Serie C round promises fierce battle for the G8 | OneFootball

Parity has been the hallmark of Brazil’s Série C, which reaches its eighth round this weekend, with 14 clubs still in contention for a place in the G8 — the top eight teams in the standings at the end of the single round-robin stage advance to the second phase. From leaders Paysandu, with 14 points, to Ferroviária in 14th place, with 9 points, the gap is only 5 points.

Paysandu and Brusque, the runners-up, both have home matches this round and could remain at the top of the table — the Santa Catarina side also has 14 points.

Check out this round’s fixtures:

Saturday (23)

Barra vs. Guarani, at 5 p.m. – Arena Barra;

Maranhão vs. Caxias, at 7:30 p.m. – Castelão;

Maringá vs. Santa Cruz, at 7:30 p.m. – Willie Davids;

Sunday (24)

Inter de Limeira vs. Itabaiana, at 4:30 p.m. – Major Levy Sobrinho;

Brusque vs. Anápolis, at 4:30 p.m. – Arena Simon;

Amazonas vs. Ferroviária, at 4:30 p.m. – Carlos Zamith;

Confiança vs. Figueirense, at 6 p.m. – Batistão;

Volta Redonda vs. Ypiranga, at 7 p.m. – Raulino de Oliveira;

Monday (25)

Ituano vs. Botafogo-PB, at 8 p.m. – Novelli Júnior;

Paysandu vs. Floresta, at 8 p.m. – Curuzu.

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