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Competition: Brazil Catarinense 1
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Heriberto Hülse (19300 seats)

Criciúma and Figueirense have both delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golfing expression. The teams both reside in mid-table places in the Catarinense 1.

Insights:
  • Criciúma have yet to win a game at home.
  • Figueirense have yet to win a game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Criciúma form and stats

Criciúma have played three Catarinense 1 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

A strong away win for Criciúma against Camboriu the last match, as da Silva were on target. Sweet to taste a league win after five matches without. da Silva was absolutely essential when Criciúma beat Camboriu 3-0, scoring three goals.

In the match before that, Criciúma hosted Joinville and drew the game 1-1.

The lack of attacking qualities in Criciúma means that they have only scored {1 goals} in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. From these home matches, Criciúma have conceded only 2 goals.

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Figueirense form and stats

The Catarinense 1 season is young and Figueirense have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far. Figueirense has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Figueirense had fun at their own home (Estádio Heriberto Hülse) last time out, beating Barra do Garcas 4-0. Schuelter, Bernabé, Ambrosio and Campos scored. As mentioned above, Figueirense was the only team on the pitch versus Barra do Garcas in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Camboriu wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Figueirense struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these sides: Criciúma won two, Figueirense were winners in three and we saw five draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

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Criciúma Figueirense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 2 Played P 1 3 8
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 3
5 2 2 Drew D 1 1 2
1 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
7 1 1 Scored S 0 0 8
4 2 1 Conceded C 0 5 8
75% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 88%
50% 33% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 50%
12% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
50% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 38%
38% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 50%
 
7.5 12.3 11 Corners for (avg) C F 1 6 7.9
4.5 2.3 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.5 4.9
2.8 3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.1 14 13 Shots (avg) S ( 3 6.5 13.3
3.6 1.7 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.5 4.1
24% 20% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 28%
 
8.1 6.3 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.5 7.9
2.6 2 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3.5 2.3
Key stats in Catarinense 1 this season:
  • Criciúma have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Criciúma have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Criciúma have yet to win a game at home.
  • Figueirense have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Figueirense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Figueirense have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hercilio Luz 8 5 2 1 7 2 4 3 1 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 4 2 5 17
2 Chapecoense 8 4 3 1 13 6 4 3 1 0 9 2 4 1 2 1 4 4 7 15
3 Brusque 8 3 5 0 7 3 4 2 2 0 5 2 4 1 3 0 2 1 4 14
4 Avaí 8 4 1 3 15 9 3 2 1 0 8 1 5 2 0 3 7 8 6 13
5 Criciúma 8 2 5 1 7 4 3 0 2 1 1 2 5 2 3 0 6 2 3 11
6 Figueirense 8 3 2 3 8 8 5 3 1 1 8 3 3 0 1 2 0 5 0 11
7 Concórdia Atlético Clube 8 1 7 0 6 3 5 1 4 0 5 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 3 10
8 Joinville 8 1 6 1 7 4 4 0 3 1 1 2 4 1 3 0 6 2 3 9
9 Marcílio Dias 8 2 2 4 4 9 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 1 1 2 2 5 -5 8
10 Barra do Garcas 8 2 2 4 5 11 3 2 0 1 5 4 5 0 2 3 0 7 -6 8
11 Camboriu 8 2 2 4 4 11 5 2 2 1 3 4 3 0 0 3 1 7 -7 8
12 Atletico Catarinense 8 0 1 7 0 13 4 0 1 3 0 7 4 0 0 4 0 6 -13 1

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