Another action-packed fixture in Serie B as CRB welcome Confiança

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Fri 08.January
Match begins: 22:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Rei Pelé (20801 seats)

CRB hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 40 points and a 14th position in the Serie B table. Visiting Confiança holds 11th place with 42 pts.

Insights:
  • Confiança have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Confiança 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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CRB form and stats

CRB have played 15 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

CRB enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Avai's place. The match ended 1-0 with Lucão scoring. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting America Mineiro (0-1).

The victory against Avai came after Lucão's winning goal. The CRB manager J. Fernandes Barros was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for CRB, as the Serie B home game vs Guarani is only three days away.

CRB has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. CRB have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Confiança form and stats

There's been little loot from Confiança's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 16 away games in the Serie B. Confiança only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws. Confiança seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The supporters enjoyed Confiança's previous game versus Náutico (placed 17th), a Serie B 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Brasil de Pelotas's place.

A quick return to home after this game, as Confiança are hosting Operario PR in the Serie B only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Confiança as they have only managed to score 15 times from 16 away games in the league. Confiança have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Confiança - CRB 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): CRB five wins, one draw and Confiança two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

CRB missing players

Confiança missing players

CRB Confiança
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 6 Played P 5 16 32
11 7 4 Won W 2 4 11
7 5 2 Drew D 2 4 9
14 3 0 Lost L 1 8 12
32 17 11 Scored S 5 15 35
39 11 4 Conceded C 5 20 38
91% 80% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
62% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 66%
44% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 38% 34%
19% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 22%
6% 7% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 6%
44% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 53%
28% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 12% 25%
38% 40% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.9
5 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
11.2 12.6 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 10.9 12.3
3.7 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 4.3
27% 27% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 28% 25%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Confiança 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 America Mineiro 32 18 9 5 36 21 16 9 4 3 22 14 16 9 5 2 14 7 15 63
2 Chapecoense 32 17 12 3 36 14 16 9 6 1 14 4 16 8 6 2 22 10 22 63
3 Juventude 32 14 10 8 45 33 17 9 6 2 27 13 15 5 4 6 18 20 12 52
4 CSA 32 15 6 11 44 31 17 12 1 4 30 14 15 3 5 7 14 17 13 51
5 Cuiaba 32 14 9 9 37 31 16 10 5 1 25 10 16 4 4 8 12 21 6 51
6 Guarani 32 13 8 11 38 36 16 8 4 4 24 16 16 5 4 7 14 20 2 47
7 Ponte Preta 32 13 7 12 39 42 16 8 4 4 22 22 16 5 3 8 17 20 -3 46
8 Sampaio Correa 32 13 6 13 42 33 16 8 0 8 20 15 16 5 6 5 22 18 9 45
9 Avai 32 13 5 14 33 41 16 7 2 7 16 20 16 6 3 7 17 21 -8 44
10 Brasil de Pelotas 32 10 14 8 28 26 15 6 8 1 16 8 17 4 6 7 12 18 2 44
11 Confiança 32 11 9 12 35 38 16 7 5 4 20 18 16 4 4 8 15 20 -3 42
12 Operario PR 32 10 12 10 29 29 16 7 6 3 22 12 16 3 6 7 7 17 0 42
13 Cruzeiro 32 12 11 9 36 29 16 5 6 5 21 16 16 7 5 4 15 13 7 41
14 CRB 32 11 7 14 32 39 15 7 5 3 17 11 17 4 2 11 15 28 -7 40
15 Vitoria 32 8 13 11 39 38 17 7 5 5 21 15 15 1 8 6 18 23 1 37
16 Figueirense 32 8 11 13 27 33 16 5 6 5 16 11 16 3 5 8 11 22 -6 35
17 Náutico 32 8 11 13 28 37 15 6 7 2 18 12 17 2 4 11 10 25 -9 35
18 Paraná 32 8 9 15 30 43 16 5 6 5 17 15 16 3 3 10 13 28 -13 33
19 Botafogo SP 32 6 9 17 19 32 15 4 4 7 13 15 17 2 5 10 6 17 -13 27
20 Oeste 32 5 8 19 25 52 17 4 3 10 12 24 15 1 5 9 13 28 -27 23

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.