Preview: Coritiba likely to beat Vila Nova at Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Fri 17.September
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira (43000 seats)

The Serie B match summary, better known as a league table, tells a tale about these squads to this date, with Coritiba ahead of Vila Nova by 19 points. Here's the Tipsway preview:

Insights:
  • Coritiba have the the best goal difference (+14) in Serie B
  • Vila Nova have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Serie B

This promises to be an absorbing match with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Coritiba form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira as Coritiba have scored 18 goals to get 22 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Serie B are 6-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Coritiba's last game was hosting Brusque (placed 14th) and winning 4-0. Defender Luciano Castan got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.81/10. Castan scored one goal and won 2 of 4 duels. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Coritiba played a great game against Brusque and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Londrina and winning 3-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Coritiba's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost one.

A decent goal production from Coritiba in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Coritiba have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vila Nova form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vila Nova so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose).

Vila are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Serie B against Nautico (placed 8th). Clayton, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.43. Clayton scored one goal.

Before that, Vila travelled to CSA and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Vila playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, zero draws and two home wins.

After this away game Vila return home for a Serie B game against Confiança. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Vila have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games. 14 goals have been conceded by Vila in these games.

Head 2 Head

Coritiba and Vila Nova have played each other already this season: Vila Nova - Coritiba 0-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: seven - one - one (Coritiba wins - draws - Vila Nova wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CoritibaL. Gamalho de Souza
L. Gamalho de Souza
11 goals
CoritibaW. da Silva Souza
W. da Silva Souza
6 goals
CoritibaI. Barbosa da Paixão
I. Barbosa da Paixão
5 goals

Coritiba missing players

Vila Nova missing players

Coritiba Vila Nova
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 11 23
13 6 3 Won W 1 3 6
6 4 1 Drew D 1 2 8
4 1 0 Lost L 2 6 9
32 18 8 Scored S 8 12 16
18 7 1 Conceded C 7 14 19
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 78%
70% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 39%
30% 27% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 36% 17%
17% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 18% 9%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 18% 9%
39% 55% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 55% 30%
43% 36% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 39%
26% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 52%
 
3.7 3.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.5 4.3
5.1 5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.5 4.2
2.7 3.1 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.5 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10.2 11.5 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 9.5 11
3.6 4.3 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.4 3.6
39% 38% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 32% 19%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Coritiba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Coritiba have the the best goal difference (+14) in Serie B
  • Coritiba haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vila Nova have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vila Nova have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Serie B
  • Vila Nova have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vila Nova 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 Coritiba 23 13 6 4 32 18 11 6 4 1 18 7 12 7 2 3 14 11 14 45
2 Goias 23 11 9 3 26 14 11 6 4 1 14 6 12 5 5 2 12 8 12 42
3 Botafogo 23 12 5 6 34 22 11 9 1 1 23 7 12 3 4 5 11 15 12 41
4 CRB 23 11 7 5 32 25 11 5 5 1 16 10 12 6 2 4 16 15 7 40
5 Avai 23 10 7 6 25 17 12 6 3 3 15 10 11 4 4 3 10 7 8 37
6 Guarani 23 10 7 6 34 27 12 6 3 3 16 12 11 4 4 3 18 15 7 37
7 Sampaio Corrêa 23 9 8 6 28 20 11 6 2 3 15 9 12 3 6 3 13 11 8 35
8 Nautico 23 9 8 6 27 23 12 5 5 2 18 12 11 4 3 4 9 11 4 35
9 Operário PR 23 9 6 8 18 24 12 6 2 4 13 13 11 3 4 4 5 11 -6 33
10 Vasco da Gama 23 9 5 9 27 27 12 7 2 3 17 10 11 2 3 6 10 17 0 32
11 Remo 23 8 6 9 20 24 12 5 2 5 8 9 11 3 4 4 12 15 -4 30
12 CSA 23 8 5 10 21 21 12 4 5 3 12 9 11 4 0 7 9 12 0 29
13 Cruzeiro 23 6 11 6 27 30 11 3 6 2 16 17 12 3 5 4 11 13 -3 29
14 Brusque 23 7 6 10 21 32 11 4 4 3 11 8 12 3 2 7 10 24 -11 27
15 Vila Nova 23 6 8 9 16 19 12 3 6 3 4 5 11 3 2 6 12 14 -3 26
16 Ponte Preta 23 6 7 10 22 26 11 6 3 2 18 11 12 0 4 8 4 15 -4 25
17 Vitoria 23 4 11 8 18 21 12 3 5 4 11 11 11 1 6 4 7 10 -3 23
18 Londrina 23 4 9 10 16 27 12 2 4 6 8 14 11 2 5 4 8 13 -11 21
19 Brasil de Pelotas 23 2 10 11 14 25 11 2 5 4 8 11 12 0 5 7 6 14 -11 16
20 Confiança 23 3 5 15 21 37 11 2 2 7 10 17 12 1 3 8 11 20 -16 14

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.