National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Santo André or Criciúma that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Santo André nor Criciúma as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Criciúma when visiting Santo André as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Santo André form and stats
Santo André participated in Copa do Brasil the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Santo André have performed here at Estádio Bruno José Daniel this season with 4 wins from 8 Paulista A2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Bruno José Daniel.
In their previous game, the manager P. dos Santos led his Santo André to a defeat in the Paulista A1 match away at Guarani. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Bruno José Daniel. Ahead of that match, Santo André won a home game hosting Agua Santa (1-0).
The defeat against Guarani was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Bidu).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Paulista A1 game versus Sao Paulo in only four days. This game is also played here at Estádio Bruno José Daniel.
Santo André have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Bruno José Daniel with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Santo André are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Bruno José Daniel in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Criciúma form and stats
Criciúma was sent out of Copa do Brasil in the 3rd round last season.Playing away, Criciúma have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Catarinense 1 this season.
There were no winners in Criciúma's previous match, a Catarinense 1 home game that ended 1-1 vs Marcilio Dias. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Atletico Tubarao in the Catarinense 1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Criciúma manager R. Schneiger as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Avai.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Criciúma has managed 2 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - two - one (Santo André wins - draws - Criciúma wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Santo André missing players
Criciúma missing players
| Santo André | Criciúma | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 9 | 24 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 3.5 | 4.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 6 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 5 | 6 | ||
| 202 | 102 | Total Shots | T S | 107 | 296 | ||
| 78 | 43 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 91 | ||
| 38% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Agua Santa | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Portuguesa Santista | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | Rio Claro | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 27 |
| 4 | Juventus | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | XV de Piracicaba | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Santo André | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Inter de Limeira | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | Taubate | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Atibaia | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Sertaozinho | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Portuguesa | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Votuporanguense | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Penapolense | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Sao Bernardo | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Nacional SP | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | CA Linense | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -7 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brusque | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Avai | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Juventus SC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Figueirense | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Marcilio Dias | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Joinville | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Criciúma | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Chapecoense | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | Concordia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Atletico Tubarao | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |