Novorizontino will host the Ituano team on Thursday night, in São Paulo, in the fourth round of the Paulista championship.
Novorizontino
Novorizontino arrives in a delicate situation and looking for its first victory in the competition.
The team is in last place in group D, which also includes São Paulo, São Bernardo and Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto.
However, the team must also pay attention to the general classification of the competition, since the 2 worst campaigns in the entire competition will determine the relegated teams.
Today Novorizontino has 3 points and appears 2 positions above the relegation zone, with just one point ahead of Santo André, who opens it.
The team hasn’t lost yet, but has drawn all of its games and comes under a lot of pressure for this match against Ituano.
They started very well by drawing with Palmeiras, although at home, they managed to score an equalizer in the last play of the match.
Then there was a goalless draw against Santo André, away from home, and also away from home they drew 1-1 against Mirassol.
Novorizontino has a very technical team, an intense and vertical game, but has lacked greater capacity in terms of proposition.
Returning now to playing at home, the team is in a great position to seek its first victory, move away from the relegation and relegation zone, and get closer to the classification zone of its group.
Ituano
Their opponent will be the Ituano team, which is in group A, with Santos, Portuguesa and Santo André.
Its situation is a little more accessible to seek classification within its bracket, as it has the same score as Portuguesa, in second place.
However, Ituano also has 3 points in the general table, and like Novorizontino, it also has just one point ahead of the relegation zone.
The team has one win and 2 losses so far. Their main game was against Corinthians, managing to beat one of the main teams in the league, by the score of 1-0, at home.
In their debut they lost 2-0 to São Bernardo playing away from home and as home team, in the last round they were beaten by Guarani.
The game against Bugre was certainly the most painful for the team so far, as they were beaten 3-0.
Even though they had almost 60% possession of the ball, it was a team that defensively left something to be desired, although Guarani also didn’t have such a high volume of shots.
Now playing away from home against Novorizontino, Ituano tends to have less ball possession, play a game with low lines and rely on counterattacks.
Conclusion:
My betting option for this game on Thursday will be on Novorizontino’s first victory in the competition, believing that it will be a very accessible game to achieve this result.