Serie B match prediction: Little separates Operário PR and Coritiba in quality

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sun 25.July
Match begins: 21:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Germano Krüger (10632 seats)

High flying Coritiba arrive at Operário PR after their 1-1-result versus CRB. Check out our full preview!

Insights:
  • Operário PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Coritiba have the most points (13) away in Serie B

It's no vacation for neither Operário PR nor Coritiba 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.

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Operário PR form and stats

Operário PR have collected 10 points from their Serie B home games so far after 3-1-3.

Operário haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 222 minutes ago. Marcelo scored that one.

Operário are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Avaí. Midfield player Leandrinho got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, the max score being 10. Leandrinho hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against CSA that was lost 0-2.

The Operário fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Operário defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Coritiba form and stats

Coritiba's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Coritiba collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the Serie B. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Things are running smoothly for Coritiba who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Botafogo.

Coritiba's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus CRB that finished 1-1. Midfield player Igor Paixão was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. Paixão scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sampaio Corrêa at their stadium, the result 3-2.

Coritiba find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Coritiba as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Operário won three, Coritiba won three and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CoritibaL. Gamalho de Souza
L. Gamalho de Souza
6 goals
OperárioR. Bueno da Silva
R. Bueno da Silva
3 goals
CoritibaW. da Silva Souza
W. da Silva Souza
3 goals

Operário PR missing players

Coritiba missing players

Operário PR Coritiba
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 2 6 12
5 3 0 Won W 2 4 7
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
5 3 1 Lost L 0 1 1
12 8 2 Scored S 4 7 15
18 11 5 Conceded C 2 4 8
77% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
62% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 67%
46% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 17% 17%
15% 14% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 8%
15% 14% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 8%
38% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 17% 42%
38% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 67% 50%
46% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 17%
 
5.2 6.4 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 3.2
5.3 2.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.5 5.2
2.5 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.3 13.6 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.5 9.4
4.2 4.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.7
22% 26% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 37% 34%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Coritiba have the most points (13) away in Serie B
  • Operário PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Operário PR have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Operário PR 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 Nautico 13 8 5 0 22 7 7 5 2 0 15 4 6 3 3 0 7 3 15 29
2 Coritiba 12 7 4 1 15 8 6 3 3 0 8 4 6 4 1 1 7 4 7 25
3 Guarani 13 6 5 2 22 14 7 3 2 2 8 7 6 3 3 0 14 7 8 23
4 Goias 13 6 5 2 13 5 6 4 1 1 7 1 7 2 4 1 6 4 8 23
5 Avaí 12 6 3 3 15 11 6 3 2 1 7 5 6 3 1 2 8 6 4 21
6 CRB 13 6 3 4 18 18 6 4 2 0 12 8 7 2 1 4 6 10 0 21
7 Sampaio Corrêa 13 5 5 3 13 8 6 4 1 1 9 4 7 1 4 2 4 4 5 20
8 Vasco da Gama 13 5 4 4 15 14 7 4 1 2 8 6 6 1 3 2 7 8 1 19
9 Brusque 12 6 1 5 15 17 5 3 1 1 7 5 7 3 0 4 8 12 -2 19
10 Operário PR 13 5 3 5 12 18 7 3 1 3 8 11 6 2 2 2 4 7 -6 18
11 Remo 12 4 4 4 10 13 7 3 2 2 4 4 5 1 2 2 6 9 -3 16
12 CSA 12 4 3 5 12 12 7 2 3 2 6 6 5 2 0 3 6 6 0 15
13 Vila Nova 13 3 5 5 7 10 7 1 4 2 2 3 6 2 1 3 5 7 -3 14
14 Botafogo 12 3 4 5 16 18 5 3 1 1 9 5 7 0 3 4 7 13 -2 13
15 Vitoria 13 2 6 5 10 12 7 2 3 2 8 7 6 0 3 3 2 5 -2 12
16 Brasil de Pelotas 13 2 5 6 9 13 6 2 3 1 5 4 7 0 2 5 4 9 -4 11
17 Cruzeiro 13 2 5 6 16 23 6 1 3 2 9 12 7 1 2 4 7 11 -7 11
18 Confianca 13 2 4 7 11 19 6 2 2 2 7 8 7 0 2 5 4 11 -8 10
19 Ponte Preta 13 1 6 6 7 12 6 1 3 2 4 5 7 0 3 4 3 7 -5 9
20 Londrina 13 1 6 6 7 13 7 0 3 4 4 9 6 1 3 2 3 4 -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.