It's time for Serie B and Ituano - Operário PR. In this pre-match guide you'll find statistics, previous results, data, tendencies and stories!
- Ituano have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Serie B
- Operário PR have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Serie B
It's no vacation for neither Ituano nor Operário PR 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
When playing at home in the Serie B, Ituano have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 12 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Ituano here at Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Ituano goalkeeper Jefferson da Silva Paulino is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 183 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie B.
Happy days for Ituano in their previous game, a fixture away at Gremio (placed 3rd) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Paulino, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.05 out of 10 in that game. Paulino topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Ituano had a home game versus Novorizontino which ended with a victory 1-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Ituano's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 1 match, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 11 league games, 9 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ituano as they are travelling to their away game against Nautico in the Serie B. That match is three days after this one.
Ituano has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 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 8 from 12 matches.
Operário PR form and stats
Operário PR have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-4-8 (13 played). Bitter travels for Operário PR as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Vila Nova match.
Operário aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 190 league minutes without a goal. Sergio was the last player to find the net.
There were no winners in Operário PR's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs CSA (placed 17th). Goalkeeper Vanderlei made a total of six saves, making him a hero against CSA. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Vanderlei was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.34. The agile goalkeeper Vanderlei topped it up with a clean sheet.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Criciuma wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Operário PR playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 1 away win, 3 draws and 3 home wins.
A quick return to home after this game, as Operário are hosting Londrina in the Serie B only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Operário PR as they have only managed to score 8 times from 13 away games in the league. Operário PR have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also faced each other earlier on this season: Operário PR - Ituano 3-2.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Luiz de Souza 5 goals |  A. Tavella 3 goals |
Ituano missing players
Operário PR missing players
| Ituano | Operário PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 25 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | 34 |
| 88% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 81% |
| 65% | 50% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 69% |
| 31% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 46% | 38% |
| 15% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 54% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 38% | 38% |
| 35% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 35% |
| 23% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 54% | 46% |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.8 | 12.6 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 9.3 | 11 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 28% | 25% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 20% | 24% |
| 12 | 11.5 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.4 | 15.9 | 13.6 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 6 | 5 |
- Ituano have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ituano have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Serie B
- Operário PR have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Operário PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Operário PR have the most conceded goals (23) away in Serie B
- Operário PR have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Serie B
- Operário PR have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Cruzeiro | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 57 |
| 2 | Bahia | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 47 |
| 3 | Gremio | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 44 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | Londrina | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 38 |
| 6 | Sport Recife | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | Ituano | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | CRB | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -6 | 36 |
| 9 | Tombense | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Sampaio Corrêa | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Criciuma | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 12 | Ponte Preta | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 33 |
| 13 | Novorizontino | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 32 |
| 14 | Chapecoense | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 29 |
| 15 | Brusque | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 28 |
| 16 | Vila Nova | 27 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 17 | CSA | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -9 | 27 |
| 18 | Operário PR | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -12 | 26 |
| 19 | Guarani | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 26 |
| 20 | Nautico | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 21 | -17 | 21 |
