Vila Nova beat Ceará and go second in Série B | OneFootball

Vila Nova beat Ceará 2-0 at the OBACredits: Roberto Corrêa / Vila Nova

In the 25th round of Série B, Vila Nova beat Ceará 2-0 this Sunday (30) in Goiânia and moved into second place in the competition with 44 points. Meanwhile, the team from Ceará remains in the relegation zone with 28 points, in 17th place.

The Série B leader is Juventude, with 45 points, and they could extend their lead if they beat Londrina this Tuesday (the 1st) in Londrina. Before that, however, the round will have another match: this Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Fortaleza, when Leão do Pici will host Operário-PR.

Fortaleza are in fifth place with 40 points. Londrina, meanwhile, are also part of the bottom four, with 21 points in 18th.

In this round, Criciúma missed the chance to jump into first place after losing 2-1 to CRB this Sunday in Maceió. The team from Santa Catarina stayed on 44 points and is in third place. With the win, CRB climbed to sixth position.

Another team in the G6 is Novorizontino, who beat Sport 2-1 on Friday (28), playing in Novo Horizonte (SP).

The 2026 Série B has a new feature. At the end of the first and second halves of the season, the two teams with the most points will be promoted directly to the 2027 Série A. The teams that finish in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th places will play playoffs to fill the other two promotion spots.

Check out the results from the 25th round:

Goiás 2 x 1 São Bernardo;

Novorizontino 2 x 1 Sport;

Náutico 2 x 1 Athletic;

Botafogo-SP 1 x 2 Cuiabá;

América-MG 2 x 0 Ponte Preta;

Avaí 0 x 1 Atlético-GO;

CRB 2 x 1 Criciúma;

Vila Nova 2 x 0 Ceará.

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