This is the Serie D season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Rio Branco PR or Esportivo get that important first win?
Rio Branco PR form and stats
Disaster struck Branco last season as they could not defend their status as a Paranaense 1 team. With 4 defeats from eleven games, and only 2 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Rio Branco PR are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W1 D3 L1.
Esportivo form and stats
The last season was not a pleasant experience for Esportivo as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 2 victories from eleven games, relegation was a fact. Esportivo's manager G. Saibt Martins are hoping to lead the team right back to Gaucho 1 at the first attempt.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() J. Tadeu Martins Júnior 3 goals | ![]() P. Silva Botelho 1 goals | ![]() J. dos Santos Pinto 1 goals |
Rio Branco PR missing players
Esportivo missing players
| Rio Branco PR | Esportivo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Rio Branco PR | Last season | Esportivo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 11 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | ||
| 64% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 45% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | ||
| 18% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 9% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 18% | ||
| 9% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | ||
| 27% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 45% | ||
| 45% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 18% | ||
| 64% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 6.9 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.4 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| 22% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aimoré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Cascavel CR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Caxias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Esportivo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Joinville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Juventus SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Marcílio Dias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Rio Branco PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Operário PR | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 23 |
| 2 | Cascavel CR | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Londrina | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Cianorte | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Maringa | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | Azuriz | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Parana | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Coritiba | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | Rio Branco PR | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Toledo Brazil | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 12 | Cascavel CR | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -27 | 4 |
| 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 | Gremio | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Internacional | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 3 | Juventude | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | Caxias | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Ypiranga Erechim | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | EC Sao Jose | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | Aimoré | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Sao Luiz | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 9 | Brasil de Pelotas | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Novo Hamburgo | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Pelotas | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 9 |
| 12 | Esportivo | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 9 |