Brasil de Pelotas will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Paraná.
Brasil de Pelotas and Paraná 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.
It's quite the trip for Paraná when visiting Pelotas as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Brasil de Pelotas form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie B, Brasil de Pelotas have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. Two home wins in a row for Brasil de Pelotas bring valid hopes of a third.
The Brasil de Pelotas goalkeeper Rafael Martins Claro dos Santos is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 222 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie B.
Pelotas enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Botafogo SP's place. The match ended 1-0 with Danilo scoring. Preceding that game was the away draw at Guarani that finished 0-0.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Pelotas have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won six, drawn seven and lost three.
There will be little rest for Pelotas after this match as they are travelling to Confianca for a Serie B game in only four days.
Brasil de Pelotas are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Brasil de Pelotas are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Bento da Silva Freitas in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Paraná form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Paraná have produced an overall stat of 2-1-1 so far.
Paraná are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Serie B against CRB (placed 10th). A loss against America Mineiro was the result prior to that, in a home game.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Paraná playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Paraná wins, two draws and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Chapecoense in just three days.
Paraná find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Paraná have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - zero - three (Pelotas wins - draws - Paraná wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Cazonatti 3 goals |  B. Gomes de Oliveira Conceiçao 3 goals |  R. Bardini Bressan 2 goals |
Brasil de Pelotas missing players
Paraná missing players
| Brasil de Pelotas | Paraná | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 44% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | 32 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 44 | 112 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 20 | 44 |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 25% | 30% |
- Brasil de Pelotas have not yet lost a game at home.
- Brasil de Pelotas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brasil de Pelotas have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Brasil de Pelotas haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Paraná have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Paraná haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cuiaba | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | Paraná | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Ponte Preta | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Chapecoense | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | America Mineiro | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Operario PR | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Juventude | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Vitória | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Nautico | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | CRB | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Brasil de Pelotas | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Confianca | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | Avaí | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Figueirense | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Cruzeiro | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 16 | Botafogo SP | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Guarani | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Sampaio Corrêa | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 19 | CSA | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 20 | Oeste | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 6 |