Serie B: First-class vs second-rate, at least according to the table. Vila Nova - Avaí. Home win or a surprise?
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie B
- Avaí have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Avaí have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Vila Nova form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga as Vila Nova have scored 10 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Serie B are 6-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Vila Nova against Juventude the last match, as Henrique were on target. At last, a league victory after five fixtures without one. Midfield player Henrique got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Henrique scored one goal.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Sport Recife (0-1).The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Vila's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 2 matches, drawn 2 and lost 1.
It should be taken into account that a glance at the 18 latest league matches shows that 15 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
As for guarding their own goal, Vila Nova have only let in {3 goals} at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Avaí form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Avaí so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Criciúma in their previous game. Goalkeeper Bohn got the top player rating of the team with 7.9/10. Bohn topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 2-2 draw at Mirassol's stadium before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Avaí when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.
Low-scoring game? 8 of this team's latest 10 league rounds have seen two goals or less.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Avaí as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Avaí in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these parties meet this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Avaí - Vila Nova 0-3. Last ten meetings with these squads: Vila Nova won four, Avaí were winners in five and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Parede Pinheiro 6 goals | C. da Silva Dantas 5 goals | A. Cordeiro Pessôa Neto 3 goals |
Vila Nova missing players
Avaí missing players
| Vila Nova | Avaí | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 25 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 14 | 28 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 45% | 30% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 50% | 57% |
| 27% | 20% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 14% |
| 23% | 20% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 38% |
| 55% | 70% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 38% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 38% |
| 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 17.4 | 20.1 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.9 | 12.4 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 22% | 21% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 26% | 22% |
| 11.7 | 9.3 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 14.6 | 13.5 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
- Avaí have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Avaí have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vila Nova have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Serie B
- Vila Nova have the most clean sheets (12) in Serie B
- Vila Nova 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 | Sport Recife | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 44 |
| 2 | Vitoria | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 41 |
| 3 | Novorizontino | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 39 |
| 4 | Vila Nova | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 38 |
| 5 | Criciúma | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Guarani | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 7 | Juventude | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | Mirassol | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 36 |
| 9 | Ceara | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 33 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 32 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -3 | 31 |
| 12 | CRB | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 28 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Ituano | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 15 | Sampaio Corrêa | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 23 |
| 16 | Avaí | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 21 |
| 17 | Tombense | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Londrina | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -12 | 19 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 20 | ABC | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 13 |
