Serie B game tips and preview for the Novorizontino vs Guarani battle

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sun 12.June
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dr. Jorge Ismael de Biasi (16000 seats)

Novorizontino have won 8 of their 14 in total here in the safety of their own home. How will they do versus Guarani?

Insights:
  • Novorizontino have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Guarani have the fewest scored goals (6) in Serie B

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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Novorizontino form and stats

The story so far in the Serie B for Novorizontino at their home stadium (Estádio Dr. Jorge Ismael de Biasi) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Novorizontino have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Baiano was the last player to score a league goal for Novorizontino and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Novorizontino haven't scored in 188 minutes.

The followers are hoping that Novorizontino will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Gremio (placed 5th).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Sampaio Correa.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Novorizontino handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Novorizontino has scored 5 goals so far and conceded 5 goals from 5 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Guarani form and stats

The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.

Home advantage was not enough for Guarani in their previous game as they lost hosting Operario PR, 0-3. Augusto got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, top player of the team. Augusto hit the woodwork once and hit six key passes.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Vila Nova.

Guarani are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

The attacking power of Guarani when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Guarani have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Novorizontino one win, one draw and Guarani two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 2 red cards from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

NovorizontinoD. Baggio de Oliveira Costa
D. Baggio de Oliveira Costa
2 goals
NovorizontinoD. de Oliveira Sertanejo
D. de Oliveira Sertanejo
1 goals
NovorizontinoL. Lima dos Santos
L. Lima dos Santos
1 goals

Novorizontino missing players

Guarani missing players

Novorizontino Guarani
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 5 11
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 1
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 6
3 1 1 Lost L 2 3 4
9 5 0 Scored S 1 4 6
11 5 3 Conceded C 3 8 12
73% 60% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 73%
64% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 55%
36% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 27%
9% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 45%
36% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 36%
45% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 45%
 
4.5 6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.2 5.5
4.5 3.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.6 5.2
2.4 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3 3.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.5 13 11 Shots (avg) S ( 15 14 12.5
3.3 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 6.4 5.5
25% 26% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 12% 10%
 
10.3 7.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 13 15.2 12.3
3.9 2.6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 6.2 4.8
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Guarani have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Guarani have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Guarani have the fewest scored goals (6) in Serie B
  • Guarani have yet to win a game away.
  • Guarani haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Novorizontino have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Novorizontino have won significantly more corners at 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 11 9 1 1 14 4 5 5 0 0 7 0 6 4 1 1 7 4 10 28
2 Bahia 11 7 1 3 14 6 6 6 0 0 12 2 5 1 1 3 2 4 8 22
3 Vasco da Gama 11 5 6 0 11 5 6 4 2 0 6 1 5 1 4 0 5 4 6 21
4 Sport Recife 11 5 3 3 8 5 5 4 0 1 6 2 6 1 3 2 2 3 3 18
5 Gremio 11 4 5 2 9 4 5 3 1 1 7 2 6 1 4 1 2 2 5 17
6 Criciuma 12 4 4 4 14 12 6 3 2 1 9 4 6 1 2 3 5 8 2 16
7 Operario PR 11 4 3 4 14 11 5 3 0 2 8 5 6 1 3 2 6 6 3 15
8 Sampaio Correa 12 4 3 5 13 13 6 4 2 0 11 4 6 0 1 5 2 9 0 15
9 Londrina 11 4 3 4 12 14 6 3 3 0 10 6 5 1 0 4 2 8 -2 15
10 CRB 12 4 2 6 8 15 6 3 2 1 6 4 6 1 0 5 2 11 -7 14
11 Novorizontino 11 3 5 3 9 11 5 2 2 1 5 5 6 1 3 2 4 6 -2 14
12 Brusque 12 4 1 7 9 13 6 3 1 2 5 3 6 1 0 5 4 10 -4 13
13 Ituano 12 3 4 5 12 13 6 2 3 1 6 4 6 1 1 4 6 9 -1 13
14 Tombense 11 2 7 2 10 11 6 2 4 0 7 5 5 0 3 2 3 6 -1 13
15 CSA 11 2 7 2 7 8 6 2 4 0 6 4 5 0 3 2 1 4 -1 13
16 Ponte Preta 12 3 3 6 8 11 6 2 2 2 4 3 6 1 1 4 4 8 -3 12
17 Nautico 12 3 3 6 10 15 6 1 2 3 6 7 6 2 1 3 4 8 -5 12
18 Chapecoense 11 2 6 3 8 8 5 0 2 3 3 7 6 2 4 0 5 1 0 12
19 Vila Nova 12 1 7 4 8 13 6 1 4 1 3 3 6 0 3 3 5 10 -5 10
20 Guarani 11 1 6 4 6 12 6 1 4 1 2 4 5 0 2 3 4 8 -6 9

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.