In a mid week match on Monday Jul 25th, in week 20, Operário PR hosts Tombense in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie B teams. Operário PR is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Novorizontino. Ronaldo struck first for Novorizontino in the 1st minute on a feed from Gustavo Bochecha, then Ronaldo added another in the 17th minute on a penalty shot. Operário PR looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Tombense recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Criciúma. Ciel scored the first goal for Tombense in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Criciúma was frustrated by Tombense’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Tombense ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Tombense should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sun Apr 10th, Tombense hosted Operário PR at the Estádio Antônio Guimarães De Almeida in their last match together. Tombense and Operário PR battled to a 1-1 draw. Ciel struck first for Tombense in the 58th minute from the penalty spot, then Felipe Saraiva got the equalizer for Operário PR in the 87th minute on a feed from Rafael Chorão earning Operário PR at least a draw.
Tombense’s most prolific scorer has been Zé Ricardo. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Operário PR hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Juninho Brandão and Willian Estefani Machado, and they each have 1 goal.