Serie B preview: Can Ituano edge out victory against Londrina?

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 16.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior (18560 seats)

Ituano - Londrina in Serie B: Stats, teams, matches, the latest developments and headlines. Get our broad preview!

Insights:
  • Ituano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Londrina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Ituano form and stats

Ituano have played 8 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Júnior led his Ituano to a defeat away at Sampaio Corrêa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior. Roberto was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Roberto hit three key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

Before that, Ituano drew at home versus Cruzeiro.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ituano handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Ituano are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Vasco da Gama awaits in three days.

From these home matches, Ituano have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Londrina form and stats

There's been little loot from Londrina's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Serie B. Londrina only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws.

Londrina lost away at Sport Recife (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfielder Paulo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.13. Paulo hit three key passes and had 68 successful passes (of 82 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Chapecoense.

Londrina are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 7 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 22 matches.

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

The attacking power of Londrina when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Londrina have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Ituano wins - draws - Londrina wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ItuanoA. Tavella
A. Tavella
3 goals
ItuanoB. Schappo
B. Schappo
2 goals

Ituano missing players

Londrina missing players

Ituano Londrina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 2 8 17
4 2 0 Won W 2 2 6
6 4 0 Drew D 0 0 4
7 2 1 Lost L 0 6 7
17 8 1 Scored S 5 5 18
19 7 2 Conceded C 1 11 19
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
71% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 65%
35% 38% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 41%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 18%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
59% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 12% 41%
29% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 12% 18%
24% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 75% 47%
 
5.1 5.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.6 5
5.3 5.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.8 4.1
3.2 3.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.4 13 15 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 11.2 12.9
4.3 5 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.4 4.5
23% 20% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 19% 23%
 
11.4 10.2 14 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11 10.3
3.9 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ituano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Londrina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Londrina 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 17 12 2 3 21 8 8 8 0 0 13 1 9 4 2 3 8 7 13 38
2 Vasco da Gama 17 9 7 1 17 7 9 6 3 0 10 1 8 3 4 1 7 6 10 34
3 Bahia 17 9 3 5 18 9 9 6 1 2 12 4 8 3 2 3 6 5 9 30
4 Grêmio 17 7 8 2 15 5 8 6 1 1 12 2 9 1 7 1 3 3 10 29
5 Sport Recife 17 6 7 4 12 8 8 5 2 1 8 2 9 1 5 3 4 6 4 25
6 Tombense 17 5 10 2 18 15 9 4 5 0 12 8 8 1 5 2 6 7 3 25
7 Criciuma 17 6 5 6 18 16 9 4 2 3 10 6 8 2 3 3 8 10 2 23
8 Novorizontino 17 6 5 6 16 19 9 4 2 3 10 10 8 2 3 3 6 9 -3 23
9 CRB 17 6 5 6 15 20 9 3 5 1 8 6 8 3 0 5 7 14 -5 23
10 Sampaio Corrêa 17 6 4 7 18 18 8 6 2 0 15 4 9 0 2 7 3 14 0 22
11 Londrina 17 6 4 7 18 19 9 4 4 1 13 8 8 2 0 6 5 11 -1 22
12 Brusque 17 6 2 9 12 16 8 4 1 3 7 5 9 2 1 6 5 11 -4 20
13 Operario PR 17 5 4 8 18 21 8 4 0 4 12 10 9 1 4 4 6 11 -3 19
14 Ituano 17 4 6 7 17 19 8 2 4 2 8 7 9 2 2 5 9 12 -2 18
15 Chapecoense 17 4 6 7 15 18 8 1 2 5 7 13 9 3 4 2 8 5 -3 18
16 Ponte Preta 17 4 6 7 10 14 8 2 4 2 4 3 9 2 2 5 6 11 -4 18
17 Nautico 17 4 6 7 16 21 9 2 4 3 11 10 8 2 2 4 5 11 -5 18
18 Guarani 17 3 8 6 11 19 9 2 5 2 3 6 8 1 3 4 8 13 -8 17
19 CSA 17 2 10 5 9 14 8 2 5 1 7 6 9 0 5 4 2 8 -5 16
20 Vila Nova 17 1 10 6 10 18 9 1 7 1 5 5 8 0 3 5 5 13 -8 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.