It's early days in the Paranaense 2 and both Apucarana and Maringá are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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 Apucarana and Maringá.
Apucarana form and stats
Only two Paranaense 2 home games for Apucarana so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Apucarana as they have a new game in only four days, a Paranaense 2 match thankfully also at home. Araucária are visiting.
Early season league goal statistics from Apucarana's 2 home games: 3 goals, 2 conceded.
Maringá form and stats
Maringá are yet to lose a point on their Paranaense 2 travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. The fact that Maringá have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Maringá has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Two travels in a row for Maringá, whose manager S. Forner could celebrate last time after the Paranaense 2 win against Prudentópolis. Preceding that game was the away victory against Nacional PR with the score of 2-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting AA Batel in just four days.
Maringá have the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Apucarana victories, zero draws and two Maringá wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Apucarana missing players
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| Apucarana | Maringá | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | 27 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 9 | 33 |
| 14 | 9 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 29% | 22% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 150% | 50% |
- Apucarana has the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in Paranaense 2
- Apucarana have not yet lost a game at home.
- Maringá has the fewest conceded goals (1) in Paranaense 2
- Maringá has the most points (6) away in Paranaense 2
- Maringá has the the best goal difference (+3) away in Paranaense 2
- Maringá has the the best goal difference (+5) in Paranaense 2
- Maringá have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Maringá have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Maringá have won all their away games so far.
| Apucarana | Last season | Maringá | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 8 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 65% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 73% | ||
| 53% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 45% | ||
| 24% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 53% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 45% | ||
| 24% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | ||
| 24% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 45% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 50 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 101 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 40 | ||
| 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maringá | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Araucária | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Andraus Brasil | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Prudentópolis | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Apucarana | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Azuriz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Rolândia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | AA Batel | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 9 | Independiente FSJ | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 10 | Nacional PR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |