Ceara v Londrina — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Serie B · Saturday, 22 August 2026 · 22:00. Our rating makes this 45% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is under. The Serie B average is 40%.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals45%55%Under
Over 3.5 goals23%77%no pick
Both teams to score50%50%No

The result model puts Ceara at 45%, the draw at 27% and Londrina at 28%, from expected goals of 1.43 and 1.06.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Serie B has produced over 2.5 goals in 40% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Ceara have 7 in 22 this season (5 of 12 at home), Londrina 14 in 22 (8 of 12 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 38% and 53%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 44%.

Head to head. These sides have met 2 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 50%. That nudges the number 10% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 45%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 45%, from expected goals of 1.43 for Ceara and 1.06 for Londrina. Folding in 30% of that view gives 45%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Ceara2232%14%50%
Londrina2264%36%55%

Head to head

19 Apr 26Londrina 0–0 CearaU2.5
7 Sept 23Ceara 3–1 LondrinaO2.5
24 May 23Londrina 1–3 CearaO2.5

More: Ceara season stats · Londrina season stats · Serie B table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.