Serie B: Londrina receive CRB in what could be an intriguing football match. Here's a full preview!
- Londrina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- CRB have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as CRB have to travel 2700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Londrina nor CRB 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.
Londrina form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie B, Londrina have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 13 games.
Londrina enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Brusque's place. The match ended 1-0 with Coutinho scoring. Finally, a league victory after three fixtures without. Nogueira loved the game against Brusque. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. Nogueira, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 9.01 out of 10 in that game. Nogueira topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the match before that, Londrina hosted Bahia and drew the game 1-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Londrina have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 0.
Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Londrina as they are travelling to their away game against Operário PR in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.
Londrina has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Londrina are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal Jacy Scaff in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.
CRB form and stats
Playing away, CRB have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 7 defeats in the Serie B this season.
There were no winners in CRB's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Criciuma (placed 11th). Midfielder Longuine was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.15. Longuine hit one key pass.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Sampaio Corrêa with the score of 2-1.CRB are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
A new game in only four days for CRB, the Serie B home match versus Sport Recife. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting CRB as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. As for defending, CRB rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 22 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent fixtures involving these two teams have all finished as CRB wins. Another one?These opponents have fought earlier this season: CRB - Londrina 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Gomes de Souza 7 goals |   A. Alves Erculano 6 goals |  F. da Silva 6 goals |
Londrina missing players
CRB missing players
| Londrina | CRB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 26 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | 31 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 58% | 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 83% | 73% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 58% | 38% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 25% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 42% | 69% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 50% | 54% |
| 31% | 23% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 8% | 27% |
| 38% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 42% | 31% |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 6.6 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.8 | 13.8 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.6 | 10 |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 27% | 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 31% | 27% |
| 10 | 9.2 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.6 | 16.8 | 14.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
- CRB have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- CRB have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- CRB have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- CRB haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Londrina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 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 |
