Serie B duel: Close contest expected between Tombense and Guarani

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 21:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Soares de Azevedo (13971 seats)

Pre-match info: 10 points are the diference between the contenders before this game, Guarani on top. Can Tombense upset the odds?

Insights:
  • Tombense is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Guarani have scored more than double the goals of Tombense.

Guarani could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie B game only four sleeps ago.

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Tombense form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Tombense have to build on here at Estádio Soares de Azevedo in the Serie B. It's trouble wherever Tombense are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Sandro was the last player to score a league goal for Tombense and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Tombense haven't scored in 290 minutes.

The followers are hoping that Tombense will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against ABC (placed 20th). Midfielder Silva was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Silva hit one key pass and had 43 successful passes (of 46 total).

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

Early season league goal statistics from Tombense's 4 home games: {4 goals}, 4 conceded.

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Guarani form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Guarani playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

There were no winners in Guarani's previous match, the home game that ended 3-3 vs Chapecoense (placed 15th). It looked so good for Guarani vs Chapecoense, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 3-1 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. Tony had red hot gloves after the game against Chapecoense, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. José got a match rating of 8.85 in that game, top player of the team. José signed up for two assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Ponte Preta that ended 1-1.

It's early days yet, but Guarani has scored 4 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (4 games).

Head 2 Head

Guarani have not lost in the last 6 fixtures (4-2-0) against Tombense.

Top Goalscorers

GuaraniB. Pereira Mendes
B. Pereira Mendes
4 goals
GuaraniD. Freitas Ribeiro
D. Freitas Ribeiro
3 goals
TombenseA. de Oliveira
A. de Oliveira
2 goals

Tombense missing players

Guarani missing players

Tombense Guarani
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 4 8
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 4
1 1 1 Drew D 1 1 2
6 2 0 Lost L 0 2 2
6 4 1 Scored S 1 4 14
12 4 1 Conceded C 1 4 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
25% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 38%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 25% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 25% 38%
12% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 38%
62% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
8.4 8.8 10 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.2 5
3.6 3.2 7 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.5 5.6
2.6 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17.5 19 18 Shots (avg) S ( 15 11.8 11.4
5.5 6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 4.2 4.5
14% 17% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 24% 39%
 
11.4 10.2 13 Shots against (avg) S A 12 17.2 17.8
4.8 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.8 5.2
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Guarani have scored more than double the goals of Tombense.
  • Guarani have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Guarani haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tombense have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Tombense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Tombense is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vitoria 9 6 1 2 17 6 4 3 0 1 8 3 5 3 1 1 9 3 11 19
2 Vila Nova 8 5 2 1 11 3 4 3 1 0 4 1 4 2 1 1 7 2 8 17
3 Criciúma 8 5 2 1 10 5 5 4 0 1 7 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 5 17
4 Atletico GO 9 4 4 1 14 13 5 3 2 0 7 4 4 1 2 1 7 9 1 16
5 Botafogo SP 9 5 1 3 9 11 4 3 0 1 4 3 5 2 1 2 5 8 -2 16
6 Guarani 8 4 2 2 14 8 4 3 1 0 10 4 4 1 1 2 4 4 6 14
7 Novorizontino 8 4 2 2 9 4 4 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 14
8 Mirassol 8 4 1 3 8 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 2 0 2 4 3 2 13
9 Ceará 8 4 1 3 9 10 3 1 0 2 2 5 5 3 1 1 7 5 -1 13
10 Juventude 9 4 0 5 10 8 4 2 0 2 5 3 5 2 0 3 5 5 2 12
11 Sport Recife 6 3 2 1 9 4 3 3 0 0 8 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 5 11
12 Ituano 9 3 1 5 10 11 5 3 1 1 9 4 4 0 0 4 1 7 -1 10
13 Londrina 9 3 1 5 10 14 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 1 0 4 4 10 -4 10
14 Ponte Preta 9 2 4 3 6 10 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 0 2 2 1 7 -4 10
15 Chapecoense 8 2 3 3 13 11 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 1 1 2 8 7 2 9
16 Sampaio Correa 8 2 3 3 7 10 5 2 2 1 7 7 3 0 1 2 0 3 -3 9
17 Avai 9 2 2 5 5 15 4 1 1 2 3 8 5 1 1 3 2 7 -10 8
18 CRB 8 1 2 5 4 11 4 0 2 2 2 6 4 1 0 3 2 5 -7 5
19 Tombense 8 1 1 6 6 12 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 0 0 4 2 8 -6 4
20 ABC 8 1 1 6 4 13 4 1 0 3 3 7 4 0 1 3 1 6 -9 4

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.