Serie B news and guide: Guarani modest betting favourite to beat CRB

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Tue 11.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa (32453 seats)

Here's every single thing you need to learn, and some more, ahead of the Guarani - CRB match!

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

It's quite the trip for CRB when visiting Guarani as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.

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.

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Guarani form and stats

7 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Guarani have to build on here at Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa in the Serie B. Ever since the Gremio game Guarani has been unbeatable here at Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa producing five straight wins.

Guarani faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ituano (1-2). The first loss after going unbeaten in four league rounds. Ramon, defender, was given a rating of 7.51/10 in that game, top of the team. Ramon scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.

Ahead of that match, Guarani won a home game hosting Londrina (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Guarani handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Guarani aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa in the league, with only {14 goals} from 17 games. From these home matches, Guarani have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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CRB form and stats

CRB have only collected 17 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 5-2-10 (17 played).

CRB play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Tombense (placed 12th). Defender Ivo was the best team player with a rating of 7.33. Ivo won 7 of 7 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Chapecoense.

We have checked recent matches where CRB have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 5 victories, 1 draw and 9 defeats.

The attacking power of CRB when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 17 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as CRB have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

CRB - Guarani 1-1 was the score in these contenders' latest H2H fixture, played this season. Last ten meetings featuring these squads: Guarani won five, CRB triumphed in two and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CRBA. Alves Erculano
A. Alves Erculano
9 goals
CRBF. da Silva
F. da Silva
7 goals
GuaraniY. Vitor Coelho
Y. Vitor Coelho
6 goals

Guarani missing players

CRB missing players

Guarani CRB
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 5 17 34
10 7 4 Won W 2 5 12
11 6 2 Drew D 1 2 10
13 4 0 Lost L 2 10 12
29 14 8 Scored S 8 14 32
35 12 2 Conceded C 9 27 39
82% 76% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
62% 53% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 71%
38% 24% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 47% 35%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 18% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 3%
47% 24% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 47% 50%
38% 59% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 24%
32% 41% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 47% 35%
 
5.4 5.6 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 2.8 3.6
6.2 5.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 5.9 5.5
2.3 2.5 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.6
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.5 13.1 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 9.2 10.5
4.3 4.5 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.1 3.6
20% 18% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 27% 26%
 
13.4 11.6 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.4 15.5 14.1
4.4 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.6 4.3
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • CRB have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • CRB have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • CRB have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • CRB haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Cruzeiro 34 21 9 4 50 21 17 14 3 0 29 5 17 7 6 4 21 16 29 72
2 Gremio 34 15 12 7 41 23 17 13 2 2 33 9 17 2 10 5 8 14 18 57
3 Bahia 34 16 8 10 38 25 17 12 3 2 27 9 17 4 5 8 11 16 13 56
4 Vasco da Gama 34 15 10 9 42 31 17 11 6 0 28 6 17 4 4 9 14 25 11 55
5 Sport Recife 34 14 10 10 30 27 17 12 4 1 23 6 17 2 6 9 7 21 3 52
6 Ituano 34 13 12 9 39 30 17 9 6 2 22 9 17 4 6 7 17 21 9 51
7 Sampaio Correa 34 13 10 11 41 37 17 12 4 1 33 13 17 1 6 10 8 24 4 49
8 Criciuma 34 12 13 9 36 28 17 9 5 3 21 9 17 3 8 6 15 19 8 49
9 Londrina 34 12 11 11 32 32 17 7 7 3 21 16 17 5 4 8 11 16 0 47
10 CRB 34 12 10 12 32 39 17 7 8 2 18 12 17 5 2 10 14 27 -7 46
11 Ponte Preta 34 11 11 12 32 33 17 8 6 3 18 10 17 3 5 9 14 23 -1 44
12 Tombense 34 10 13 11 34 40 17 9 7 1 22 11 17 1 6 10 12 29 -6 43
13 Vila Nova 34 8 18 8 26 29 17 5 10 2 12 9 17 3 8 6 14 20 -3 42
14 Guarani 34 10 11 13 29 35 17 7 6 4 14 12 17 3 5 9 15 23 -6 41
15 Chapecoense 34 9 12 13 32 34 17 5 6 6 19 19 17 4 6 7 13 15 -2 39
16 Novorizontino 34 9 10 15 32 43 17 7 6 4 21 17 17 2 4 11 11 26 -11 37
17 CSA 34 7 15 12 24 33 17 6 8 3 18 13 17 1 7 9 6 20 -9 36
18 Operario PR 34 7 12 15 29 43 17 6 5 6 18 16 17 1 7 9 11 27 -14 33
19 Brusque 34 8 7 19 19 33 17 6 4 7 12 13 17 2 3 12 7 20 -14 31
20 Nautico 34 8 6 20 32 54 17 6 4 7 24 23 17 2 2 13 8 31 -22 30

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.