Evenly matched teams: Operário PR vs Vila Nova match preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Fri 30.September
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Germano Krüger (10632 seats)

Operário PR - Vila Nova in Serie B: Statistics, team lineups, matches, the latest developments and reports. Check out our complete guide!

Insights:
  • Operário PR have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vila Nova have the most points from losing position (14) in Serie B

Vila Nova have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Operário PR and Vila Nova should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Operário PR form and stats

6 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Operário PR have to build on here at Estádio Germano Krüger in the Serie B.

The home team returns to Estádio Germano Krüger after drawing with Bahia (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Operário PR in the Bahia match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Confreste (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.24/10. Confreste signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Guarani with the scoreline 0-1.

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 PR as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Operário has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.

It should be noted that a glance at the 12 most recent league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie B game versus Vasco da Gama in only four days. This game is also played here at Estádio Germano Krüger.

Operário PR are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Germano Krüger in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches. 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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Vila Nova form and stats

There's been little loot from Vila Nova's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the Serie B. Vila Nova only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws.

225 minutes! That's how long the Vila goalkeeper Antonio Eduardo Furquim de Freitas Batista and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Vila Nova had fun at their own home (Estádio Germano Krüger) last time out, beating CRB 1-0. Pessoa scored. Goalkeeper Tony got the top player rating of the team with 7.81/10. Tony topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Brusque.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Vila Nova in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Vila Nova, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

A tale of few goals? 21 of this team's last 26 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

After this away game Vila Nova return home for a Serie B game against Criciuma. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Vila when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 15 league matches away. As opposed to that, Vila Nova have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Vila Nova have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) against Operário.

The latest registered scoreline involving both these squads is the Vila Nova - Operário PR 0-0 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

Operário PRP. Luiz de Souza
P. Luiz de Souza
5 goals
Vila NovaA. Rodrigues Rezende
A. Rodrigues Rezende
4 goals
Operário PRJ. Reina Calvo
J. Reina Calvo
3 goals

Operário PR missing players

Vila Nova missing players

Operário PR Vila Nova
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 6 Played P 5 15 31
7 6 3 Won W 3 3 7
10 4 2 Drew D 2 6 16
14 5 1 Lost L 0 6 8
25 15 10 Scored S 7 12 23
38 12 6 Conceded C 4 18 27
81% 80% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 74%
61% 47% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 67% 58%
35% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 33% 23%
13% 13% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 6%
10% 13% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
35% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 53% 45%
35% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 20% 39%
48% 40% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 42%
 
4.9 6.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.7 5.1
5.6 5.1 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 6.4 5.2
2.2 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.3
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.1 13.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 11 12.3
3.5 4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.1
23% 25% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 19% 18%
 
13.9 10.9 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 13.1 11.1
4.9 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4.7 3.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Operário PR have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vila Nova have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vila Nova have the most points from losing position (14) in Serie B
  • Vila Nova have won significantly less corners away then 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 Cruzeiro 32 21 8 3 48 17 16 14 2 0 28 4 16 7 6 3 20 13 31 71
2 Grêmio 31 14 11 6 37 20 16 12 2 2 31 9 15 2 9 4 6 11 17 53
3 Bahia 31 15 7 9 35 21 16 11 3 2 26 9 15 4 4 7 9 12 14 52
4 Vasco da Gama 31 13 9 9 35 28 15 10 5 0 24 5 16 3 4 9 11 23 7 48
5 Sport Recife 32 12 10 10 26 26 16 11 4 1 20 5 16 1 6 9 6 21 0 46
6 Londrina 31 12 9 10 30 29 16 7 6 3 20 15 15 5 3 7 10 14 1 45
7 Ituano 31 11 11 9 35 28 15 7 6 2 19 8 16 4 5 7 16 20 7 44
8 Ponte Preta 32 11 10 11 30 30 16 8 5 3 17 9 16 3 5 8 13 21 0 43
9 Criciuma 31 10 13 8 32 26 16 8 5 3 19 8 15 2 8 5 13 18 6 43
10 Sampaio Corrêa 31 11 9 11 37 35 15 10 4 1 29 11 16 1 5 10 8 24 2 42
11 CRB 31 10 10 11 28 36 16 6 8 2 16 11 15 4 2 9 12 25 -8 40
12 Tombense 31 9 13 9 28 34 15 8 7 0 19 9 16 1 6 9 9 25 -6 40
13 Vila Nova 31 7 16 8 23 27 16 4 10 2 11 9 15 3 6 6 12 18 -4 37
14 Novorizontino 31 9 9 13 31 37 16 7 5 4 20 16 15 2 4 9 11 21 -6 36
15 Chapecoense 31 8 11 12 27 30 15 4 5 6 15 17 16 4 6 6 12 13 -3 35
16 Guarani 31 8 11 12 25 32 16 6 6 4 13 12 15 2 5 8 12 20 -7 35
17 CSA 31 7 14 10 23 29 15 6 7 2 17 11 16 1 7 8 6 18 -6 35
18 Brusque 31 8 7 16 19 29 15 6 4 5 12 10 16 2 3 11 7 19 -10 31
19 Operário PR 31 7 10 14 25 38 15 6 4 5 15 12 16 1 6 9 10 26 -13 31
20 Nautico 32 7 6 19 27 49 16 5 4 7 20 20 16 2 2 12 7 29 -22 27

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.