Athletic Club vs Confiança betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie C match on August 03th, 2024

Athletic Club and Confiança are scheduled to play against each other on August 03th, 2024, Saturday at 22:30h (UTC), in a Serie C match to be held in Brazil, check the Athletic Club vs Confiança betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Athletic Club vs Confiança will occur

The game takes place in the Estádio Joaquim Portugal (São João Del Rei, Minas Gerais) stadium, in the city of São João Del Rei.

Where to follow the live game

At Betarena, you can find everything about the match live, including statistics, events, odds, and everything else that can help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Athletic Club vs Confiança betting tip 2024

We are at the first level of the Serie C of the Brazilian Championship. Here, in one-leg matches, the 20 clubs face each other and try to stay within the top eight to advance to the Second Round, where it will be decided which 4 teams will guarantee their place in Serie B next season.

In the current edition of the Serie C, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 2.15 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 2.39 goals per match.

Athletic Club last match

Athletic Club comes from a draw in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Tombense, in a match valid for Serie C, and the match ended 1-1.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.20 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Confiança last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory. In a dispute valid for Serie C, Confiança faced the Volta Redonda team, and the score ended in favor with a 4-1.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.55, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Athletic Club vs Confiança h2h

Regarding previous matches between the two teams, we can see that this will be the first time Athletic Club and Confiança will play against each other.

Curiosity about previous games

The two teams had very different results in their previous games. While Confiança thrashed in a game that was not expected to be so easy, against Volta Redonda, Athletic Club drew in a match against Tombense. Let's see how this previous result can interfere with the morale of the teams for this game.

And while we're on the historical factor, it's important to point out that it's always pertinent to consider the history of relevance in the competition, so for this game it doesn't make that much difference, as neither team has had the honor of adding a Serie C trophy to their respective trophy cabinet.

Athletic Club

Serie C leaderboard now

The Athletic Club team with 30 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Group, with a campaign of 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.

Which means that in the 16th round, the team is ahead with an advantage of 1 point over Volta Redonda team who is in the 3rd place.

Athletic Club analysis

After round number 15 in Serie C, Athletic Club has 29 goals scored and 18 conceded.

It is true that the average number of shots towards the target is not high, but the shooting accuracy of the Athletic Club players, in contrast, is remarkable. The club averaged 4 shots per match, with 1.93 goals scored in each match: thus, the team scored 2 goals for every 5 shots kicked toward the goal.

Having won 3 games away from home compared to matches played at home which gave them a record of 6 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws prove the team is stronger when paying in their own yard.

Athletic Club has proven to be a formidable attacking force, with 1652 attacks resulting in 29 goals. Confiança, on the other hand, has only scored 17 times with 1486 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Athletic Club

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Jonathas. The Attacker has already scored 9 times this season and has helped Athletic Club come away with the positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Confiança

Serie C leaderboard now

Confiança arrives in this game with 16 points, and in 14th place in the Serie C, having won 4 games in total and lost 6 times, making a total of 4 draws.

Confiança analysis

After round 15 of Serie C we count 17 goals scored by Confiança and 17 conceded.

Recent performances have highlighted that Confiança is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

Best goalscorer from Confiança

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Lucas Rian Santos Oliveira. The Attacker has scored 3 times in the current season and has helped Confiança come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Athletic Club is Jonathas, who has already scored 9 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Confiança is Lucas Rian Santos Oliveira, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Taking into consideration that Confiança scores an average of 1 goal per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.85.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 6.23 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Athletic Club is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 7.53 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Athletic Club in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.33 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

Both teams have the same number of red cards in the season, in this case 3. A market to evaluate to get some return on your bets!

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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