San-Bernardo and Londrina met in the 27th round of Brazil's Serie B at the Estadio Preirow di Maiu on Thursday night. The visitors claimed a 1-0 victory, though the match produced three goals according to the record. The result leaves San-Bernardo in 14th place with 35 points, while Londrina remain 18th on 22.
Caio César Rodrigues Souza opened the scoring for Londrina in the tenth minute, catching the home side off guard. San-Bernardo responded through Foguinho in the 43rd minute, but the momentum shifted when Tárik Michel Kedes Boschetti found the net for the visitors in the 74th minute. By then, the game had taken a turn neither side expected.
San-Bernardo dominated possession at 59 per cent but struggled to convert. They registered nine shots off target against just one on target, a shooting accuracy of eight per cent. Londrina, by contrast, hit the target seven times from six off-target efforts, with a 39 per cent accuracy rate. The home side created only one big chance; the visitors produced three.
The statistics tell a familiar story — many passes, few clear-cut opportunities. San-Bernardo completed 304 of 397 passes and sent 107 balls into the final third. Londrina managed 171 of 270 passes and delivered 55 into the opposition's half. Expected goals reflected the difference: 0.9 for the hosts, 2.16 for the visitors.
Both sides made heavy use of substitutions in the second half. Pedro Gabriel Pereira Lopes and Pedro Vitor Ferreira da Silva came on together for San-Bernardo in the 60th minute. Londrina brought on Felipe Garcia and Foguinho in the 75th minute, then shuffled again with two more changes in the 77th. San-Bernardo also introduced Heron and Guilherme Maciel Dantas in the 82nd minute.
Discipline was tight throughout. Igor Ruan Sousa dos Santos and Caio César Rodrigues Souza picked up yellow cards for the hosts, while Léo Jabá was cautioned for Londrina. Neither team received a red card. San-Bernardo completed 34 clearances against 26 for the visitors, highlighting the defensive pressure they faced.
The result ends a run of mixed form for both sides. San-Bernardo had beaten Ponte Preta 2-0 on September 6th but lost to Goiás 2-1 three days later. Londrina's recent results include a 1-2 defeat to Operário-PR and a goalless draw with Juventude. The gap between them in the table remains 13 points, a margin that could yet close or widen depending on what comes next.