Balanced ball game between Operário PR and Londrina expected

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Germano Krüger (10632 seats)

This league campaign has been difficult for Operário PR so far, while Londrina have taken lots of points. Will the away team take a new scalp at Estádio Germano Krüger?

Insights:
  • Operário PR have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Serie B

It's no vacation for neither Operário PR nor Londrina 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

The complete Serie B statistics at home this season for Operário PR are 5-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Operário.

Operário PR are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 280 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Sergio). Operário PR are confident in defense, having played 182 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The home fans saw a 0-0 draw versus Londrina last time out and are looking for a win here. It's almost unrealistic, but the exact score 0-0 has repeated itself three league games in a row. Defender Fabiano got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.02/10. Fabiano won 1 of 2 duels.

Before that, Operário PR played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Ituano.

This is expected to be a close game, with Operário PR perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Operário as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Operário PR has won 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.

Betting people who like staking for low-scoring matches might be interested to know that this club have played 5 league fixtures in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).

The Operário PR fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Operário have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Londrina form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.

The Londrina goalkeeper Matheus Nogueira da Silva is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 252 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Operário PR (placed 19th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Saimon, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 6.91. Saimon won 3 of 3 duels.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus CRB.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Londrina in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Londrina, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this side's most recent 12 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of Londrina when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Londrina as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The sides have played each other already this season, with the result Londrina - Operário 2-1 entered in the official records. Head to head data (for the prior ten meetings): Operário PR won five games, three matches ended with a draw and Londrina got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

LondrinaD. Gomes de Souza
D. Gomes de Souza
7 goals
OperárioP. Luiz de Souza
P. Luiz de Souza
5 goals
LondrinaG. dos Santos Francisco
G. dos Santos Francisco
4 goals

Operário PR missing players

Londrina missing players

Operário PR Londrina
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
6 5 0 Won W 3 5 11
10 5 1 Drew D 1 3 9
12 4 3 Lost L 0 6 8
22 14 1 Scored S 6 9 27
34 11 4 Conceded C 1 12 24
75% 71% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 79% 86%
64% 50% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 36% 54%
36% 29% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 32%
11% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 11%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 14% 39%
39% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 75% 43% 36%
50% 43% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 64% 39%
 
4.5 5.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.1 4.5
5.2 4.9 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.3 4.3
2.1 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.8 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
10.6 12.1 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 9.3 11.6
3.4 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 3.7
23% 26% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 24% 26%
 
13.5 10.6 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 10.3 9.8
4.9 3.7 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Operário PR have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) 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 27 17 7 3 37 15 13 12 1 0 23 3 14 5 6 3 14 12 22 58
2 Bahia 28 15 5 8 33 18 15 11 2 2 24 7 13 4 3 6 9 11 15 50
3 Gremio 28 12 11 5 32 17 14 10 2 2 26 8 14 2 9 3 6 9 15 47
4 Vasco da Gama 28 12 9 7 30 22 14 9 5 0 20 4 14 3 4 7 10 18 8 45
5 Londrina 27 11 8 8 27 24 14 6 6 2 18 12 13 5 2 6 9 12 3 41
6 Sport Recife 28 10 10 8 23 21 14 9 4 1 17 4 14 1 6 7 6 17 2 40
7 CRB 28 10 9 9 27 32 15 6 8 1 16 9 13 4 1 8 11 23 -5 39
8 Tombense 28 9 12 7 27 28 14 8 6 0 18 8 14 1 6 7 9 20 -1 39
9 Criciuma 27 9 10 8 28 24 14 7 4 3 17 8 13 2 6 5 11 16 4 37
10 Ituano 28 9 10 9 29 27 13 5 6 2 14 8 15 4 4 7 15 19 2 37
11 Ponte Preta 28 9 9 10 25 25 13 7 4 2 14 4 15 2 5 8 11 21 0 36
12 Sampaio Correa 28 9 8 11 31 32 13 9 3 1 26 9 15 0 5 10 5 23 -1 35
13 Novorizontino 28 8 9 11 28 33 15 6 5 4 18 16 13 2 4 7 10 17 -5 33
14 Chapecoense 28 7 11 10 25 26 14 3 5 6 14 17 14 4 6 4 11 9 -1 32
15 Brusque 28 8 7 13 19 25 14 6 4 4 12 9 14 2 3 9 7 16 -6 31
16 CSA 28 6 13 9 20 27 13 5 6 2 14 10 15 1 7 7 6 17 -7 31
17 Guarani 28 6 11 11 21 30 15 5 6 4 11 12 13 1 5 7 10 18 -9 29
18 Vila Nova 28 4 16 8 19 26 14 2 10 2 8 8 14 2 6 6 11 18 -7 28
19 Operário PR 27 6 9 12 22 34 13 5 4 4 14 11 14 1 5 8 8 23 -12 27
20 Nautico 28 6 6 16 23 40 14 4 4 6 18 17 14 2 2 10 5 23 -17 24

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.