Serie B: Tipsway are looking at an action-packed and important scrap involving Ituano and Avaí at Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior. Both need the points!
- Ituano haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Avaí have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
It's no vacation for neither Ituano nor Avaí as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ituano form and stats
The overall Serie B results playing at home this season for Ituano are 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Ituano hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Tombense, Chapecoense, Ituano, Sampaio Correa, ABC and Londrina), they have won 2 of 2 matches!
Quirino was the last player to score a league goal for Ituano and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ituano haven't scored in 180 minutes.
Ituano faced defeat in their previous match, away at Chapecoense (0-1). The first loss after collecting points through three league games. Midfield player Aldo got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Aldo hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 42 successful passes (of 52 total).
Before that, Ituano played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Sampaio Correa.This is expected to be a close game, with Ituano perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ituano as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Ituano has won 9 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 13 league games, 10 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).
Ituano has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. From these home matches, Ituano have conceded only 7 goals.
Avaí form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Avaí so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Avaí go into this game after a win, the home game against Sampaio Correa that ended 2-0. That win was so crucial for this club, after a horrific sequence of eleven league rounds in a row not winning. Attacker Rocha got a player rating of 8.12 in the game. "Man of the match" Rocha scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Ponte Preta.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Avaí in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Avaí, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this club's most recent 11 league fixtures have had two or less goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Avaí as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Avaí have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Avaí have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (3-2-0) when playing Ituano.Top Goalscorers
  D. de Souza Quirino 4 goals |  Paulo Victor 4 goals |  B. Sislo 2 goals |
Ituano missing players
Avaí missing players
| Ituano | Avaí | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 17 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 20 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 24 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 82% |
| 67% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 59% |
| 33% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 11% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 28% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 35% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.9 | 5.4 |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 7 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 12.8 | 11.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.5 | 12.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 25% | 37% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 20% | 18% |
| 14.4 | 12.4 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 14 | 13.1 |
| 5 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
- Avaí have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Avaí have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Avaí have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ituano have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Avaí have scored away.
- Ituano haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Vitória | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 2 | Vila Nova | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | Criciúma | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Guarani | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 7 | Mirassol | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Ceara | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Juventude | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 27 |
| 12 | Ponte Preta | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | CRB | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Ituano | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampaio Correa | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Tombense | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 17 | Chapecoense | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Londrina | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 14 |
| 19 | Avaí | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 20 | ABC | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
