ABC vs Criciúma match preview: Even contest expected at Estádio Maria Lamas Farache

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 08.Jul
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Maria Lamas Farache (18000 seats)

Striving ABC are keen to pull off an upset when they host high-flying Criciúma in the next league match. It’s 20th vs 3rd and the home fans will have low confidence.

Insights:
  • ABC have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie B
  • Criciúma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

It's quite the trip for Criciúma when visiting ABC as the cities are 3700 kilometers apart.

Both sides have had time to rest since their last game. Let's aim for an energetic game!

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ABC form and stats

With 1 Serie B win, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, ABC are certainly not brimming with confidence. ABC have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A good away victory last time out for ABC, who won 2-0 against Avaí (placed 19th). A big relief, as that was the first league win after failing to win six games in a row. Midfielder Wallace was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.4 (out of ten) in that game. Wallace signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 28 total).

Before that, ABC drew at home versus Atletico GO.

ABC aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Maria Lamas Farache in the league, with only {5 goals} from 7 games. ABC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Criciúma form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.

Two away matches in a row for Criciúma, whose coach Tencati could celebrate last time after the win against Sampaio Corrêa. Alisson (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.83. Alisson topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Criciúma secured a home win against CRB with the score 2-1.

Criciúma are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (ABC wins - draws - Criciúma wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CriciúmaF. de Sena Araujo
F. de Sena Araujo
3 goals
CriciúmaE. Citadin Martins
E. Citadin Martins
3 goals

ABC missing players

Criciúma missing players

ABC Criciúma
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 4 7 15
2 1 0 Won W 2 3 9
4 2 0 Drew D 2 3 3
9 4 2 Lost L 0 1 3
11 5 0 Scored S 6 7 19
23 10 4 Conceded C 3 4 9
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
67% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 60%
40% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 14% 33%
13% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 43% 40%
20% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 43% 47%
40% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 20%
 
4.1 6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 4.9
5.3 3.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.7 6
2.7 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.9 2.5
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
10.7 12.6 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 10.1 13.4
3.3 3.3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.9 4.7
22% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 35% 27%
 
14.9 13.6 15.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 19.4 15.1
5.6 4.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.4 3.5
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • ABC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • ABC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • ABC have the fewest points (5) at home in Serie B
  • ABC have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie B
  • ABC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • ABC haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Criciúma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Criciúma have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vila Nova 15 9 4 2 20 5 7 5 2 0 8 1 8 4 2 2 12 4 15 31
2 Sport Recife 15 9 4 2 25 11 8 8 0 0 20 4 7 1 4 2 5 7 14 31
3 Criciúma 15 9 3 3 19 9 8 6 0 2 12 5 7 3 3 1 7 4 10 30
4 Novorizontino 15 9 2 4 17 7 7 4 1 2 5 2 8 5 1 2 12 5 10 29
5 Vitoria 15 9 1 5 24 12 7 5 0 2 13 5 8 4 1 3 11 7 12 28
6 Mirassol 15 8 1 6 16 14 8 5 1 2 9 6 7 3 0 4 7 8 2 25
7 Juventude 15 8 0 7 18 16 7 4 0 3 10 7 8 4 0 4 8 9 2 24
8 Botafogo SP 15 7 3 5 12 17 8 4 1 3 5 8 7 3 2 2 7 9 -5 24
9 Guarani 15 6 4 5 19 13 7 5 1 1 14 6 8 1 3 4 5 7 6 22
10 Atletico GO 15 5 7 3 18 22 8 4 3 1 9 8 7 1 4 2 9 14 -4 22
11 CRB 15 6 3 6 17 17 8 3 3 2 10 9 7 3 0 4 7 8 0 21
12 Ceará 15 6 3 6 16 19 7 2 1 4 5 11 8 4 2 2 11 8 -3 21
13 Ituano 15 5 3 7 16 18 7 3 2 2 10 6 8 2 1 5 6 12 -2 18
14 Ponte Preta 15 4 6 5 9 13 8 3 4 1 7 4 7 1 2 4 2 9 -4 18
15 Sampaio Corrêa 15 4 4 7 12 19 8 3 3 2 10 10 7 1 1 5 2 9 -7 16
16 Tombense 15 3 3 9 15 21 8 2 2 4 11 11 7 1 1 5 4 10 -6 12
17 Chapecoense 15 2 6 7 18 22 8 1 4 3 7 8 7 1 2 4 11 14 -4 12
18 Londrina 15 3 2 10 14 24 7 2 1 4 9 10 8 1 1 6 5 14 -10 11
19 Avaí 15 2 5 8 9 23 7 1 3 3 4 11 8 1 2 5 5 12 -14 11
20 ABC 15 2 4 9 11 23 7 1 2 4 5 10 8 1 2 5 6 13 -12 10

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Read more about Serie B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.