EC São José vs Athletic Club betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie C match on July 04th, 2024

A football match between EC São José and Athletic Club of the Serie C will take place in Brazil on Thursday, July 04th, 2024, at 23:00h (UTC), check the EC São José vs Athletic Club betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where EC São José vs Athletic Club will occur

The game is set to be played in the mythical Estádio José Pinheiro Borda stadium, in the city of Porto Alegre, with a capacity for 51300 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the EC São José vs Athletic Club 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 2.38 goals per match.

EC São José last match

EC São José is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Ferroviária in a match valid for Serie C, and the match ended 1-0.

This defeat was something that was already predicted before the game. The odds for them to win, of 5.75 indicated as much.

Athletic Club last match

Athletic Club appears in the same condition as the rival. The team also arrives from a defeat for this match. In a Serie C game, the team faced São Bernardo, and the score ended with a 1-4.

The odds of 3.80 show that no one expected a defeat for the team in this match. Despite being the favorites to win, they could not avoid defeat.

EC São José vs Athletic Club h2h

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

The Athletic Club team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 2 wins, compared to the EC São José team, which has no wins recently.

Teams varying in strengths and motivations.

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.

EC São José

Serie C leaderboard now

With 4 points won, EC São José is in 20th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 1 win against 7 losses, plus 1 draw.

In the 6th round, the team holds a small disadvantage of 2 points as opposed to Caxias team which is just above, in the 19th place.

EC São José analysis

After 5 rounds, EC São José has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 14 goals so far and scored 7 times.

EC São José team comes to this game with a sequence of 4 losses in the Serie C that has been affecting the team's morale.

Recent performances have highlighted that EC São José 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.

The EC São José team seeks to control the game by trying to achieve an average ball possession of 56.11%. This is based on the observation that ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

Best goalscorer from EC São José

Rafael Carillho has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 2 goals scored in the competition, the Midfielder has been instrumental in leading EC São José to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Athletic Club

Serie C leaderboard now

The Athletic Club team with 21 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Group, with a campaign of 7 wins, 0 draws, and 3 losses.

Which means that in the 6th round, the team has, the same score that the São Bernardo team who is in the position 3.

Athletic Club analysis

Currently, in the Serie C, Athletic Club sums 23 goals for and a total of 14 goals against, after 5 rounds played.

Although Athletic Club average number of shots towards the opponent's goal is not the best, but the accuracy, on the other hand, is excellent. With only 4.2 shots per game, the team averages 2.3 goals. In other words, over 40% of the shots on goal end up in the net.

This is a top 5 team in the Serie C that wants to keep up with the good performances!

Athletic Club is a more offensive team than EC São José, having 1207 attacks vs. 942 from EC São José, having scored 23 times, in comparison, EC São José converted into goal 7 times.

Best goalscorer from Athletic Club

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Jonathas. With 8 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Athletic Club team achieving several victories this season.

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

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by EC São José 0.8 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Athletic Club 2.75 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Handicap Betting Tip

It is very clear the huge favoritism that Athletic Club has for this match. The difference between the teams is big, and that should be evident in the final result. Therefore, a good bet for this clash is on the Asian handicap of -1.5 in favor of the visiting team.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 6.2 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 7.3 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

EC São José has an average of 4.5 yellow cards per game over the 5 rounds, while Athletic Club has an average of 2.7. In other words, these teams together are averaging 8.6 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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

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