July 16th features a match where CRB hosts Brusque at Estádio Rei Pelé in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie B teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, a perfect day for football. CRB is fresh off their 3-2 win against Operário PR. Emerson Ramon Bezerra Oliveira scored the first goal for CRB in the 6th minute, but Tomas Almino Bastos Silva got the equalizer for Operário PR in the 13th minute , but CRB kept scoring and walked away with the win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches CRB should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 12th placed Brusque is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Novorizontino. Ronaldo struck first for Novorizontino in the 55th minute from the penalty spot, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Brusque couldn’t manage to score, and Novorizontino took the shutout win. Brusque is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Brusque is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Crislan and Wallace Reis each only have 1 goal in their last five. CRB’s most prolific scorer has been Fabinho. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.