With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Serie B game of the season. Paraná look forward to welcoming Avaí in front of their home support.
It's no vacation for neither Paraná nor Avaí 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.
Paraná form and stats
Paraná shared the glory with Confiança in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. A Paranaense 1 defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Coritiba.
Opportunity lost for Paraná in the Confiança match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Paraná's goalie Alisson played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Confiança with a stunning seven saves.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Paraná, as the Serie B home game vs Juventude is only three days away.
Last season, Paraná's league statistics were 14 wins, 14 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Serie B. Over these 38 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 33. Playing at home last season Paraná managed 7-10-2 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 9 conceded.
Avaí form and stats
Avaí go into this game after a win, the home game against Nautico that ended 3-1. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Chapecoense.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie B trip to Confiança.
Let's have a look at how Avaí performed last season in the Catarinense 1: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 12 and conceded 6 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 0 with 5/1 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Paraná won one, Avaí won five and four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Moreira Rosa Junior 3 goals |  R. de Andrade Felicissimo 2 goals |   R. Bardini Bressan 1 goals |
Paraná missing players
Avaí missing players
| Paraná | Avaí | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Paraná | Last season | Avaí | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 7 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | ||
| 85% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 91% | ||
| 46% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 73% | ||
| 23% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 31% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 45% | ||
| 38% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 27% | ||
| 46% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 70 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 88 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 38 | ||
| 41% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Avaí | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Operario PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Cruzeiro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Juventude | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | America Mineiro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | CSA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Vitoria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Confiança | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Paraná | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Brasil de Pelotas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Cuiaba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Botafogo SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | CRB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Guarani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Ponte Preta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Sampaio Corrêa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Figueirense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Nautico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Avaí | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Brusque | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Figueirense | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Marcilio Dias | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Criciuma | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Juventus SC | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | Chapecoense | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Joinville | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 10 |
| 9 | Concordia | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Atletico Tubarao | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 6 |