19th- against 8th position might not feel all that hot. Fear not: Here's the facts that makes ABC - Guarani (even) more absorbing!
- ABC have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie B
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
ABC and Guarani should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
ABC form and stats
ABC's struggle is real here at Estádio Maria Lamas Farache with only 5 points collected from 8 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-5.
An away draw last time out for ABC, facing Juventude in a game that ended 1-1. Wallace (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.14/10. Wallace served one assist, hit one key pass and had 22 successful passes (of 24 total).
Ahead of that match, ABC lost 0-1 at home to Criciuma.This is expected to be a close game, with ABC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with ABC as a small favourite), we find 7 games. ABC has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Not much happening? In this club's last 11 league games, 9 have contained zero, one or two goals.
ABC are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Vila Nova awaits in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for ABC here at Estádio Maria Lamas Farache in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 8 games). On the other hand, ABC have conceded 11 goals.
Guarani form and stats
There's been little loot from Guarani's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Serie B. Guarani only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Criciuma (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Midfield player Barbosa was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.62/10. Barbosa hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Londrina.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Guarani playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 3 Guarani wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats.
Lacking goals? 12 of this club's most recent 15 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
A new game in only four days for Guarani, the Serie B home match versus Atletico GO. Busy days.
The attacking power of Guarani when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Guarani are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four ABC victories, three draws and three Guarani wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Pereira Mendes 6 goals |  D. Freitas Ribeiro 6 goals |  B. Pereira da Silva 4 goals |
ABC missing players
Guarani missing players
| ABC | Guarani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 25 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 65% |
| 35% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 29% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 47% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 41% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 35% |
| 4.7 | 7.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6.9 | 5.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.8 | 11.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 19% | 15% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 17% | 32% |
| 14.5 | 12.4 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 19.4 | 16.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5 | 4.5 |
- ABC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- ABC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- ABC have the fewest points (5) at home in Serie B
- ABC have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie B
- ABC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- ABC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- ABC haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vila Nova | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Criciuma | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Sport Recife | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Vitoria | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | Juventude | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Mirassol | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | Guarani | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Atletico GO | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 26 |
| 10 | Ceara | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 11 | Botafogo SP | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | CRB | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 21 |
| 14 | Ituano | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampaio Corrêa | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Tombense | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 17 | Chapecoense | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 15 |
| 18 | Londrina | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 14 |
| 19 | ABC | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 11 |
| 20 | Avaí | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -15 | 11 |
