Avaí vs Athletic Club — match summary
Brazil · Serie B · kick-off 19 Oct 2026 02:00
Full time · score 0-0
pPS pre-match readiness (0-100): Avaí 51 · Athletic Club 26
mPS in-play performance (0-100): Avaí 53 · Athletic Club 38
Shots on target 5-1 · corners 9-3 · possession 56-44
NextGOAL tip: Over 2 · 3 stars
Avaí and Athletic Club have met three times over the past year or so, and the results have swung both ways. Athletic Club once thrashed them 4-0 at home in July last year, but Avaí hit back with a 2-1 win at home in November, before Athletic Club edged a 1-0 win in the most recent meeting in June. This time both come in with not much separating them in the points. Avaí sit 17th and need points to pull away from the lower zone, while Athletic Club are 13th and still have a chance to move up. Avaí have just won two in a row, 2-1 and 1-0, after losing three straight before that. Their attack is starting to come back, but they have scored 33 goals from 33 matches all season, while Athletic Club have not won in 5 straight, though they drew 3 of those, and they have scored 2 goals in their last two games. Neither side's defence is particularly tight: Avaí have conceded 43, Athletic Club 39, from the same number of matches. This game is likely to be more of an open exchange in midfield than a waiting, defensive setup, because both teams need points and neither defence is solid enough to shut the door. If either side gets the first goal, the game will open up even more and is likely to finish with a scoreline of more than one goal without much trouble.