The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Cascavel are in the 4th position while the guesting Nacional PR worry at 7th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cascavel form and stats
Cascavel have collected 8 points from their Serie D home games so far after 2-2-0. The Cascavel fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estádio Olímpico Regional Arnaldo Busatto and will expect new points from this game. Cascavel has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.
The fans are hoping that Cascavel will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Serie D game against Portuguesa RJ (placed 5th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Portuguesa RJ in a game that was won 2-0.
Goals decide football matches and Cascavel are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. On the other hand, Cascavel have conceded 4 goals.
Nacional PR form and stats
Things could have gone better for Nacional PR in their Serie D away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on R. Andrade, the Nacional PR manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Nacional PR's last game was the home draw against Mirassol (1-1). Prior to that match, the Nacional manager R. Andrade faced defeat when travelling to Prudentopolis and losing 2-3.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only two days as another away game awaits: The Paranaense 2 trip to Azuriz.
The visiting Nacional have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. The Nacional PR defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Nacional PR - Cascavel 0-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Cascavel victories, three draws and two Nacional PR wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Silva Ribeiro 3 goals | W. da Silva Gomes dos Santos 1 goals | H. Campos Santos 1 goals |
Cascavel missing players
Nacional PR missing players
| Cascavel | Nacional PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 11 | 13 | 25 |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 67% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 63 | 34 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 23 | 15 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 52% | 53% | 150% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 33% |
- All of Nacional PR's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Cascavel has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie D
- Cascavel have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nacional PR has the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Serie D
- Nacional PR has the most matches over the total-line (6) in Serie D
- Nacional PR have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nacional PR have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Nacional PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ferroviária | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 17 |
| 2 | Cabofriense | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Mirassol | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Cascavel | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Portuguesa RJ | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Bangu | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Nacional PR | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 4 |
| 8 | Toledo Brazil | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -19 | 1 |