Football match preview: Brasil de Pelotas vs Confiança

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Tue 07.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Bento da Silva Freitas (180001 seats)

Keep working on their own game plan or adapt for the opposition? Both Brasil de Pelotas and Confiança must try something more original than earlier. Read more!

Insights:
  • Brasil de Pelotas have the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie B
  • Confiança have the most conceded goals (36) in Serie B

The hosts Pelotas saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Serie B. That game was an away game at Vasco da Gama, so at least Brasil de Pelotas are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Brasil de Pelotas form and stats

Brasil de Pelotas's results here at Estádio Bento da Silva Freitas in the Serie B have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Brasil de Pelotas who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Vitoria, 52 days ago.

Pelotas shared the glory with Vasco da Gama in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Matheus Nogueira, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.82 out of 10 in that game. Nogueira saved a penalty and stopped the opponent with eight saves. Pelotas's goalie Matheus Nogueira played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Vasco da Gama with a stunning eight saves.

In the match before that, Pelotas hosted Remo and drew the game 1-1.

Pelotas aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Bento da Silva Freitas in the league, with only 7 goals from 10 games. On the other hand, Pelotas have conceded 10 goals.

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Confiança form and stats

Confiança have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-2-8 (11 played). With the Confiança losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie B home defeat versus CRB with 1-2 on the scoreboard. João Paulo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.03. Paulo served one assist, hit five key passes and won 3 of 3 duels.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Goias.

The attacking power of Confiança when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Confiança struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other before in this season, with the final score Confiança - Pelotas 1-1 written in the official records. Data for the prior five meetings between these two squads are: two wins for Brasil de Pelotas, two draws and one win for Confiança. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

ConfiançaS. Santos Salles
S. Santos Salles
4 goals
ConfiançaJ. Purcino de Almeida
J. Purcino de Almeida
3 goals
PelotasE. de Souza
E. de Souza
2 goals

Brasil de Pelotas missing players

Confiança missing players

Brasil de Pelotas Confiança
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 4 Played P 3 11 22
2 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
9 4 3 Drew D 1 2 4
11 4 0 Lost L 2 8 15
13 7 2 Scored S 2 10 20
24 10 1 Conceded C 5 19 36
82% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 82% 91%
59% 60% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 64% 68%
27% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 14%
50% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 50%
23% 30% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 18%
45% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 55% 41%
 
4.1 5.1 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.3 4.8
6.3 5.6 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 4.8
2.5 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 2.6
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
9.6 11.5 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 10.2 10.7
3.3 4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.1 3.5
18% 18% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 29% 26%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Brasil de Pelotas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brasil de Pelotas have the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie B
  • Brasil de Pelotas have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Serie B
  • Brasil de Pelotas have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Serie B
  • Brasil de Pelotas have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Confiança have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Confiança have the most conceded goals (36) in Serie B
  • Confiança have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Serie B
  • Confiança have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Serie B
  • Confiança have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Serie B
  • Confiança have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Serie B
  • Confiança have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Confiança is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coritiba 22 12 6 4 28 18 10 5 4 1 14 7 12 7 2 3 14 11 10 42
2 CRB 22 11 7 4 32 24 10 5 5 0 16 9 12 6 2 4 16 15 8 40
3 Goias 21 10 8 3 24 13 10 6 3 1 13 5 11 4 5 2 11 8 11 38
4 Botafogo 21 10 5 6 29 22 10 8 1 1 19 7 11 2 4 5 10 15 7 35
5 Sampaio Correa 22 9 7 6 28 20 10 6 1 3 15 9 12 3 6 3 13 11 8 34
6 Avaí 22 9 7 6 22 16 11 5 3 3 12 9 11 4 4 3 10 7 6 34
7 Nautico 21 9 7 5 26 21 11 5 4 2 17 11 10 4 3 3 9 10 5 34
8 Guarani 21 9 6 6 32 26 11 5 3 3 15 12 10 4 3 3 17 14 6 33
9 Vasco da Gama 22 9 5 8 26 24 12 7 2 3 17 10 10 2 3 5 9 14 2 32
10 Operario PR 21 9 5 7 18 23 11 6 2 3 13 12 10 3 3 4 5 11 -5 32
11 CSA 22 8 5 9 21 20 12 4 5 3 12 9 10 4 0 6 9 11 1 29
12 Remo 21 7 6 8 18 22 11 5 2 4 8 8 10 2 4 4 10 14 -4 27
13 Brusque 22 7 6 9 21 28 11 4 4 3 11 8 11 3 2 6 10 20 -7 27
14 Ponte Preta 22 6 7 9 22 25 11 6 3 2 18 11 11 0 4 7 4 14 -3 25
15 Cruzeiro 21 5 10 6 25 29 10 2 6 2 15 17 11 3 4 4 10 12 -4 25
16 Vila Nova 22 5 8 9 15 19 11 2 6 3 3 5 11 3 2 6 12 14 -4 23
17 Londrina 22 4 9 9 16 23 12 2 4 6 8 14 10 2 5 3 8 9 -7 21
18 Vitoria 21 3 11 7 16 19 11 3 5 3 10 9 10 0 6 4 6 10 -3 20
19 Brasil de Pelotas 22 2 9 11 13 24 10 2 4 4 7 10 12 0 5 7 6 14 -11 15
20 Confiança 22 3 4 15 20 36 11 2 2 7 10 17 11 1 2 8 10 19 -16 13

Read more about Serie B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.