This duo has struggled so far, but three points in this vital fixture would definitely be a big help. Get set for CSA - Guarani!
- Guarani have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Guarani have to travel 2400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
CSA have less rest than Guarani in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie B game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Estádio Rei Pelé. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Guarani have had more rest.
CSA form and stats
CSA have collected 25 points from their Serie B home games so far after 6-7-2. When CSA hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Brusque, Novorizontino, Chapecoense, CSA, Operário PR and Nautico), they have won 3 of 5 matches!
CSA's last game was hosting Tombense (placed 12th) and winning 2-0. Finally, a league victory after three matches without one. The forward Élton outperformed all others in that match and received a match rating of 7.72 out of 10. Élton scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Prior to that, an away loss at Chapecoense.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 CSA have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 3.
It should be noted that a peek at the 10 latest league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
The manager Barros will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Grêmio in only four days.
CSA has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. CSA are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Rei Pelé in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. CSA has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.
Guarani form and stats
There's been little loot from Guarani's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 15 away games in the Serie B. Guarani only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Guarani goalkeeper Mauricio Kozlinski is eager to challenge this, with his 181 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Guarani are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Novorizontino (placed 14th). Guarani goalie Kozlinski was high and low in the Novorizontino game, contributing eight saves towards the victory. Kozlinski (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.85. Kozlinski topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Operário PR with the score of 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Guarani in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Guarani, 5 draws and 7 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Guarani, the Serie B home match versus Londrina. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Guarani as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Guarani have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Guarani have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) versus CSA.This happened when the participants played each other earlier this season; Guarani - CSA 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Rodrigues Silva 6 goals | L. Barcellos Damasceno 5 goals |  Y. Vitor Coelho 5 goals |
CSA missing players
Guarani missing players
| CSA | Guarani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 23 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 29 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 32 |
| 81% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 87% | 81% |
| 61% | 73% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 67% | 61% |
| 19% | 13% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 47% | 35% |
| 6% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 53% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 67% | 45% |
| 35% | 40% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 20% | 39% |
| 42% | 13% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 27% | 35% |
| 5.3 | 6.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7 | 6.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.6 | 14.3 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.2 | 12.5 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 20% | 25% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| 14.5 | 11.4 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.6 | 15.4 | 13.7 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
- Guarani 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 | Cruzeiro | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 31 | 71 |
| 2 | Grêmio | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 53 |
| 3 | Bahia | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 52 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 48 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 46 |
| 6 | Londrina | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 45 |
| 7 | Ituano | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 44 |
| 8 | Ponte Preta | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 43 |
| 9 | Criciuma | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 10 | Sampaio Corrêa | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 42 |
| 11 | CRB | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -8 | 40 |
| 12 | Tombense | 31 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -6 | 40 |
| 13 | Vila Nova | 31 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 37 |
| 14 | Novorizontino | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -6 | 36 |
| 15 | Chapecoense | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | -3 | 35 |
| 16 | Guarani | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 35 |
| 17 | CSA | 31 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -6 | 35 |
| 18 | Brusque | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 19 | -10 | 31 |
| 19 | Operário PR | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -13 | 31 |
| 20 | Nautico | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 29 | -22 | 27 |
