Coritiba – Avai PREDICTION & TIPS
Coritiba and Avaí meet at the Major Antônio Couto Pereira Stadium in a match for the 32nd round of the Brasileirão Serie A. Coritiba won away by (1-4) the last time they faced each other in this edition of the league on 14-07- 2017. The history of recent direct clashes is favorable to the home team, which has 2 wins and 1 loss in the last 3 games. Although this is a game between 16th and 18th of the overall standings, it is actually a game between the 16th placed in home games and the 12th as a visitor.
The home team is currently in 16th place with 35 points, after 9 wins, 8 draws and 14 defeats. In the penultimate match, he tied for Vasco by (1-1). In the last match, he won out for the Sport by (3-4). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, almost the same points at home and away, having won 19 points in his stadium, with 14 goals scored and 15 goals against 16 points out, where he scored 18 goals and has suffered 26. In the last 10 home games for the league, Coritiba has won 2, 2 and 6 losses, having won 8 points out of 30. In matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 7 of their 15 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In his home matches there is a tendency to few goals, since 8 of his last 15 matches in the competition ended with Less than 1.5 goals. In 31 games in the competition, never managed to turn the score in the 16 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 15 home games in this competition there are 1 highlights: he scored 6 of his 14 goals in minutes (31’-45 ‘).
Coritiba has been campaigning poorly in the Brazilian Championship, but comes from 3 unbeaten games where they have won 2 wins and 1 draw, managed to leave the relegation zone and go looking for 3 more points to try to move away from the last positions. The team is characterized by a low quality attack that has scored only 32 goals and is the fifth worst of the Serie A, while the defense also presents problems, suffered 41 goals and is the sixth most leaked, demonstrating that it is necessary to evolve in the 2 sectors to have a quieter national final stretch. Playing at home, such as this Saturday’s match, Coritiba has the country’s fifth worst campaign with a 42% advantage and it is worth noting that it is the second team that scored the least in the status of principal with only 14 goals in 15 games. For the confrontation against Avaí, coach Marcelo Oliveira will not be able to count on the striker Henrique Almeida, top scorer of the national team, a great loss in the offensive system.
The visiting team is currently in 18th place with 35 points, after 8 wins, 11 draws and 12 defeats. In the penultimate match, he won out for Ponte Preta by (1-2). In the last match, they tied at home to Grêmio by (2-2). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it achieves almost the same points at home and away with 11 goals scored and 17 goals conceded at home, against 11 goals scored and 20 conceded. In the league, Avaí had 17 points out of 30, after 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in their last 10 games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games, but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In his away games for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 12 of the last 15 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 31 games in this competition, he never managed to get back on the board in the 14 games in which he suffered the first goal. There are 1 periods highlighted in the last 15 matches played as a visitor to this competition: he scored 5 of his 12 goals between the minutes (16’-30 ‘).
Avai have won only 1 of the last eight matches played by the Brazilian Championship and need to seek recovery as they are in the relegation zone and are looking for points against a direct opponent in the fight to remain in the first division. The big problem so far has been the enormous inefficiency of his offensive system that has scored only 22 goals in 31 games, being the worst of the national in this respect, while the defense has been behaving in a medium way with 37 goals conceded, being the ninth less leaked of the championship.
Coritiba – Avai FREE TIPS
Coritiba – Win @ 1.71
Both teams to score / YES @ 2.00
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
