Balanced ball game between Ituano and Juventude expected

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 08.Jul
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior (18560 seats)

This is the real thing, this is Serie B and this is Ituano - Juventude. Prepare with our thorough match guide!

Insights:
  • Ituano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Juventude have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Juventude, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

This could be an interesting fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both teams are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!

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Ituano form and stats

Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Ituano are 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Ituano are returning here after visiting Mirassol and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Saraiva scored the goal(s). At last, a league win after three matches without one. Ituano goalkeeper Paulino did an outstanding job against Mirassol with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Paulino was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.22 out of ten. Paulino topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Ponte Preta (0-1).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ituano have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 10, drawn 2 and lost 2.

The Ituano fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Ituano are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Juventude form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Juventude have produced an overall stat of 4-0-4 so far.

Nenê scored in Juventude's previous match, the home game against Vitoria that ended 1-0. Nenê got a match rating of 8.25 in that game, top player of the team. Nenê scored one goal, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Londrina with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Juventude in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Juventude, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

9 goals have been conceded by Juventude in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

JuventudeA. de Carvalho
A. de Carvalho
5 goals
ItuanoPaulo Victor
Paulo Victor
4 goals

Ituano missing players

Juventude missing players

Ituano Juventude
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 1 8 15
5 3 1 Won W 1 4 8
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
7 2 0 Lost L 0 4 7
16 10 3 Scored S 2 8 18
18 6 1 Conceded C 1 9 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 60%
40% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 53%
13% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
33% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 38% 40%
27% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 33%
40% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 27%
 
4.3 4.1 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.6 5
5.6 6 9.5 Corners against (avg) C A 10 5.9 5.3
2.5 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.8 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.5 11.9 5 Shots (avg) S ( 16 12.6 13.9
3.9 3.7 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3.5 4.5
28% 38% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 27%
 
15.1 12.9 16.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 16.1 13.8
5.1 4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 3.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ituano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Juventude have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Juventude haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vila Nova 15 9 4 2 20 5 7 5 2 0 8 1 8 4 2 2 12 4 15 31
2 Sport Recife 15 9 4 2 25 11 8 8 0 0 20 4 7 1 4 2 5 7 14 31
3 Criciúma 15 9 3 3 19 9 8 6 0 2 12 5 7 3 3 1 7 4 10 30
4 Novorizontino 15 9 2 4 17 7 7 4 1 2 5 2 8 5 1 2 12 5 10 29
5 Vitoria 15 9 1 5 24 12 7 5 0 2 13 5 8 4 1 3 11 7 12 28
6 Mirassol 15 8 1 6 16 14 8 5 1 2 9 6 7 3 0 4 7 8 2 25
7 Juventude 15 8 0 7 18 16 7 4 0 3 10 7 8 4 0 4 8 9 2 24
8 Botafogo SP 15 7 3 5 12 17 8 4 1 3 5 8 7 3 2 2 7 9 -5 24
9 Guarani 15 6 4 5 19 13 7 5 1 1 14 6 8 1 3 4 5 7 6 22
10 Atletico GO 15 5 7 3 18 22 8 4 3 1 9 8 7 1 4 2 9 14 -4 22
11 CRB 15 6 3 6 17 17 8 3 3 2 10 9 7 3 0 4 7 8 0 21
12 Ceará 15 6 3 6 16 19 7 2 1 4 5 11 8 4 2 2 11 8 -3 21
13 Ituano 15 5 3 7 16 18 7 3 2 2 10 6 8 2 1 5 6 12 -2 18
14 Ponte Preta 15 4 6 5 9 13 8 3 4 1 7 4 7 1 2 4 2 9 -4 18
15 Sampaio Corrêa 15 4 4 7 12 19 8 3 3 2 10 10 7 1 1 5 2 9 -7 16
16 Tombense 15 3 3 9 15 21 8 2 2 4 11 11 7 1 1 5 4 10 -6 12
17 Chapecoense 15 2 6 7 18 22 8 1 4 3 7 8 7 1 2 4 11 14 -4 12
18 Londrina 15 3 2 10 14 24 7 2 1 4 9 10 8 1 1 6 5 14 -10 11
19 Avaí 15 2 5 8 9 23 7 1 3 3 4 11 8 1 2 5 5 12 -14 11
20 ABC 15 2 4 9 11 23 7 1 2 4 5 10 8 1 2 5 6 13 -12 10

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.