In total; 18 league matches are done and Novorizontino are 3 points on top of Operário PR. Who wins the prize?
- Novorizontino have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Operário PR have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Serie B
There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they performed in a Serie B match only three days back. That game was an away game at Cruzeiro, so at least Novorizontino are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Novorizontino form and stats
4-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Novorizontino so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Dr. Jorge Ismael de Biasi.
The fans are hoping that Novorizontino will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Cruzeiro (placed 1st). The forward Baggio was announced as "man of the match" for Novorizontino with the rating of 7.6/10. Baggio hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Novorizontino had a home game versus Brusque which ended with a victory 1-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Novorizontino matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 6 games).
Novorizontino are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at CRB awaits in three days.
Novorizontino are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. 10 goals have been conceded.
Operário PR form and stats
Operário PR have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-4-4 (9 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Operário PR have lost on their last two travels.
Operário delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Sport Recife (placed 5th) in their previous game. Defender Machado was the best team player with a rating of 7.64. Machado won 4 of 6 duels.
A 2-3 loss hosting CRB before that.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.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Operário PR as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Operário PR have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Luiz de Souza 4 goals |  D. Baggio de Oliveira Costa 3 goals | C. Santos Silva 2 goals |
Novorizontino missing players
Operário PR missing players
| Novorizontino | Operário PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 83% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 44% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 50% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 39% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 44% |
| 5.4 | 7.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 16 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.9 | 10.7 |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 24% | 23% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 20% | 26% |
| 10.6 | 8.1 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 15.3 | 13.6 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.1 | 5 |
- Novorizontino have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Novorizontino have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Novorizontino have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Operário PR have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Serie B
- Operário PR have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) 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 | Cruzeiro | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 34 |
| 3 | Bahia | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Gremio | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Sampaio Correa | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Tombense | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Criciuma | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | CRB | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 10 | Londrina | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Novorizontino | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Brusque | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Chapecoense | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Operário PR | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Ituano | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 16 | Ponte Preta | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 17 | CSA | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 18 | Náutico | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 19 | Guarani | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
