Delightful dogfight as daring Chapecoense duel with determined Ituano

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Tue 18.Jul
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Condá (20089 seats)

Chapecoense are welcoming Ituano for another key match following their 2-1 result against 12th-placed CRB.

Insights:
  • Chapecoense have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie B
  • Ituano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Ituano have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Ituano could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie B game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Sampaio Corrêa. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Chapecoense form and stats

Chapecoense, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie B, have collected 10 points from their Serie B home games so far after 2-4-3. When Chapecoense hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Tombense, Avaí, Chapecoense, Sampaio Corrêa, ABC and Londrina), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Chapecoense's last game was hosting CRB (placed 12th) and winning 2-1. Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first league victory after going winless in nine games in a row. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Nazário, having scored in three games in a row. Nazário (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Nazário scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Tombense.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Chapecoense have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 6.

Both teams to score: YES! That has been the case in 5 league rounds in a row for this side. Will it happen again?

At Arena Condá, Chapecoense has the goal stats of 9-9 (for/against) from 9 league fixtures.

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Ituano form and stats

There's been little loot from Ituano's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Serie B. Ituano only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sampaio Corrêa (placed 15th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Sergio was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.4. The defender Sergio hit one key pass and won 13 of 17 duels.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Juventude.

We have checked recent matches where Ituano have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Lacking goals? 9 of this club's last 12 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Avaí in just four days.

The attacking power of Ituano when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Ituano have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings featuring these two sides are: zero wins for Chapecoense, one draw and one win for Ituano. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

ChapecoenseB. dos Santos Nazário
B. dos Santos Nazário
6 goals
ItuanoD. de Souza Quirino
D. de Souza Quirino
4 goals
ItuanoPaulo Victor
Paulo Victor
4 goals

Chapecoense missing players

Ituano missing players

Chapecoense Ituano
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 9 2 Played P 2 9 17
3 2 1 Won W 0 2 5
6 4 0 Drew D 1 2 5
7 3 1 Lost L 1 5 7
20 9 3 Scored S 0 6 17
23 9 1 Conceded C 3 12 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 94%
81% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 71%
38% 22% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 35%
19% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 12%
19% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 56% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 35%
6% 11% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 29%
31% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 56% 41%
 
5.6 6.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.4 4.5
4.8 4.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.1 5.4
3.5 3.2 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.1 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
14.6 15.3 20.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13.1 12.4
4.3 4.4 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.9 3.8
29% 22% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 26%
 
15 15.1 14 Shots against (avg) S A 17 16.7 14.6
4.3 3.9 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.9 4.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Chapecoense have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie B
  • Chapecoense have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Serie B
  • Chapecoense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ituano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Vila Nova 16 10 4 2 21 5 8 6 2 0 9 1 8 4 2 2 12 4 16 34
2 Criciuma 17 10 4 3 21 10 9 6 1 2 13 6 8 4 3 1 8 4 11 34
3 Sport Recife 17 9 5 3 26 14 9 8 1 0 20 4 8 1 4 3 6 10 12 32
4 Novorizontino 16 9 3 4 19 9 8 4 2 2 7 4 8 5 1 2 12 5 10 30
5 Vitoria 16 9 1 6 24 13 7 5 0 2 13 5 9 4 1 4 11 8 11 28
6 Mirassol 16 8 2 6 16 14 8 5 1 2 9 6 8 3 1 4 7 8 2 26
7 Guarani 17 7 5 5 22 15 8 6 1 1 16 7 9 1 4 4 6 8 7 26
8 Atletico GO 17 6 8 3 23 25 9 5 3 1 12 9 8 1 5 2 11 16 -2 26
9 Juventude 16 8 1 7 19 17 7 4 0 3 10 7 9 4 1 4 9 10 2 25
10 Ceara 16 7 3 6 19 19 8 3 1 4 8 11 8 4 2 2 11 8 0 24
11 Botafogo SP 16 7 3 6 12 20 8 4 1 3 5 8 8 3 2 3 7 12 -8 24
12 CRB 17 6 4 7 19 20 9 3 4 2 11 10 8 3 0 5 8 10 -1 22
13 Ponte Preta 16 5 6 5 10 13 8 3 4 1 7 4 8 2 2 4 3 9 -3 21
14 Ituano 17 5 5 7 17 19 8 3 3 2 11 7 9 2 2 5 6 12 -2 20
15 Sampaio Corrêa 17 5 5 7 13 19 9 3 4 2 10 10 8 2 1 5 3 9 -6 20
16 Chapecoense 16 3 6 7 20 23 9 2 4 3 9 9 7 1 2 4 11 14 -3 15
17 Tombense 16 3 3 10 15 22 9 2 2 5 11 12 7 1 1 5 4 10 -7 12
18 Avaí 17 2 6 9 10 25 8 1 3 4 4 12 9 1 3 5 6 13 -15 12
19 Londrina 16 3 2 11 15 26 7 2 1 4 9 10 9 1 1 7 6 16 -11 11
20 ABC 16 2 4 10 11 24 8 1 2 5 5 11 8 1 2 5 6 13 -13 10

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.