There is optimism in Criciúma at this point, with the 6th place in the Serie B table and looking forward to facing Ponte Preta (who are in 13th).
- Criciúma have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Serie B
- Ponte Preta have the fewest scored goals (12) in Serie B
Ponte Preta have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Criciúma and Ponte Preta.
Criciúma form and stats
Criciúma have collected 19 points from their Serie B home games so far after 6-1-3.
Criciúma travelled for their previous game, a trip to Tombense that ended 2-2. The Criciúma goalkeeper Gustavo was crucial in the match against Tombense last time out, making seven saves.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Novorizontino (0-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Criciúma handle that role? We have found 21 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 11 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats.
Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have had zero, one or two goals.
Criciúma are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Avai awaits in three days.
Criciúma has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. From these home matches, Criciúma have conceded only 7 goals.
Ponte Preta form and stats
There's been little loot from Ponte Preta's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Serie B. Ponte Preta only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Ponte delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Vitoria (placed 2nd) in their previous match. Drawing 2-2 against Vitoria after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager dos Anjos needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Naldi got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, top player of the team. Naldi scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against CRB wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Ponte Preta are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Lacking goals? 13 of this side's latest 14 league rounds have had two or less goals.
After this away game Ponte Preta return home for a Serie B game against Chapecoense. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Ponte are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {3 goals} from 9 away games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Ponte Preta in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Criciúma have put together a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (1-5-0) when facing Ponte Preta.The latest head-to-head match ended Ponte Preta - Criciúma 1-2, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Sousa de Jesus 5 goals | P. da Silva Rosa 5 goals |  F. de Sena Araujo 4 goals |
Criciúma missing players
Ponte Preta missing players
| Criciúma | Ponte Preta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 23 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 80% |
| 55% | 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 30% | 40% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 22% | 20% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 11% | 25% |
| 40% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 25% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 4.7 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 6.8 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.2 | 7 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.7 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13.2 | 16.6 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 11.3 | 11.9 |
| 4.3 | 6.2 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 26% | 21% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 10% | 16% |
| 15.2 | 11.1 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 20 | 15.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.4 | 4.1 |
- Criciúma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Criciúma have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ponte Preta have scored away.
- Criciúma have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Serie B
- Criciúma have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Criciúma haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Ponte Preta have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ponte Preta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ponte Preta have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Serie B
- Ponte Preta have the fewest scored goals (12) in Serie B
- Ponte Preta have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Serie B
- Ponte Preta have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Serie B
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Novorizontino | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 39 |
| 2 | Vitoria | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | Sport Recife | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Vila Nova | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Guarani | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Criciúma | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Mirassol | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Juventude | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Botafogo SP | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 30 |
| 10 | Ceara | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 28 |
| 12 | CRB | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Ituano | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 | Sampaio Correa | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
| 16 | Tombense | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 17 | Chapecoense | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 18 |
| 18 | Avai | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 17 |
| 19 | Londrina | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 20 | ABC | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 13 |
