Can Brusque knock Novorizontino in Estádio Augusto Bauer clash?

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Tue 18.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Augusto Bauer (5000 seats)

Novorizontino have restored their energy following their 6-0-game versus Nautico and are eager to go again when travelling to Brusque. Get all the details!

Insights:
  • Brusque have the fewest scored goals (19) in Serie B
  • Novorizontino have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Serie B

It's quite the trip for Novorizontino when visiting Brusque as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

Novorizontino could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie B game only four sleeps ago.

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Brusque form and stats

Brusque have collected 22 points from their Serie B home games so far after 6-4-7. When Brusque hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Tombense, Brusque, Chapecoense, CSA, Operario PR and Nautico), they have won 3 of 5 matches! Game days at Estádio Augusto Bauer have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Brusque as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Taliari was the last player to score a league goal for Brusque and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Brusque haven't scored in 695 minutes.

An away draw last time out for Brusque, facing Operario PR in a game that ended 0-0. Alemão, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Alemão won 2 of 4 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Bahia.

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 Brusque have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 2 and lost 6.

A fact: This club have played 11 league matches in a row with only one (or none) team finding the net.

Brusque have scored {12 league goals} here from 17 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Brusque have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Brusque has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Novorizontino form and stats

Novorizontino have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 2-4-11 (17 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Novorizontino go into this game after a win, the home game against Nautico that ended 6-0. Those three points felt good as this team had gone four league games without victory. As mentioned above, Novorizontino was the only team on the pitch versus Nautico in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task. Midfield player Baggio was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.14/10. Baggio scored two goals, served one assist and hit three key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Vasco da Gama wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Novorizontino in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Novorizontino, 2 draws and 9 defeats.

The attacking power of Novorizontino when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Novorizontino have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. When Novorizontino is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Tombense, Novorizontino, Chapecoense, CSA, Operario PR and Nautico.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have played before this season: Novorizontino - Brusque 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

NovorizontinoD. Baggio de Oliveira Costa
D. Baggio de Oliveira Costa
8 goals
NovorizontinoR. Silva
R. Silva
8 goals
BrusqueD. Koester
D. Koester
3 goals

Brusque missing players

Novorizontino missing players

Brusque Novorizontino
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 4 17 35
8 6 3 Won W 0 2 10
8 4 1 Drew D 1 4 10
19 7 1 Lost L 3 11 15
19 12 6 Scored S 4 11 38
33 13 2 Conceded C 9 26 43
89% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
46% 47% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 74%
11% 12% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 41% 43%
3% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 12% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
23% 24% 20% BTTS BTTS 75% 47% 51%
31% 41% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 26%
57% 47% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 41% 31%
 
4.8 5.8 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 3.8 5.2
5.2 3.5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.3 4.7
2.2 2.5 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.9 2.7
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
12.6 15.1 14.4 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 11.7 14.2
4.1 4.6 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.9 4.1
13% 15% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 22% 27%
 
11.9 9.4 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 13.9 11.7
3.7 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.9 4.1
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Brusque have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brusque have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Serie B
  • Brusque have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie B
  • Brusque have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in Serie B
  • Brusque have the fewest scored goals (19) in Serie B
  • Brusque have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Serie B
  • Brusque have the most matches under the total-line (25) in Serie B
  • Brusque have the the worst goal difference (-1) at home in Serie B
  • Brusque have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Brusque is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Novorizontino have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Novorizontino have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Serie B
  • Novorizontino have won significantly less corners away then 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 Cruzeiro 35 21 9 5 50 22 17 14 3 0 29 5 18 7 6 5 21 17 28 72
2 Gremio 35 15 13 7 42 24 18 13 3 2 34 10 17 2 10 5 8 14 18 58
3 Bahia 35 16 9 10 39 26 17 12 3 2 27 9 18 4 6 8 12 17 13 57
4 Vasco da Gama 35 15 11 9 43 32 17 11 6 0 28 6 18 4 5 9 15 26 11 56
5 Sport Recife 35 14 11 10 31 28 18 12 5 1 24 7 17 2 6 9 7 21 3 53
6 Sampaio Correa 35 14 10 11 43 38 18 13 4 1 35 14 17 1 6 10 8 24 5 52
7 Criciuma 35 13 13 9 39 28 18 10 5 3 24 9 17 3 8 6 15 19 11 52
8 Ituano 35 13 12 10 39 33 17 9 6 2 22 9 18 4 6 8 17 24 6 51
9 Londrina 35 13 11 11 33 32 17 7 7 3 21 16 18 6 4 8 12 16 1 50
10 CRB 35 12 10 13 32 40 17 7 8 2 18 12 18 5 2 11 14 28 -8 46
11 Ponte Preta 35 11 12 12 32 33 17 8 6 3 18 10 18 3 6 9 14 23 -1 45
12 Vila Nova 35 9 18 8 27 29 18 6 10 2 13 9 17 3 8 6 14 20 -2 45
13 Guarani 35 11 11 13 30 35 18 8 6 4 15 12 17 3 5 9 15 23 -5 44
14 Tombense 35 10 14 11 34 40 18 9 8 1 22 11 17 1 6 10 12 29 -6 44
15 Novorizontino 35 10 10 15 38 43 18 8 6 4 27 17 17 2 4 11 11 26 -5 40
16 Chapecoense 35 9 12 14 33 36 17 5 6 6 19 19 18 4 6 8 14 17 -3 39
17 CSA 35 7 15 13 24 34 18 6 8 4 18 14 17 1 7 9 6 20 -10 36
18 Operario PR 35 7 13 15 29 43 18 6 6 6 18 16 17 1 7 9 11 27 -14 34
19 Brusque 35 8 8 19 19 33 17 6 4 7 12 13 18 2 4 12 7 20 -14 32
20 Nautico 35 8 6 21 32 60 17 6 4 7 24 23 18 2 2 14 8 37 -28 30

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.