Avai take on the visitors Goias at “Ressacada” in the gameweek 14 of the Brazilian Serie B. The match will be played in Florianopolis on Thursday, July 5th.
The only Avai’s failure at the start of the season was their 0:1 defeat from Criciuma. In the previous away battle against Oeste the side recorded the second loss in this season with the same 0:1 scoreline. Nevertheless, “Leao da Ilha” has managed to produce decent results in the complicated series against the direct rivals and stays on the second place in the Serie B standings, having the same 22 points earned with CSA and Vila Nova FC. Thus, it is rather important for “Azulao” to save its current position. It is also worth mentioning that at the moment Avai occupy the second place in the table by their effectiveness in attack and the third one by the goals conceded.
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As for Goias, having left the relegation zone, the club keeps on moving up within the Serie B table, having showed the best competitive form in the second division in the six-match run. During that streak “Verdao” picked up 10 out of overall 15 points gained. However, the team paid extremely high price for 2:1 victory over CRB in the most recent tackle of the Serie B as Helios dos Anjos will not be able to engage four main players: two defensive centre-halves and two forwards. Concerning Goias’ performance on the road, in last three clashes the side collected 1:2 defeat from Ponte Preta together with two triumphs over Londrina and Atletico GO with the same 3:1 scoreline.
In April Goias knocked out Avai from the Copa do Brasil by the aggregated outcome of two encounters played: 2:2 and 2:0. Unfortunately, “Esmeraldino” cannot count for the heroes of those battles while the hosts’ have strengthened their squad, picked up the pace and now they are full of desire to take revenge for that failure.
Prediction for the match: Avai to win.
