Soccer betting preview: Londrina welcomes CRB in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sun 08.August
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Jacy Scaff (31036 seats)

12 points separate the teams so far this season, CRB having performed best. Can Londrina strike back?

Insights:
  • Londrina have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Serie B
  • CRB have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie B

CRB could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa do Brasil game only four sleeps ago.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Londrina form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie B this season. Londrina have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Estádio Municipal Jacy Scaff.

Londrina travelled for their previous game, a trip to Cruzeiro that ended 2-2. Celsinho (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.75/10. Celsinho served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total). The Londrina goalkeeper César was crucial in the match against Cruzeiro last time out, making seven saves.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Remo.

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 Londrina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn three and lost five.

The manager M. Fernandes Figueiredo will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ponte Preta in only three days.

Londrina aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Municipal Jacy Scaff in the league, with only 5 goals from 8 games. Londrina's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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CRB form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie B, are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Copa do Brasil home defeat versus Fortaleza with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Goalkeeper Diogo Silva got the top player rating of the team with 7.82/10. Silva stopped the opponent with seven saves. It's a bit worrying for CRB that their goalkeeper Diogo Silva made seven saves in the Fortaleza game last time out, but still couldn't prevent the loss.

A draw for CRB before that, at their own venue hosting Ponte Preta (1-1).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by CRB in our archives, and the results are: four wins for CRB, five draws and eight defeats.

After this away game CRB return home for a Serie B game against Brusque. That game is only four sleeps after this.

CRB have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. As for defending, CRB rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Londrina won four games, one match ended with a draw and CRB has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / four

Top Goalscorers

CRBD. Torres
D. Torres
5 goals
CRBH. de Oliveira Costa
H. de Oliveira Costa
3 goals
CRBM. Gonçalves Pimenta
M. Gonçalves Pimenta
3 goals

Londrina missing players

CRB missing players

Londrina CRB
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 3 Played P 1 8 15
2 1 0 Won W 1 3 7
7 3 1 Drew D 0 1 4
6 4 2 Lost L 0 4 4
10 5 1 Scored S 4 9 22
15 9 4 Conceded C 3 12 21
73% 75% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 38% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 73%
33% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 53%
20% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 20%
40% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 38% 67%
33% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 7%
53% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 27%
 
5.4 5.9 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 4.7
5.5 4.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 9 4.8 4.5
2.8 2.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.6 12.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.9 10.9
4.5 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.2 3.7
15% 15% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 35% 39%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • CRB have scored more than double the goals of Londrina.
  • CRB have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie B
  • CRB haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Londrina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Londrina have the fewest points (6) at home in Serie B
  • Londrina have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Serie B
  • Londrina have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home 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 Nautico 15 8 6 1 24 11 8 5 3 0 16 5 7 3 3 1 8 6 13 30
2 Coritiba 15 8 5 2 18 10 7 4 3 0 11 5 8 4 2 2 7 5 8 29
3 Goias 15 7 5 3 15 7 7 5 1 1 8 1 8 2 4 2 7 6 8 26
4 Avai 15 7 5 3 17 12 8 4 3 1 9 6 7 3 2 2 8 6 5 26
5 CRB 15 7 4 4 22 21 7 4 3 0 13 9 8 3 1 4 9 12 1 25
6 Brusque 15 7 3 5 19 18 7 4 2 1 10 5 8 3 1 4 9 13 1 24
7 Sampaio Correa 15 6 5 4 17 12 7 4 1 2 11 7 8 2 4 2 6 5 5 23
8 Guarani 15 6 5 4 24 22 8 3 2 3 9 11 7 3 3 1 15 11 2 23
9 Botafogo 15 6 4 5 21 18 7 5 1 1 13 5 8 1 3 4 8 13 3 22
10 Vasco da Gama 15 6 4 5 19 17 8 5 1 2 12 7 7 1 3 3 7 10 2 22
11 Operario PR 15 6 3 6 13 19 8 4 1 3 9 11 7 2 2 3 4 8 -6 21
12 Remo 15 5 4 6 11 15 8 4 2 2 5 4 7 1 2 4 6 11 -4 19
13 CSA 15 5 3 7 14 16 8 3 3 2 8 7 7 2 0 5 6 9 -2 18
14 Vila Nova 15 4 6 5 11 11 8 1 5 2 2 3 7 3 1 3 9 8 0 18
15 Vitoria 15 2 7 6 11 14 8 2 4 2 8 7 7 0 3 4 3 7 -3 13
16 Ponte Preta 15 2 7 6 10 14 7 2 3 2 6 6 8 0 4 4 4 8 -4 13
17 Londrina 15 2 7 6 10 15 8 1 3 4 5 9 7 1 4 2 5 6 -5 13
18 Cruzeiro 15 2 7 6 18 25 7 1 4 2 11 14 8 1 3 4 7 11 -7 13
19 Brasil de Pelotas 15 2 6 7 11 16 7 2 3 2 6 6 8 0 3 5 5 10 -5 12
20 Confianca 15 2 4 9 11 23 7 2 2 3 7 9 8 0 2 6 4 14 -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.