In a weekend match in week 3, on Sun Apr 24th, Juventude will host Cuiabá at Estádio Alfredo Jaconi in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Juventude recorded a 1-4 loss against América Mineiro. Iago Maidana struck first for América Mineiro in the 18th minute on a penalty, then Felipe Azevedo added another in the 25th minute on a feed from Paulinho Boia. Juventude looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while in their last match, Cuiabá recorded a 0-1 loss against Fluminense. Paulão scored the first goal for Fluminense on an own goal in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Cuiabá couldn’t muster any offence and Fluminense ran away with the shutout win. Cuiabá is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Cuiabá won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Cuiabá’s most prolific scorer has been Élton. The Brazilian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Juventude is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Ricardo Bueno and Chico each having 2 goals in their last 5.