Operário PR vs Ituano betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie B match on August 15th, 2024

Operário PR will be playing against Ituano in a Serie B football match scheduled to take place on Thursday, August 15th, 2024, at 00:00h (UTC), in Brazil, check the Operário PR vs Ituano betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Operário PR vs Ituano will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Estádio Germano Krüger stadium, in the city of Ponta Grossa, with a capacity for 10632 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Operário PR vs Ituano betting tip 2024

Despite the season change, the Serie B has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.17 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.09 goals per game of the last championship.

Operário PR last match

In the last match they played, Operário PR collected a defeat. The opposing team was Avaí, and the match - which ended with the result of 1-0 - was valid for Serie B. Coach R. Silva Guanaes' disposed his team in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 2.10.

The defense certainly did not have an easy time in this match. The worst in the department is perhaps Thales, who was missing in the most important moments of the match. One of the worst on the field.

Ituano last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Serie B, Ituano, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Chapecoense team with a final score of 2-1.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 2.75, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Operário PR vs Ituano h2h

The last time these teams played against each other was in Serie B, where Ituano was at 18th place while Operário PR occupied 7th place. Ituano went in with a 3-5-2 formation while Operário PR opened their game with a 5-4-1 tactic.

The last time these teams met was for a Serie B match, on 26-04-2024, referring to the 2024 season, which ended with a 0-2 win for Operário PR.

The Operário PR team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 2 wins, compared to the Ituano team, which won only 1 game.

Operário PR

Serie B leaderboard now

Considering the home team Operário PR, standing in 8th place with 29 points in the Serie B competition in Brazil. Their performance statistics have been such as 8 wins, 6 losses and, 5 draws.

Saddled with the same points against Ceará in position 7, in the 21st round.

Operário PR will try to take advantage of the home factor to get a win despite being ranked in the middle of the league table in the Brazil Serie B and having no high ambitions or relegation concerns.

Operário PR analysis

Operário PR after 20 rounds shows a very good goal quotient: in fact, it has scored 13 goals and conceded only 11 to opponents.

The Operário PR team comes from a defeat in the Serie B, and its coach Rafael Silva Guanaes wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Recent results have shown that Operário PR is struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they have failed to score. This may indicate that they need to work on creating better chances and improving their attacking efficiency.

The average number of shots towards goal for Operário PR is not among the best, with only 4.11 a match. This is a good indicator that the team does not have a very good scoring average, and does not engage the opposing goalkeepers too much.

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they had ball possession above 50%. Thus, the Operário PR team usually tries for an average ball possession of 54.53% to control the game.

Playing in their home base prove wise for this team, as their record of 5 wins, 1 loss, and 3 draws shows. Playing as the visiting team, meanwhile has given them 3 games won.

Best goalscorer from Operário PR

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Maxwell. The Attacker scored 4 goals in the current season, helping Operário PR to achieve victory in several disputes.

Ituano

Serie B leaderboard now

With 16 points won, Ituano is in 19th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 4 wins against 12 losses, plus 4 draws.

Which means that in the 21st round, the team has, over Guarani team who is in the position 20, 2 points in advantage.

Ituano analysis

We have reached matchday 20 in Serie B and at the moment Ituano has made 21 goals and conceded 37.

It seems that Ituano is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This implies that their attacking play needs improvement, with a focus on creating better chances and converting them into goals.

Best goalscorer from Ituano

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Vinícius dos Santos de Oliveira Paiva. The Attacker has scored 5 times in this competition and helped Ituano avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Operário PR is Maxwell, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Ituano is Vinícius dos Santos de Oliveira Paiva, he has scored in 5 opportunities.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Taking into consideration that Ituano scores an average of 0.89 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.65.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Good betting results could be obtained if one notes that there is an average of 4.86 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 5.4 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Ituano side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 7 time this season, very different from Operário PR who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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