CURITIBA. Coritiba defeats Operário PR 3-1. Coritiba was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with L. Castan (48′), Waguininho (53′) and L. Gamalho (57′). Operário PR reduced the distance with a goal (64′) by Goncalves Felipe, but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira stadium in Curitiba on Wednesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Dib Moraes de Sousa who was helped by Rogerio De Oliveira Braga and Marcio Iglesias Araujo Silva. The 4th official was Elvio Kertelt Legnani. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.2 degrees Celsius or 64.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Operário PR had a strong ball possession 55% while Coritiba was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Coritiba was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Coritiba won the match​.

Coritiba shot 21 times, 6 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Operário PR shot 13 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Coritiba received 2 yellow cards (Waguininho and N. Moreira Milouski). On the opposite side, Operário PR received 3 yellow cards (R. Pimpao, L. Vilela and Goncalves Felipe).

Standings

After this match, Coritiba will have 61 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Operário PR will stay with 41 points like Remo to stay in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie B, Coritiba will play away against Náutico on the 6th of November with a 8-3 head to head in favor of Coritiba (4 draws).

Operário PR will host Goiás on the 6th of November with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Goiás (0 draws).

Coritiba – Formation

Coritiba adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Gustavo Eliseo Morínigo Vázquez decided to play with the following team: Wilson (7.3), Natanael (5.9), Henrique (7.1), Luciano Castan (7.2), Guilherme Biro (7.0), Matheus Sales (7.0), Willian Farias (7.3), Rafinha (7.1), Waguininho (8.4), Igor Paixão (7.8) and Léo Gamalho (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Alex Muralha, Robinho, Romário, Jhony Douglas, Marcio Silva, William, Guilherme Azevedo, Gustavo Bochecha (6.6), Matheus Alexandre, Robinho, Marcão and Wellington Carvalho.

Substitutions

Coritiba made 5 changes: Rafinha for Robinho (65′), M. Sales for Gustavo Costa (65′), Waguininho for Gui Azevedo (85′), N. Moreira Milouski for Matheus Alexandre (85′) and I. Paixao for Robinho Moreira (89′).

Best player: Léo Gamalho​

The most impressive player for Coritiba was Léo Gamalho.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 21 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He hit the woodwork once times.

Operário PR – Formation

Also Operário PR adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Talking about the opposition, Ricardo Catalá Salgado Junior played with: Thiago Braga (6.6), Lucas Mendes (5.8), Fábio Alemão (6.2), Renie (6.8), Odivan (6.2), Leandro Vilela (6.6), Marcelo (7.0), Felipe Garcia (6.9), Rafael Longuine (6.8), Thomaz (7.0) and Paulo Sérgio (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: Rafael Chorão (6.8), Alemão, Gustavo Coutinho, Alan, Simão, Rodrigo Pimpão (6.1), Marcelo, Vinicius Guedes (7.0), Gustavo Lopes, Schumacher and Giovani.

Substitutions

Operário PR made 5 changes: R. Longuine for R. Pimpao (46′), Odivan for Guedes (71′), L. Vilela for R. Chorao (77′), Goncalves Felipe for Alanzinho (78′) and P. Sergio for G. Coutinho (90′).

Best player: Thomaz​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Operário PR was Thomaz.

His rating is (7.0) with 22 passes (68% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie B.​

• Goiás – Ponte Preta – 2-2
• Coritiba – Operário PR – 3-1
• Botafogo – Confiança – 1-0