In this week 17 match, on Thursday Jul 7th, Novorizontino will play host to Brusque in a clash of these two evenly matched Serie B teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which is great football weather. 9th placed Novorizontino is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Náutico. Franco Escobar struck first for Náutico in the 2nd minute, then Pedro Vitor added another in the 7th minute on a feed from Thassio Marques Melo da Silva Almeida. Novorizontino is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Brusque, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Operário PR. Wallace Reis scored the first goal for Brusque in the 65th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Operário PR couldn’t manage to score, and Brusque took the shutout win. Brusque is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Brusque is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Crislan and Wallace Reis each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Novorizontino’s top weapon lately has been Santos Silva, who has two goals in the last 5 matches.