system as in the defensive, since both come acting Below expectations.

The Santa Cruz has a use of only 30% and averages of 0.89 goals scored and 1.56 suffered, evidencing the great difficulty of scoring away from their dominions, much for the offensive low performance in this type of situation. In the general competition, counting the games at home and away, the team is usually more efficient offensively in the second half, since 14 of his 20 goals took place in the second half, especially between 45 and 60 minutes And between 75 and 90 minutes, as there were 5 goals in each of these periods.