ATLETICO PR v PARANA
Sunday 23rd September 2018 – Kickoff: 1600hrs
Football – Brazil – Serie A Betting Tips
Atletico PR take on bottom club Parana as our betting tips switch to the Brazilian Serie A with the hosts desperate for a result here to keep their hopes of a Copa Sudamericana spot alive.
The hosts actually come into this match having registered a very handy 2-0 win away at Venezuelan side, Caracas, this season’s Copa Sudamericana and this followed a 3-1 home win over Fluminense in Serie A last time out.
Atletico PR had previously been on the end of three defeats on the trot in the Brazilian top flight with losses to Palmeiras, Atletico Mineiro and Chapecoense, but it should be remembered that all three losses were away from home.
Meanwhile, their home record at the Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães stands at a pretty good 8-1-3 26/11 where they’ve won their last six matches on the trot – scoring a total of 15 goals and conceding just 2 in reply during this recent impressive sequence.
Local rivals, Parana, occupy bottom place in Serie A and with a massive 12-point margin separating them from fifth from bottom club, Chapecoense ahead of this Sunday afternoon’s action, the visitors appear virtually dead and buried and resigned to Serie B football next season.
Parana have lost 8 of their last 11 matches overall in the Brazilian top flight with the other three matches being only draws. Their last win came in a 1-0 home win over America Mineiro at their Estádio Durival de Britto e Silva where they’ve recorded all 3 of their wins in Serie A to date.
An appalling away record of 0-1-11 2/19 tells its own story as does their lack of any wins at all from their last 25 away matches at this level. In addition, Parana have failed to score in 10 of their 12 matches on their travels so far this season, and must surely possess one of (if not the worst) away records in top flight football across the world.
My betting tips therefore suggest this should be a fairly straightforward win for Atletico PR.
Pick: Atletico PR to win @ 1.65 Marathonbet
