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Guaratinguetá

Founded:	1998
Stadium:	Estádio Municipal Professor Dario Rodrigues Leite
Coach:	João Marcos Rodrigues dos Santos
Serie B Form:
Overall Form:

Guaratinguetá home ground venue is Estádio Municipal Professor Dario Rodrigues Leite.

João Marcos Rodrigues dos Santos is the current coach for Guaratinguetá.

Guaratinguetá Serie B Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Guaratinguetá have played a total of 38 matches in Brazil Serie B. Their current statistics is 11 win, 8 draw and 19 lose.

Guaratinguetá did not win their last seven matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Guaratinguetá results for their home or away matches in Serie B 2013.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Guaratinguetá	38	11	8	19

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
30/11/2013	Atlético GO	2 - 0	Guaratinguetá	0-0	H2H	O	+
			38' Tiago Ulisses
Paulo Henrique 44'
			45' Xuxa
			56' Xuxa
			56' Wendell
Rafael Cruz 57'
Jorginho 57'
			58' Júlio César
Diego Giaretta 62'
João Paulo 68'
Régis 69'
Diego Lira 69'
			77' Coelho
			77' Renato Peixe
			77' Pedro Paulo
João Paulo 79'
Ricardo Jesús 79'
			83' Alex Afonso
			83' Cleiton
Juninho 87'		1 - 0
Ricardo Jesús 90+2'		2 - 0
23/11/2013	Guaratinguetá	3 - 4	Paraná	1-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	19' Luisinho
Coelho 22'
			22' Rodrigo Mann
			31' Marcos
Juninho Arcanjo 35'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	42' Luisinho
Júlio César 43'
Rafinha 56'
Jonatas Belusso 56'
Juninho Arcanjo 57'
Xuxa 57'
Alex Afonso 63'		2 - 2
			63' Paulinho Oliveira
		2 - 3	66' Luisinho
			67' Rodrigo Mann
			67' João Antônio
Júlio César 68'
Michael 68'
			77' Carlinhos Junior
			77' Léo
			77' Carlinhos Junior
Alex Afonso 78'		3 - 3
			86' Lúcio Flávio
			86' Rubinho
			89' Alex Bruno
		3 - 4	90+2' Moacir
15/11/2013	Guaratinguetá	0 - 1	Ceará	0-1	H2H	O	+
			33' Rogerinho
		0 - 1	43' Rogerinho
Murilo 44'
Fransérgio 46'
Renato Peixe 46'
Michael 46'
Xuxa 46'
Giovanni 67'
Moacir 67'
			69' Diogo Orlando
			69' Galiardo
Jonatas Belusso 71'
			74' Rogerinho
			74' Thiago Humberto
			80' Léo Gamalho
			80' Magno Alves
12/11/2013	ASA	2 - 1	Guaratinguetá	2-0	H2H	O	+
Lucio Maranhão 8'		1 - 0
Elionar Bombinha 31'		2 - 0
			45' Rafinha
			46' Xuxa
			46' Eduardo Arroz
Samuel 57'
Basílio 59'
Caíque Valdívia 63'
Fabiano 63'
			64' Ruan
			65' Fransérgio
			65' Cleiton
			67' Alex Afonso
Diego Rosa 71'
Kleiton Domingues 71'
			75' Rafinha
			75' Coelho
Jorginho 80'
Kessi 80'
		2 - 1	85' Murilo
09/11/2013	Figueirense	2 - 1	Guaratinguetá	1-1	H2H	O	+
			15' Pedro Paulo
Rafael Costa 16'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	24' Rafinha
Rivaldo 26'
			32' Júlio César
			40' Wendell
			40' Michael
			43' Rafinha
			50' Michael
Arthur Caíke 57'
Ricardinho 57'
Wellington Saci 61'
			64' Wendell
Ricardinho 70'
			73' Xuxa
Paulo Roberto 74'
Tchô 74'
Thiego 76'		2 - 1
			80' Xuxa
			80' Rodrigo Cobrinha
			82' Júlio César
Everton Santos 82'
Nem 82'
			84' Alex Afonso
			84' Renato Peixe
André Rocha 88'
02/11/2013	Guaratinguetá	0 - 0	Chapecoense	0-0	H2H	O	+
			7' André Paulino
			46' Athos
			46' Caion
Rafinha 46'
Rodrigo Cobrinha 46'
			64' Potita
			65' Potita
			65' Soares
			66' André Paulino
			68' Bruno Rangel
			68' Dão
Murilo 70'
Coelho 70'
Júlio César 81'
Juninho Arcanjo 81'
26/10/2013	Guaratinguetá	0 - 0	Boa	0-0	H2H	O
19/10/2013	ABC	2 - 4	Guaratinguetá	2-3	H2H	O	+
			11' Júlio César
			13' Pedro Paulo
Rodrigo Silva 14'		1 - 0
Flávio Boaventura 16'
		1 - 1	26' Rafinha
Flávio Boaventura 35'
		1 - 2	36' Ruan
Giovanni Augusto 37'
Rogélio 37'
Rodrigo Silva 38'		2 - 2
			43' Murilo
		2 - 3	45+2' Alex Afonso
Somália 46'
Alvinho 46'
			46' Júlio César
			46' Moacir
			61' Rafinha
			61' Michael
Gilmar 71'
Erick Flores 71'
			75' Ruan
		2 - 4	77' Marquinhos
Erick Flores 79'
Alvinho 81'
			83' Alex Afonso
			83' Cleiton
Édson 90'
15/10/2013	Guaratinguetá	0 - 0	Oeste	0-0	H2H	O
12/10/2013	Palmeiras	1 - 0	Guaratinguetá	1-0	H2H	O	+
			2' Júlio César
W. Mendieta 15'
			37' Bruno Formigoni
			42' Wendell
Vílson 45'		1 - 0
			53' Coelho
			53' Leandro Assis
Márcio Araújo 62'
Léo Gago 62'
			65' Moacir
			65' Michael
Leandro 72'
Vinícius 72'
			73' Alex Afonso
			73' Allan Dias
W. Mendieta 80'
Felipe Menezes 80'
			83' Pedro Paulo
Charles 85'
08/10/2013	Guaratinguetá	3 - 2	São Caetano	0-0	H2H	O
04/10/2013	Icasa	3 - 2	Guaratinguetá	0-0	H2H	O
01/10/2013	Guaratinguetá	1 - 1	Paysandu	0-0	H2H	O
27/09/2013	Joinville	1 - 1	Guaratinguetá	0-0	H2H	O
22/09/2013	Guaratinguetá	2 - 0	América RN	2-0	H2H	O	+
Coelho 10'		1 - 0
Rodrigo Cobrinha 25'
			33' Daniel Amora
			33' Vinícius Pacheco
			34' Edvanio
Marquinhos 35'		2 - 0
			45' Mazinho
			46' Júnior Negrão
			46' Almir
Moacir 61'
Davi Ceará 61'
			66' Marcio Passos
Cleiton 73'
Allan Dias 73'
Leandro Assis 76'
			76' Chiquinho
			76' Wanderson
Coelho 80'
Fransérgio 80'
			84' Raí
17/09/2013	Sport Recife	1 - 0	Guaratinguetá	0-0	H2H	O
15/09/2013	Guaratinguetá	1 - 0	Bragantino	0-0	H2H	O	+
			7' Carlinhos
Juninho Arcanjo 29'
Juninho Arcanjo 46'
Xuxa 46'
Bruno Formigoni 47'
Júlio César 53'
Bruno Formigoni 56'
Tiago Ulisses 56'
Xuxa 61'
			64' Diego Gómez
			64' Lincom
Júlio César 75'
Coelho 75'
Rodrigo Cobrinha 78'
			81' Magno Cruz
			81' Nádson
Rodrigo Cobrinha 85'		1 - 0
			88' Gustavo Campanharo
			88' Tiaguinho
Alex Afonso 90+1'
10/09/2013	Guaratinguetá	1 - 0	Avaí	0-0	H2H	O	+
			22' Aelson
Cleiton 46'
Rodrigo Cobrinha 46'
Thiago Silvy 46'
Michael 46'
			46' Diego Jardel
			46' Leandro Silva
Rodrigo Cobrinha 48'		1 - 0
			65' Márcio Diogo
			65' Beto
			65' Vinícius Bovi
			65' Tauã
Juninho Arcanjo 69'
Fransérgio 69'
			73' Rodrigo Thiesen
Júlio César 79'
07/09/2013	América Mineiro	1 - 0	Guaratinguetá	0-0	H2H	O	+
			42' Ruan
			45+1' Ruan
Weverton 46'
Fábio Júnior 46'
			46' Juninho Arcanjo
			46' Tiago Ulisses
Jaílton 51'
			62' Alex Afonso
			62' Fransérgio
Willians Santana 67'
Danilo Barcelos 70'
Carlos Renato 70'
Willians Santana 70'
Kaio Wilker 70'
			72' Eduardo Arroz
Carlos Renato 74'
			74' Thiago Silvy
			74' Cleiton
Alessandro 78'		1 - 0
			78' Júlio César
04/09/2013	Guaratinguetá	2 - 0	Atlético GO	1-0	H2H	O	+
Renato Peixe 42'		1 - 0
Wendell 45'
Pedro Paulo 45'
			46' Jorginho
			46' Adriano Michael Jackson
			46' João Paulo
			46' Régis
			64' Anselmo
			64' Ricardo Jesús
Thiago Silvy 68'		2 - 0
Juninho Arcanjo 68'
Tiago Ulisses 68'
Alex Afonso 72'
Xuxa 72'
Xuxa 82'
31/08/2013	Paraná	4 - 0	Guaratinguetá	2-0	H2H	O	+
Fernando Gabriel 6'		1 - 0
Kayke Rodrigues 11'		2 - 0
			38' Fransérgio
			39' Júlio César
			46' Libano
			46' Alex Afonso
			48' Pedro Paulo
Edson Sitta 48'
			63' Murilo
			63' Eduardo Arroz
Fernando Gabriel 63'
Wellington 63'
Cambará 72'		3 - 0
			73' Davi Ceará
			73' Juninho Arcanjo
Paulo Sérgio 73'
Paulo Sérgio 73'
Juan Morales 73'
Juan Morales 78'		4 - 0
Edson Sitta 78'
Roniery 78'
			79' Renato Peixe
Anderson Beraldo 88'
			90' Thiago Silvy
20/08/2013	Ceará	2 - 0	Guaratinguetá	0-0	H2H	O
18/08/2013	Guaratinguetá	2 - 1	ASA	0-0	H2H	O	+
Júlio César 27'
Fransérgio 27'
			46' Kleiton Domingues
			46' Thallyson
Wendell 47'		1 - 0
			57' Edson Veneno
Thiago Silvy 62'
Rodrigo Cobrinha 62'
			76' Wanderson De Macedo
			76' Jeferson Maranhense
Douglas Tanque 79'
Allan Dias 79'
			82' Rudiero
			82' Caique Valdivia
Allan Dias 90'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	90+4' Jorginho
14/08/2013	Guaratinguetá	1 - 1	Figueirense	0-0	H2H	O
11/08/2013	Chapecoense	1 - 0	Guaratinguetá	0-0	H2H	O	+
			22' Wendell
			40' Everson
Augusto Cesar 44'
Augusto Cesar 46'
Danilinho 46'
			47' Tiago Ulisses
Danilinho 48'		1 - 0
Anderson Pico 67'
			69' Libano
			69' Alex Afonso
Anderson Pico 71'
Tiago Saletti 71'
			72' Eduardo Arroz
			72' Thiago Silvy
Athos 85'
Fabiano 85'
			85' Xuxa
			85' Moacir
07/08/2013	Boa	2 - 0	Guaratinguetá	0-0	H2H	O	+
			26' Juninho Arcanjo
Petros 40'
Marcelo Macedo 46'
Luiz Paulo 46'
Fernando Karanga 50'
			57' Saulo
Luiz Paulo 59'		1 - 0
			61' Renato Peixe
Airton 66'
Marabá 66'
			71' Saulo
			72' Rodrigo Cobrinha
			72' Everson
Marcelinho Paraíba 74'		2 - 0
Malaquias 75'
Vinicius Hess 75'
Silvio Carrasco 76'
			82' Juninho Arcanjo
			82' Libano
			83' Xuxa
			83' Moacir
04/08/2013	Guaratinguetá	3 - 1	ABC	1-1	H2H	O	+
			9' Flávio Boaventura
			16' Rafael Roballo
Renato Peixe 20'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	30' Lino
Douglas Tanque 38'
Marquinhos 46'
Leandro Assis 46'
			46' Renato
			46' Rodrigo Santos
Douglas Tanque 55'		2 - 1
Moacir 57'
Xuxa 57'
			62' Erick Flores
			67' Pingo
			67' Alvinho
Douglas Tanque 71'
Libano 71'
Ruan 75'		3 - 1
Júlio César 75'
			78' Bileu
			85' Guto
			85' Diego Barcelos
30/07/2013	Oeste	1 - 0	Guaratinguetá	0-0	H2H	O	+
Fernandes 17'
			31' Marquinhos
Sinho 33'
Marcos Paraná 46'
Wanderson 46'
Adriano Alves 53'		1 - 0
Ligger 59'
Everton Dias 59'
			64' Renato Peixe
			64' Xuxa
			66' Juninho Arcanjo
Adriano Alves 67'
			73' Moacir
			73' Rodrigo Cobrinha
			77' Juninho Arcanjo
			77' Thiago Silvy
Piauí 78'
			81' Wendell
Heliardo 81'
Bruno Nunes 81'
27/07/2013	Guaratinguetá	1 - 1	Palmeiras	0-1	H2H	O	+
Murilo 4'
			11' Charles
		0 - 1	21' Leandro
Júlio César 45'
Ruan 45'
			45' Jorge Valdivia
Douglas Tanque 49'		1 - 1
			57' Charles
			57' Alan Kardec
Ruan 64'
			64' Vinícius
			64' Ronny
Moacir 68'
Giovanni 68'
			69' Márcio Araújo
			69' André Luiz
Renato Peixe 70'
Allan Dias 70'
			76' Márcio Araújo
			76' W. Mendieta
Juninho Arcanjo 77'
Rodrigo Cobrinha 77'
Giovanni 82'
			86' Luís Felipe
			90' Ronny
			90+2' Ronny
20/07/2013	São Caetano	0 - 1	Guaratinguetá	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	17' Renato Peixe
Douglas Grolli 27'
			35' Wendell
			46' Marquinhos
			46' Pedro Paulo
Douglas Grolli 52'
Luiz Eduardo 52'
Geovane 64'
Jackson Borges 64'
			65' Moacir
			65' Cleiton
			72' Cleiton
			78' Júlio César
			78' Leandro Assis
Renato Ribeiro 78'
Robson 78'
			81' Douglas Tanque
			90+2' Wendell
14/07/2013	Guaratinguetá	3 - 0	Icasa	2-0	H2H	O	+
Juninho Arcanjo 1'		1 - 0
Juninho Arcanjo 10'
Douglas Tanque 24'
			32' Luis Gustavo
Fransérgio 33'		2 - 0
			46' Kiros
			46' Adalgisio Pitbull
Renato Peixe 60'		3 - 0
			62' Elanardo
			65' Nildo
			65' Leandro Pereira
Fransérgio 68'
Allan Dias 68'
			73' Elanardo
			73' Radames
Juninho Arcanjo 79'
Leo Gonçalves 79'
			82' Leandro Pereira
Douglas Tanque 84'
Rodrigo Cobrinha 84'
			86' Guto
03/07/2013	Paysandu	4 - 3	Guaratinguetá	3-2	H2H	O	+
Alex Gaibú 3'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	6' Juninho Arcanjo
Careca 7'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	31' Douglas Tanque
Careca 36'		3 - 2
Vanderson 46'
Ricardo Capanema 46'
Jean 49'
		3 - 3	55' Júlio César
			61' Juninho Arcanjo
			68' Juninho Arcanjo
			68' Moacir
			69' Eduardo Arroz
			69' Murilo
Janilson 73'
Diego Barboza 73'
Careca 75'
Careca 75'		4 - 3
			76' Douglas Tanque
			76' Rodrigo Cobrinha
			78' Rodrigo Cobrinha
Ricardo Capanema 79'
Eduardo Ramos 80'
Iarley 89'
Diego Bispo 89'
11/06/2013	Guaratinguetá	1 - 3	Joinville	0-0	H2H	O
08/06/2013	América RN	2 - 2	Guaratinguetá	1-0	H2H	O	+
			43' Tiago Ulisses
Cascata 44'		1 - 0
			46' Thiago Silvy
			46' Rodrigo Cobrinha
Edvanio 52'		2 - 0
			57' Renato Peixe
			57' Alex Afonso
Norberto Neto 57'
Arnaldo 57'
			58' Leandro Oliveira
			58' Allan Dias
		2 - 1	61' Pedro Paulo
			67' Marquinhos
Cascata 75'
Vaninho 75'
			76' Ruan
			78' Allan Dias
Alex 84'
Daniel Amora 84'
Daniel Rezende 87'
		2 - 2	90+2' Jonatas Belusso
05/06/2013	Guaratinguetá	1 - 4	Sport Recife	1-0	H2H	O	+
Jonatas Belusso 13'		1 - 0
Giovanni 38'
Ruan 38'
Acleisson 45+1'
			46' Welton Heleno
			46' Anderson Pedra
		1 - 1	53' Marcos Aurélio
			54' Anderson Pedra
		1 - 2	63' Marcos Aurélio
Leandro Oliveira 68'
Allan Dias 68'
		1 - 3	69' Felipe Azevedo
Acleisson 73'
Cleiton 73'
			81' Marcelo Cordeiro
			81' Fábio Bahia
			89' Marcos Aurélio
			89' Maurício
		1 - 4	90+1' Camilo
01/06/2013	Bragantino	2 - 0	Guaratinguetá	2-0	H2H	O	+
Lincom 1'		1 - 0
Raphael Andrade 9'		2 - 0
			30' Juninho Arcanjo
			30' Tiago Ulisses
Raphael Andrade 40'
Guilherme Mattis 40'
			46' Allan Dias
			46' Thiago Silvy
Guilherme Mattis 63'
Serginho 63'
			67' Jonatas Belusso
			67' Moacir
Bruninho 72'
Danilo Sacramento 72'
Danilo Sacramento 86'
Léo Jaime 90+2'
28/05/2013	Avaí	2 - 1	Guaratinguetá	0-0	H2H	O
26/05/2013	Guaratinguetá	1 - 0	América Mineiro	1-0	H2H	O	+
Júlio César 8'
Bruno Formigoni 8'
			16' Jaílton
Renato Peixe 34'
Leo Gonçalves 34'
			35' Danilo Barcelos
Jonatas Belusso 39'		1 - 0
			46' Juninho Valoura
			46' Júnior Lemos
			54' Fábio Júnior
Marquinhos 63'
Acleisson 65'
			66' Danilo Barcelos
Alex Afonso 70'
Douglas Tanque 70'
			71' Nikão
			71' Laércio
			77' Willians Santana
			77' Sérgio Mota
Saulo 89'
			90' Leandro Silva

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Guaratinguetá in Serie B.

Statistics & Analysis of Guaratinguetá

Renato Peixe is the leading top goal scorer for Guaratinguetá with 5 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	2
Longest losing streak	5
Longest run without loss	4
Longest run without win	7
Clean sheets	10
Matches over 2.25 goals	15
Matches under 2.25 goals	23
Matches First Half Over 0.5	18
Matches First Half Under 0.5	20
Matches odd	20
Matches even	18
Average goals scored	1.11
Average goals allowed	1.42
Failure to score	14
Biggest victory	3 - 0
Biggest defeat	4 - 0
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	1
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	3 (16%)
Goalless draw at away match	0 (0%)
Comeback win	2
Top Goal Scorer	Renato Peixe
Top Assist	Juninho

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Guaratinguetá Squad

Detailed statistics of each Guaratinguetá player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Guaratinguetá top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

Name of Player
Saulo Squarsone Rodrigues dos Santos	3311	37	0	0	0	3	1	0
Marcos Roberto da Silva Barbosa	2420	28	0	2	2	6	0	1
Pedro Paulo Alvares De Castro	2420	28	2	0	1	8	0	1
Ruan Carlos da Silva	2397	28	1	1	2	8	2	0
Júlio César de Paula Muniz Júnior	2226	28	0	9	1	12	0	1
Renato da Cunha Pereira	2121	29	4	7	5	3	0	0
Murilo Bedusco dos Santos	1718	21	1	4	1	4	0	0
Júnio César Arcanjo	1557	24	4	15	3	8	0	0
Bruno Leonardo Formigoni	1522	18	2	2	0	2	0	0
Alex Afonso	1497	22	5	9	4	3	0	0
Wendel Raul Goncalves Gomes	1359	17	1	3	1	7	1	0
Eduardo Rosa dos Santos	1355	17	2	3	1	3	0	0
Tiago Ulisses Aparecido Eugênio Sobral	1186	16	4	1	0	3	0	0
Rodrigo Gomes Barreto	1061	21	11	3	2	3	0	0
Cássio Luís Rissardo	1017	19	8	8	1	5	0	0
Fransérgio Rodrigues Barbosa	941	15	5	4	1	3	0	0
Allan Monteiro Dias	923	18	9	3	2	4	0	0
Douglas Willian da Silva Souza	891	12	2	4	3	3	0	0
Leandro Ferreira Assis	847	13	5	0	1	1	0	0
Moacir Alves de Andrade Junior	721	17	9	7	0	0	0	0
Thiago Silvy Coelho	711	13	5	5	1	2	0	0
Dyego Rocha Coelho	662	12	4	5	2	1	0	0
Cleyton Campos de Melo	622	14	8	3	0	2	0	0
Michael Jefferson Nascimento	602	12	7	2	0	1	0	0
Rafael Diniz Alves e Silva	569	9	2	4	2	2	0	0
Giovanni Palmieri dos Santos	534	9	2	3	1	1	0	0
Jonatas Elias Belusso	517	6	0	1	5	0	0	0
Acleisson Scaion	514	6	0	1	0	4	1	0
Leandro Aparecido Padilha de Oliveira	260	4	1	2	0	0	0	0
Tiago Gasparetto	180	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Davi Alexandre Fabricio	146	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
Wagner de Medeiros Libano	142	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
Everson Felipe Marques Pires	108	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
Leonardo Gonçalves Martins Netto	67	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Murilo Henrique Freire Bernardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rafael Alves Alexandrino Sant Anna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

Pioneros de Cancún vs Cañoneros Marina

H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

Dallas vs LA Galaxy

H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Cruz Azul W vs Tijuana W

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.