Serie B game preview and facts: Vila Nova against Náutico

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Governo do Estado de Goiás

A swift glance at the Serie B table hint of an edge to Náutico when they visit Vila Nova. However; let's play before we elect a winner!

Insights:
  • Vila Nova have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Serie B
  • Náutico have scored at least twice as many goals away as Vila Nova have scored home.

Vila Nova and Náutico 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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Vila Nova form and stats

2 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Vila Nova have to build on here at Estádio do Governo do Estado de Goiás in the Serie B.

Vila shared the glory with CSA in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Rafael Donato, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Donato won 6 of 7 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Avai in a game that was won 1-0.

The lack of attacking qualities in Vila means that they have only scored 3 goals in 11 league home games, less than half a goal per match. As for guarding their own goal, Vila Nova have only let in 5 goals at home.

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Náutico form and stats

4-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Náutico in their Serie B matches away.

Náutico's last game was the home draw against Guarani (1-1). Djavan got a match rating of 7.05 in that game, top player of the team. Djavan had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Vitória.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Náutico in these games.

Head 2 Head

Náutico - Vila 2-0 was the result in these sides' latest head to head match, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these squads: Vila won one, Náutico were winners in eight and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NáuticoJ. Vicente
J. Vicente
8 goals
NáuticoV. Santos Silva
V. Santos Silva
5 goals
NáuticoG. Paiva Ayala
G. Paiva Ayala
4 goals

Vila Nova missing players

Náutico missing players

Vila Nova Náutico
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 2 10 22
5 2 0 Won W 1 4 9
8 6 2 Drew D 1 3 8
9 3 2 Lost L 0 3 5
15 3 1 Scored S 1 9 27
19 5 4 Conceded C 0 10 22
77% 55% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 90% 95%
41% 18% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 73%
18% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 27%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 23%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
32% 9% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 50%
36% 64% 25% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 32%
55% 73% 75% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 23%
 
4.3 5.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 7.2
4.2 2.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.4 4
2.1 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.3
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
11.1 12.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 12.2 13.9
3.6 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.9 5.1
19% 7% 6% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 18% 24%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Náutico have scored at least twice as many goals away as Vila Nova have scored home.
  • Náutico have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vila Nova have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Serie B
  • Vila Nova have the most matches under the total-line (14) 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 Coritiba 22 12 6 4 28 18 10 5 4 1 14 7 12 7 2 3 14 11 10 42
2 CRB 22 11 7 4 32 24 10 5 5 0 16 9 12 6 2 4 16 15 8 40
3 Botafogo 22 11 5 6 30 22 10 8 1 1 19 7 12 3 4 5 11 15 8 38
4 Goias 21 10 8 3 24 13 10 6 3 1 13 5 11 4 5 2 11 8 11 38
5 Náutico 22 9 8 5 27 22 12 5 5 2 18 12 10 4 3 3 9 10 5 35
6 Sampaio Corrêa 22 9 7 6 28 20 10 6 1 3 15 9 12 3 6 3 13 11 8 34
7 Guarani 22 9 7 6 33 27 11 5 3 3 15 12 11 4 4 3 18 15 6 34
8 Avai 22 9 7 6 22 16 11 5 3 3 12 9 11 4 4 3 10 7 6 34
9 Vasco da Gama 22 9 5 8 26 24 12 7 2 3 17 10 10 2 3 5 9 14 2 32
10 Operário PR 22 9 5 8 18 24 12 6 2 4 13 13 10 3 3 4 5 11 -6 32
11 CSA 22 8 5 9 21 20 12 4 5 3 12 9 10 4 0 6 9 11 1 29
12 Remo 22 7 6 9 18 23 12 5 2 5 8 9 10 2 4 4 10 14 -5 27
13 Brusque 22 7 6 9 21 28 11 4 4 3 11 8 11 3 2 6 10 20 -7 27
14 Ponte Preta 22 6 7 9 22 25 11 6 3 2 18 11 11 0 4 7 4 14 -3 25
15 Cruzeiro 21 5 10 6 25 29 10 2 6 2 15 17 11 3 4 4 10 12 -4 25
16 Vila Nova 22 5 8 9 15 19 11 2 6 3 3 5 11 3 2 6 12 14 -4 23
17 Vitória 22 4 11 7 17 19 11 3 5 3 10 9 11 1 6 4 7 10 -2 23
18 Londrina 22 4 9 9 16 23 12 2 4 6 8 14 10 2 5 3 8 9 -7 21
19 Brasil de Pelotas 22 2 9 11 13 24 10 2 4 4 7 10 12 0 5 7 6 14 -11 15
20 Confianca 22 3 4 15 20 36 11 2 2 7 10 17 11 1 2 8 10 19 -16 13

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.