A quick look at the Serie B table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Get our Goiás - Operário PR preview!
- Goiás have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Serie B
- Operário PR have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Operário PR, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
Goiás form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 Serie B games here at Estádio do Governo do Estado de Goiás for Goiás. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Goiás lost their last game at Ponte Preta (placed 17th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Elvis (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.02/10. Elvis hit five key passes and had 60 successful passes (of 73 total).
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Botafogo.Goiás are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Goiás have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Operário PR form and stats
Playing away, Operário PR have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Serie B this season.
Impressive finishing from Ricardo Bueno secured the home win 1-0 against Coritiba in their previous game. Fábio Alemão was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.8. The defender Alemão served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 12 duels.
Prior to that match, the Operário manager M. Silva Ferreira da Costa faced defeat when travelling to Avaí and losing 0-1.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Operário as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. Operário have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mangueira Severino Pereira 4 goals |   R. Bueno da Silva 4 goals |  B. Mombra Rosa 3 goals |
Goiás missing players
Operário PR missing players
| Goiás | Operário PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 79% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 21% | 17% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 14% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 64% | 83% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 43% |
| 4.9 | 6.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
| 6.5 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 8.2 | 5.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.1 | 12.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.5 | 10.8 | 11.9 |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 19% | 22% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 17% | 22% |
- Goiás have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Goiás have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Serie B
- Goiás have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Serie B
- Goiás have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Serie B
- Goiás have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B
- Goiás have the most clean sheets (9) in Serie B
- Goiás have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Operário PR have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Operário PR 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 | Náutico | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Coritiba | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | CRB | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 4 | Goiás | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Guarani | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Vasco da Gama | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Avaí | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Operário PR | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 21 |
| 9 | Brusque | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Sampaio Correa | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| 11 | CSA | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Remo | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Vila Nova | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Vitoria | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Brasil de Pelotas | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Ponte Preta | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 18 | Londrina | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 12 |
| 19 | Cruzeiro | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 20 | Confianca | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 10 |