Brasil de Pelotas vs Londrina Match Preview

This is the opening match for Serie B of Brazil and Brasil de Pelotas will host the rivals of Londrina. Brasil de Pelotas in the pre-season took part in the Campeonato Gaucho where they finished 9th out of 12 teams with 12 points. In general, they got three wins three draws and five losses over 11 matches played and clearly failed to qualify for the playoffs. However, it is to take into consideration that in this group there are teams like Gremio, Internacional and Juventude. So the struggle for that final qualifying spot is always a tough one.

In the last season, Brasil de Pelotas was playing in Serie B and they finished 12th with quite a comfortable distance from the relegation zone and actually never taking any risks. Not just that but from 19 matches played at home in last season's Serie B they lost just three.

Londrina, on the other hand, in the preseason played in the Campeonato Paranaense where they finished 5th with 16 points. Here the level of the teams was quite lower as we saw rank first a team like Operario and the format is different too, as eight out of 12 teams qualify for the playoffs. While it is true they lost just a game out of 11 played, they won only three.

They are one of the newly promoted teams to Serie B as last year they were playing in Serie C. In the first stage, they finished third in a group with 10 teams and managed to qualify only in the final week. Then in the second stage in a group with 4 teams and once again they did so in the final week, thanks to an own goal scored by their rivals in the 88th minute.

In conclusion, I think Brasil de Pelotas can win this match or get at least a draw. I understand that the recent form of Londrina is better but they faced weaker rivals. At home, Brasil de Pelotas won four games while Londrina just one and the other one ended in a draw.