Operário PR will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind América Mineiro.
América Mineiro could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa do Brasil game only three sleeps ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Operário PR form and stats
Operário PR have collected 16 points from their Serie B home games so far after 4-4-2.
Operário PR's previous game was a Serie B match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Nautico (placed 17th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the game before, an away victory match versus Figueirense with a 1-0 scoreline.
Operário PR are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at CSA awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Operário in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. Operário have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
América Mineiro form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie B matches, América Mineiro have produced an overall stat of 5-4-2 so far.
Home advantage was not enough for América in their previous game, as they lost their Copa do Brasil-match, hosting Internacional (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties), 0-1. Before that, América travelled to Cuiabá and returned home with a draw after the Serie B game finished 0-0.
América were so close to getting something from the game against Internacional (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties), but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.
A quick return to home after this game, as América Mineiro are hosting Juventude in the Serie B only three days away.
The attacking power of América when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. The América defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (5 goals in 11 games).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: América Mineiro - Operário PR 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Operário one win, two draws and América Mineiro one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. da Silva Santos Junior 4 goals |   D. Gomes de Souza 3 goals | T. Maier dos Santos 2 goals |
Operário PR missing players
América Mineiro missing players
| Operário PR | América Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 64% | 76% |
| 57% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 27% | 48% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 43% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 55% | 38% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 55% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 234 | 133 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 129 | 291 |
| 99 | 61 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 43 | 99 |
| 21% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 19% | 21% |
- Operário PR 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 | Chapecoense | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 44 |
| 2 | Sampaio Correa | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 37 |
| 3 | América Mineiro | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Cuiabá | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 37 |
| 5 | Juventude | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Ponte Preta | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Avai | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 30 |
| 8 | CRB | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Parana | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Operário PR | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 11 | Confianca | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 12 | CSA | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 13 | Brasil de Pelotas | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| 14 | Guarani | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 15 | Cruzeiro | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 16 | Vitoria | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 17 | Nautico | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 20 |
| 18 | Figueirense | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 19 | Botafogo SP | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 18 |
| 20 | Oeste | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -28 | 8 |