It's only round two of the Paranaense 1 for these contenders. And there's points to play for here at Estádio Regional Willie Davids as Maringá host Rio Branco PR. Get smart with this preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Maringá and Rio Branco PR.
Maringá form and stats
In the previous season, Maringá's league results were 6 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses, providing 4th position in the Paranaense 1. In these eleven matches they scored {12 goals} and conceded 10. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Maringá managed 4-1-0 (win-draw-lost) with {5 goals} and 0 conceded. Maringá have only played one Paranaense 1 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 5 matches.
Maringá's last game was hosting Foz do Iguacu (placed 4th) and winning 1-0.
Heartbreak before that as Maringá lost 2-4 at Coritiba's place.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maringá as they are travelling to their away game against Atletico PR in the Paranaense 1. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Maringá's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 0 conceded.
Rio Branco PR form and stats
Let's have a look at how Rio Branco PR performed last season in the Serie D: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 0 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 14 and conceded {16 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 0 and lost 5 with 4/11 goals scored/conceded.
Branco's previous game was their home loss versus Atletico PR (0-4). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Atletico PR was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Parana.Head 2 Head
Maringá have put together a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without losing (3-4-0) when facing Rio Branco PR.Maringá missing players
Rio Branco PR missing players
| Maringá | Rio Branco PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Maringá | Last season | Rio Branco PR | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 8 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | ||
| 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 16 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 65% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 41% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 70% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 10% | ||
| 29% | 12% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | ||
| 59% | 88% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 30% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.6 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | ||
| 11.3 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Cascavel CR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Azuriz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Maringá | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Foz do Iguacu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Cianorte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Independiente FSJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 6 | Coritiba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Rio Branco PR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 9 | Londrina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Operario PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Operario PR | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Coritiba | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Atletico PR | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Maringá | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Londrina | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Cianorte | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Independiente FSJ | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Cascavel CR | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Rio Branco PR | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Azuriz | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 11 | Uniao PR | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 7 |
| 12 | Parana | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | -16 | 4 |