Jul 16th features a match where Ituano will play host to Londrina 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 25 degrees, a perfect day for football. Ituano is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Sampaio Corrêa. Gabriel Poveda scored the first goal for Sampaio Corrêa in the 45th minute, then Silva dos Santos added another in the 83rd minute on a feed from Pará In the end, Ituano was frustrated by Sampaio Corrêa’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sampaio Corrêa ended the match with the shutout victory. Ituano looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while londrina is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Sport Recife. de Albuquerque Marques struck first for Sport Recife in the 9th minute, then Bortolotto added another in the 65th minute In the end, Londrina couldn’t muster any offence and Sport Recife ran away with the shutout win. Londrina is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Londrina’s top weapon lately has been João Paulo, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Ituano hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Jorge Roa Jiménez and Neto Berola, and they each have 1 goal.