Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior: Ituano vs Chapecoense Serie B news and facts

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior (18560 seats)

Ituano hope to get a lot of fans in for this match despite that the season has been rough up to now with 20 points and a 16th place in the Serie B table. Visiting Chapecoense hold 13th place with 22 pts.

Insights:
  • Ituano have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie B
  • Chapecoense have the most points (16) away in Serie B

It's quite the trip for Chapecoense when visiting Ituano as the cities are 800 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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Ituano form and stats

The overall Serie B results playing at home this season for Ituano are 2-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). Ituano have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

An away draw last time out for Ituano, facing Vasco da Gama in a game that ended 1-1. The talented striker Elias bested all teammates in that match and received a match rating of 7.21 out of 10. Elias scored one goal and hit one key pass.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Londrina.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ituano handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ituano here at Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). From these home matches, Ituano have conceded only 7 goals.

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Chapecoense form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Chapecoense, who have the most points (16) away in Serie B, have produced an overall stat of 4-4-2 so far.

Chapecoense's last game was the home draw against Guarani (0-0). Saulo (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.8. Saulo topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Náutico.

We have checked recent matches where Chapecoense have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 0 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Grêmio in just three days.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ituano and Chapecoense have played each other already this season: Chapecoense - Ituano 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

ChapecoenseP. Perotti
P. Perotti
4 goals
ItuanoA. Tavella
A. Tavella
3 goals

Ituano missing players

Chapecoense missing players

Ituano Chapecoense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 5 10 19
4 2 0 Won W 1 4 5
8 5 1 Drew D 3 4 7
7 2 1 Lost L 1 2 7
18 8 1 Scored S 4 10 17
20 7 2 Conceded C 4 6 19
84% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 70% 74%
68% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 50% 58%
32% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 40% 42%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
58% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 40% 42%
32% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 60% 42%
26% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 30% 42%
 
5.1 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.1 4.8
5.3 5.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.6 5
3.2 3.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.9 12.7 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.1 11.8
4.3 5 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.3 3.2
22% 18% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 28%
 
11.3 10.3 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 12.6 12.6
3.9 2.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4 3.6
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Chapecoense have the most points (16) away in Serie B
  • Chapecoense have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Serie B
  • Ituano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ituano have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie B

  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 19 13 3 3 24 10 9 9 0 0 15 2 10 4 3 3 9 8 14 42
2 Vasco da Gama 19 9 8 2 19 11 10 6 4 0 11 2 9 3 4 2 8 9 8 35
3 Bahia 19 10 4 5 21 10 10 6 2 2 13 5 9 4 2 3 8 5 11 34
4 Grêmio 19 8 9 2 19 6 9 7 1 1 15 2 10 1 8 1 4 4 13 33
5 Tombense 19 6 10 3 19 18 10 5 5 0 13 8 9 1 5 3 6 10 1 28
6 Sport Recife 19 6 9 4 12 8 9 5 3 1 8 2 10 1 6 3 4 6 4 27
7 Londrina 19 7 5 7 19 19 10 5 4 1 14 8 9 2 1 6 5 11 0 26
8 Novorizontino 19 7 5 7 19 22 10 5 2 3 12 11 9 2 3 4 7 11 -3 26
9 Sampaio Corrêa 19 7 4 8 21 20 9 7 2 0 18 5 10 0 2 8 3 15 1 25
10 CRB 19 6 7 6 17 22 10 3 6 1 9 7 9 3 1 5 8 15 -5 25
11 Criciuma 19 6 6 7 19 18 10 4 3 3 11 7 9 2 3 4 8 11 1 24
12 Brusque 19 6 4 9 14 18 9 4 2 3 8 6 10 2 2 6 6 12 -4 22
13 Chapecoense 19 5 7 7 17 19 9 1 3 5 7 13 10 4 4 2 10 6 -2 22
14 Ponte Preta 19 5 7 7 12 15 9 3 4 2 5 3 10 2 3 5 7 12 -3 22
15 Operario PR 19 5 5 9 19 23 9 4 1 4 12 10 10 1 4 5 7 13 -4 20
16 Ituano 19 4 8 7 18 20 9 2 5 2 8 7 10 2 3 5 10 13 -2 20
17 CSA 19 3 11 5 12 16 9 2 6 1 8 7 10 1 5 4 4 9 -4 20
18 Náutico 19 4 6 9 17 24 10 2 4 4 12 12 9 2 2 5 5 12 -7 18
19 Guarani 19 3 9 7 11 21 10 2 5 3 3 8 9 1 4 4 8 13 -10 18
20 Vila Nova 19 1 11 7 11 20 10 1 7 2 6 7 9 0 4 5 5 13 -9 14

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.