Avai take on the visitors Guarani at “Ressacada” in the matchday 12 of the Brazilian Serie B. The game will be played in Florianopolis on Tuesday, June 20th.
Last season Avai performed in the Serie A, desperately fighting for a place in the elite division till the very last round. In order to stay with the elite division, “Leao da Ilha” had to beat Santos in the closing tackle of the season, but it reached only a draw. As a result, the club earned the equal number of points with Coritiba and Vitoria, bud had been left behind by the tiebreaker and relegated from the Serie A. Nevertheless, the side look rather confident at the start of the season in the lower division, having got six triumphs and just two defeats in 11 clashes conducted. Despite the fact that “Leao da Ilha” didn’t manage to succeed in all encounters played at its own turf, having won only two out of five home battles, still, the club currently settles on the second place in the Serie B table, sitting behind just the leading Fortaleza. However, the team’s handicap over the chasers is miserable, therefore, the upcoming hosts must win the Wednesday match in order to strengthen their positions.
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Meanwhile, Guarani were long-time returnees of the Serie B in previous season as the side appeared in the Brazilian second division in 2012 for the last time. Nevertheless, it didn’t hamper “Bugre” to take the lead in the table for quite a while at the start of the season. However, the team had slowed down by the mid of the tournament which resulted in the relegation battle and its rescue in the last rounds only because of a tie-breaker. The key factor of Guarani’s failures was their performance on the road as “Bugre” had lost 12 out of 19 away clashes while only two out of the club’s overall 11 victories had been earned at away grounds in the previous season. The team also concentrates mainly on the home encounters in this season: Guarani broke Sampaio Correa, Criciuma and CRB in front of their fans while failed three out of five clashes conducted on the road with two other tackles ended in a draw against Goias and a victory over CSA. Thus, it is not surprising that “Bugre” belongs to the teams which produce the weakest performance at away grounds in this season’s Serie B.
Avai have advantage in their head-to-heads against Guarani, having earned four triumphs and three defeats in the most recent battles with three of those victories happened at the home field. “Leao da Ilha” comes up to the upcoming fight with two-game winning run unlike “Bugre” which collected only two home draws. Taking into account the mentioned above as well as hosts’ better competitive form, there are no arguments left in favour of the visitors’ ability to reach a favourable result in Florianopolis.
Prediction for the match: Avai to win.
