Relegation Battle in Serie B: Can Ferroviaria Halt Their Slide Against Desperate Paysandu?

October 20, 2025 4:06 AM
Soccer Genius
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The last match of the 33rd round of Serie B Brazil pits Ferroviara against Paysandu. Both teams want to avoid relegation at the end of the season.
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The last match of the 33rd round of Serie B Brazil pits Ferroviara against Paysandu. Both teams want to avoid relegation at the end of the season.

Ferroviaria vs Paysandu key stats and trends

  • Ferroviaria has won only 1 of its last 10 matches

  • Ferroviaria has drawn 5 and lost 4 times during this period

  • Ferroviaria has not won in 6 home games

  • Ferroviaria concedes 1.3 goals and scores 1 on average

  • Paysandu has lost 7 of its last 10 games

  • Paysandu concedes 1.2 goals and scores 0.9 on average

Ferroviaria vs Paysandu recent form

Ferroviaria has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the last two years. In 2023, Ferroviária finished as runners-up in Serie D, securing promotion to Serie C. In Serie C 2024, the club finished third in the overall standings, securing another promotion. In 2025, Ferroviaria entered Serie B. The start of the season was satisfactory. But in recent rounds, it has struggled to win. The club from the city of Araraquara, in the state of São Paulo, suffered four consecutive defeats between matchdays 14 and 17. In its last 10 games, for example, the team has won only once, against Botafogo SP 2-0. Currently 16th with 37 points, Ferroviaria is once again threatened by relegation.

Two months ago, Paysandu was performing well. They had overcome a poor start to the season and went 10 games unbeaten between matchdays 12 and 20. But Paysandu quickly fell back into its old ways. Last in Brazil's Serie B with only 26 points, it was in the 29th round that Paysandu won only one of its last 10 games, 4-2 against Criciuma. Last week, the team drew 1-1 with Cuiaba. Over the 10-game period, the team lost seven times. Paysandu is a 50-time champion of the state of Pará. Papão has also won the Brazilian Serie B championship twice, the Copa Norte, and its greatest pride since 2002, the Copa dos Campeões. This latest victory earned it the distinction of being the first northern Brazilian soccer club to participate in the Copa Libertadores in 2003. It finished 13th in Brazil's Serie B in 2024.

Form

  • Ferroviaria: D W L L D

  • Paysandu: L W D L L

Predicted line-ups

  • Ferroviaria probable line-up: Denis, Rodrigues-Medina-Alves-Mario, Netinho-Tarik-Alencar, Daniel-Carlao-Vitor

  • Paysandu probable line-up: Mogueira, Junior-Gabriel-Antonio-Reverson, Ronaldo, Peterson-Melz-Andre-Garcez, Marlon

Previous matches: Ferroviaria vs Paysandu

This is the second head-to-head match.

In the first leg, Paysandu won 2-1.

Expert tip: draw and under 2.5 goals

Odds are 56% and 1.68. Both teams score few goals. This has happened 5 times in Paysandu's last 7 matches.

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Relegation Battle in Serie B
Published: October 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM

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