CRB have achieved 3 home victories up until now, Avaí have won 1 away. Who boosts their records in this meeting?
- Avaí have the fewest scored goals (9) in Serie B
It's quite the trip for Avaí when visiting CRB as the cities are 3100 kilometers apart.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
CRB form and stats
CRB have played 8 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for CRB after consecutive victories at their own ground.
CRB faced defeat in their previous match, away at Chapecoense (1-2). Saimon was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.3 out of 10. The defender Saimon won 8 of 11 duels.
Ahead of that match, CRB won a home game hosting Sport Recife (2-0).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 CRB's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
CRB are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Tombense awaits in four days.
The CRB fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. CRB's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Avaí form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Avaí so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Avaí aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 440 league minutes without a goal. Tárik (own goal) was the last player to find the net.
Home advantage was not enough for Avaí in their previous game as they lost hosting Ponte Preta, 0-1. Midfielder Wellington was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.33. Wellington hit the woodwork once and had 45 successful passes (of 49 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against ABC.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 Avaí playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 5 home wins.
Lacking goals? 8 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Avaí have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): CRB three wins, zero draws and Avaí seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Alves Erculano 4 goals |  J. da Silva Junior 4 goals |  J. da Silva Alves 2 goals |
CRB missing players
Avaí missing players
| CRB | Avaí | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 94% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 81% |
| 75% | 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 12% | 12% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 19% |
| 50% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 31% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 25% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.9 | 5.6 |
| 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 13.2 | 13.8 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.5 | 13.3 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 20% | 16% |
| 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 14 | 12.9 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
- Avaí have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Avaí have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Avaí have the fewest scored goals (9) in Serie B
- Avaí have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Serie B
- Avaí 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 | Criciuma | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Sport Recife | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Vila Nova | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Vitoria | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Juventude | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Guarani | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Ceara | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | CRB | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 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 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Sampaio Correa | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 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 | Londrina | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
| 19 | Avaí | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -15 | 11 |
| 20 | ABC | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 10 |
