On Sep 30th, Vila Nova and Operário PR will play a match in Ponta Grossa in a meeting of these two mismatched Serie B teams. In their last match, Operário PR recorded a 2-2 draw against Bahia. Javier Reina struck first for Operário PR in the 21st minute, then Juninho Brandão added another in the 23rd minute . Operário PR looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while 13th placed Vila Nova is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against CRB. Neto scored the first goal for Vila Nova in the 49th minute on a penalty shot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed CRB couldn’t manage to score, and Vila Nova took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Vila Nova should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Jun 16th, Vila Nova hosted Operário PR at the Estádio Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga in their last match together. Vila Nova and Operário PR battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Vila Nova nor Operário PR could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Vila Nova is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Kaio and Ferreira Donato each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Operário PR’s top weapon lately has been Felipe Gonçalves, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches.