Serie B match prediction and preview for Cuiabá vs Operário PR clash

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Pantanal (7000 seats)

3rd position in the Serie B table for Cuiabá so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 12th-placed Operário PR visits Arena Pantanal.

Insights:
  • Cuiabá has the most points (32) at home in Serie B
  • Operário PR have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

These teams have little in common geographically as Operário PR have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Cuiabá form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Arena Pantanal as Cuiabá, who have the most points (32) at home in Serie B, have scored 23 goals to get 32 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Serie B are 9-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Cuiabá are returning here after visiting Oeste in a Serie B game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Jenison and Elton scored the goal(s). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Figueirense (0-1).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cuiabá as they are travelling to their away game against Nautico in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.

Cuiabá have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena Pantanal with 23 goals in 15 league matches. Cuiabá have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Operário PR form and stats

There's been little loot from Operário PR's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the Serie B. Operário PR only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws.

Operário won their last game, 1-0 versus Ponte Preta played at home. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Sampaio Correa.

A new game in only four days for Operário, the Serie B home match versus Juventude. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Operário PR's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Operário PR have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Operário PR - Cuiabá 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Cuiabá, two draws and one win for Operário PR. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Cuiabá missing players

Operário PR missing players

Cuiabá Operário PR
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 15 5 Played P 5 14 29
13 9 4 Won W 1 3 9
8 5 1 Drew D 1 5 11
8 1 0 Lost L 3 6 9
35 23 9 Scored S 2 6 25
29 10 5 Conceded C 4 14 26
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 86%
62% 53% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 36% 52%
38% 47% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 24%
10% 13% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 10%
10% 13% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
34% 33% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 21% 41%
41% 60% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 43% 34%
34% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 57% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.7 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.4
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.1 13.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.9 10.8
5 5.8 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 4.2
24% 26% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 13% 20%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cuiabá has the most points (32) at home in Serie B
  • Cuiabá has the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Serie B
  • Cuiabá have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cuiabá have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cuiabá have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Operário PR have scored away.
  • Operário PR have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Chapecoense 28 16 9 3 32 12 13 8 4 1 12 4 15 8 5 2 20 8 20 57
2 America Mineiro 28 15 8 5 30 18 14 8 3 3 19 12 14 7 5 2 11 6 12 53
3 Cuiabá 29 13 8 8 35 29 15 9 5 1 23 10 14 4 3 7 12 19 6 47
4 Juventude 29 12 10 7 42 29 15 7 6 2 24 12 14 5 4 5 18 17 13 46
5 Sampaio Correa 29 13 6 10 41 29 15 8 0 7 20 14 14 5 6 3 21 15 12 45
6 CSA 29 13 6 10 39 29 15 10 1 4 25 13 14 3 5 6 14 16 10 45
7 Avaí 29 13 4 12 32 37 14 7 1 6 15 18 15 6 3 6 17 19 -5 43
8 Guarani 28 11 7 10 34 33 13 7 3 3 21 13 15 4 4 7 13 20 1 40
9 Ponte Preta 29 11 7 11 34 38 15 7 4 4 20 21 14 4 3 7 14 17 -4 40
10 Cruzeiro 29 12 9 8 34 26 15 5 5 5 21 16 14 7 4 3 13 10 8 39
11 Confianca 28 10 9 9 32 34 14 6 5 3 17 16 14 4 4 6 15 18 -2 39
12 Operário PR 29 9 11 9 25 26 15 6 6 3 19 12 14 3 5 6 6 14 -1 38
13 Vitória 29 8 12 9 37 32 16 7 4 5 20 14 13 1 8 4 17 18 5 36
14 Brasil de Pelotas 28 8 12 8 26 26 13 5 7 1 15 8 15 3 5 7 11 18 0 36
15 CRB 28 9 7 12 30 36 13 6 5 2 16 9 15 3 2 10 14 27 -6 34
16 Figueirense 28 7 10 11 21 27 14 4 6 4 13 9 14 3 4 7 8 18 -6 31
17 Parana 28 7 8 13 27 39 14 5 5 4 16 13 14 2 3 9 11 26 -12 29
18 Nautico 28 6 10 12 25 35 13 4 7 2 15 12 15 2 3 10 10 23 -10 28
19 Botafogo SP 28 6 6 16 17 29 14 4 3 7 12 14 14 2 3 9 5 15 -12 24
20 Oeste 29 3 7 19 20 49 15 2 3 10 8 22 14 1 4 9 12 27 -29 16

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.