Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Operário PR in 7th and Confiança in 11th place.
It's no vacation for neither Operário nor Confiança 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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Confiança have to travel 2500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Operário PR form and stats
Operário PR have played 6 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Operário.
It's back home for Operário PR, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Oeste away with the result 1-0. In the match before that, Operário PR hosted Vitoria and drew the game 1-1.
A decent goal production from Operário in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Operário PR have conceded 6 goals.
Confiança form and stats
Confiança have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-2-4 (7 played).
Confiança have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Rafael de Carvalho Santos. It's been 238 minutes since they last conceded in Serie B.
Confiança are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Serie B against CRB (placed 8th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Náutico with the score of 1-0.
Ari came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against CRB last time out, making the manager D. Pollo Barioni feel like a tactical genius.
The attacking power of Confiança when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Confiança have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Maier dos Santos 2 goals | M. Oliveira Pinto 2 goals | J. Ventura da Paz 2 goals |
Operário PR missing players
Confiança missing players
| Operário PR | Confiança | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 64% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 29% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 83% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 36% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 140 | 74 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 79 | 175 |
| 62 | 35 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 22 | 55 |
| 24% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 18% | 24% |
- All of Operário PR's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Confiança have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Operário PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Operário PR have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Confiança have scored away.
- Operário PR have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Operário PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cuiabá | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 | Chapecoense | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Ponte Preta | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | Juventude | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Parana | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | América Mineiro | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Operário PR | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | CRB | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Avai | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Vitoria | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Confiança | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | CSA | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Náutico | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Brasil de Pelotas | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Botafogo SP | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 | Figueirense | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Cruzeiro | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 18 | Sampaio Correa | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 19 | Guarani | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 20 | Oeste | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -17 | 6 |