Ituano vs Guarani match preview: Even contest expected at Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior (18560 seats)

High profile Guarani come to Ituano after their 0-0-result against Ceara. Get out our comprehensive match preview!

Insights:
  • Ituano haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Guarani is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie B

It's no vacation for neither Ituano nor Guarani 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.

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Ituano form and stats

Ituano have collected 15 points from their Serie B home games so far after 4-3-3.

Ituano's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Tombense (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Sweet to taste a league victory after five fixtures without. Paulino, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.63 out of 10 in that game. Paulino topped it up with a clean sheet.

1-1 away at Ceara before that.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 11 league games, 10 have seen zero, one or two goals.

The Ituano fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. Ituano have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Guarani form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Guarani have produced an overall stat of 3-4-4 so far. Guarani love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Guarani delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Ceara (placed 10th) in their previous game. Mateus, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.61. Mateus won 1 of 3 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Avai at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Low-scoring game? 15 of this team's most recent 19 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of Guarani when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Guarani as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the sides faced each other earlier this season; Guarani - Ituano 1-0. Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two participants are: five wins for Ituano, three draws and two wins for Guarani. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

GuaraniD. Freitas Ribeiro
D. Freitas Ribeiro
8 goals
GuaraniB. Pereira Mendes
B. Pereira Mendes
6 goals
ItuanoD. de Souza Quirino
D. de Souza Quirino
4 goals

Ituano missing players

Guarani missing players

Ituano Guarani
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 11 21
6 4 0 Won W 1 3 10
6 3 2 Drew D 1 4 6
9 3 1 Lost L 1 4 5
19 12 2 Scored S 3 9 26
22 8 4 Conceded C 1 9 16
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 90%
62% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 55% 57%
29% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 18% 29%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
33% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 38%
29% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 27% 38%
43% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 45% 33%
 
5 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.1 4.9
5.1 5.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6.5 5.7
2.8 2.4 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.4 3.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.9 12.2 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 10.7 11.8
3.8 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 3.9
24% 32% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 21% 32%
 
14 11.7 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 22.3 17.8 15.7
4.9 3.6 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.5 4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Guarani is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie B
  • 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 Vitoria 21 13 2 6 33 17 10 8 0 2 18 6 11 5 2 4 15 11 16 41
2 Sport Recife 21 12 5 4 32 17 11 9 1 1 23 6 10 3 4 3 9 11 15 41
3 Novorizontino 21 12 3 6 27 13 10 6 2 2 13 5 11 6 1 4 14 8 14 39
4 Criciuma 21 11 5 5 25 15 11 7 1 3 15 8 10 4 4 2 10 7 10 38
5 Juventude 21 11 3 7 24 18 10 6 1 3 13 8 11 5 2 4 11 10 6 36
6 Guarani 21 10 6 5 26 16 10 7 2 1 17 7 11 3 4 4 9 9 10 36
7 Vila Nova 21 10 5 6 23 12 10 6 3 1 10 3 11 4 2 5 13 9 11 35
8 Mirassol 21 10 5 6 24 19 11 6 3 2 14 9 10 4 2 4 10 10 5 35
9 Botafogo SP 20 9 4 7 15 23 10 5 1 4 6 10 10 4 3 3 9 13 -8 31
10 Ceara 21 8 6 7 22 22 10 4 2 4 10 12 11 4 4 3 12 10 0 30
11 Atletico GO 21 6 10 5 28 32 11 5 5 1 16 13 10 1 5 4 12 19 -4 28
12 CRB 20 8 3 9 22 24 10 5 3 2 13 10 10 3 0 7 9 14 -2 27
13 Ituano 21 6 6 9 19 22 10 4 3 3 12 8 11 2 3 6 7 14 -3 24
14 Ponte Preta 21 5 8 8 13 19 11 3 6 2 9 7 10 2 2 6 4 12 -6 23
15 Sampaio Correa 21 5 7 9 16 25 11 3 5 3 11 12 10 2 2 6 5 13 -9 22
16 Tombense 21 5 4 12 20 28 11 3 3 5 15 15 10 2 1 7 5 13 -8 19
17 Chapecoense 20 4 7 9 22 26 11 3 4 4 10 10 9 1 3 5 12 16 -4 19
18 Avai 20 4 6 10 15 28 10 2 3 5 7 14 10 2 3 5 8 14 -13 18
19 Londrina 21 4 4 13 18 32 10 3 2 5 12 13 11 1 2 8 6 19 -14 16
20 ABC 21 2 7 12 13 29 10 1 3 6 5 12 11 1 4 6 8 17 -16 13

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.