Serie B: The middle-of-the-table spots shows the journey CRB and Novorizontino have undertaken uptil now. Both teams are eager to play; let's get this boat on the water!
- CRB have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Novorizontino have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Novorizontino have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for CRB and Novorizontino.
CRB form and stats
3 victories, 6 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what CRB have to build on here at Estádio Rei Pelé in the Serie B. CRB has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat.
An away draw last time out for CRB, facing Bahia in a game that ended 1-1. Claudinei was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Bahia after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Defender Carvalho got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Carvalho won 5 of 8 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Brusque.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 CRB have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 11 and lost 1.
Trench warfare? Looking at this club's last 12 league games, 10 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
CRB have scored 9 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, CRB have conceded only 7 goals.
Novorizontino form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Novorizontino so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Novorizontino have lost on their last two travels.
Impressive finishing from Ronaldo (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Operario PR in their previous game. The attacker Ronaldo got a match rating of 8.63 in that game. Ronaldo scored two goals and hit three key passes.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Cruzeiro's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Novorizontino playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Novorizontino wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
The attacking power of Novorizontino when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Novorizontino in these games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other previously this season, with the match result Novorizontino - CRB 3-1 registered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  A. Alves Erculano 4 goals |   R. Silva 4 goals | D. Baggio de Oliveira Costa 3 goals |
CRB missing players
Novorizontino missing players
| CRB | Novorizontino | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 22 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 68% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 68% |
| 32% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 53% |
| 26% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 32% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 4 | 5.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.7 | 5.4 |
| 5.9 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10.3 | 11.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.4 | 13.6 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 25% | 22% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 14.6 | 12.4 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.1 | 10.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.2 |
- CRB have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 42 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Bahia | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Gremio | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 | Tombense | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 6 | Sport Recife | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 7 | Londrina | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Novorizontino | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Sampaio Correa | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | CRB | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 11 | Criciuma | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 12 | Brusque | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Chapecoense | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | -2 | 22 |
| 14 | Ponte Preta | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 22 |
| 15 | Operario PR | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 16 | Ituano | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 17 | CSA | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 20 |
| 18 | Nautico | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 19 | Guarani | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 19 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
