This has the potential to be an engrossing game as Botafogo SP have their expected home advantage, while Criciúma lead them by 10 points in the Serie B table.
- Botafogo SP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Criciúma is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie B
Criciúma have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Criciúma could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie B game only four sleeps ago.
Botafogo SP form and stats
4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Botafogo SP so far this season.
The club members are hoping that Botafogo SP will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against Ceara (placed 9th). Madruga (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.02/10. Madruga had 32 successful passes (of 35 total).
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Guarani.This is expected to be a close game, with Botafogo SP perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Botafogo SP as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Botafogo SP has won 9 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
It should be noted that a glance at the 15 most recent league matches shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Botafogo aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Santa Cruz in the league, with only {5 goals} from 8 games.
Criciúma form and stats
Playing away, Criciúma have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Serie B this season. Criciúma has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Criciúma played 1-1 against Guarani in their previous match. The attacker Fabinho got a match rating of 8.35 in that game. Fabinho scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 29 successful passes (of 33 total).
Prior to that result Criciúma won their away game at ABC. The scoreline was 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Criciúma in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Criciúma, 10 draws and 3 defeats.
Lacking goals? 8 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding four meetings): Botafogo SP won two games, one match ended with a draw and Criciúma have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / three.
Top Goalscorers
  F. de Sena Araujo 4 goals | F. dos Reis Pereira Vizeu do Carmo 4 goals |  S. de Oliveira Gabriel Júnior 3 goals |
Botafogo SP missing players
Criciúma missing players
| Botafogo SP | Criciúma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 20 | 8 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 69% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 59% |
| 38% | 25% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 12% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 41% |
| 38% | 62% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 44% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 6.6 | 7.6 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| 5.3 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8 | 6.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | 15.6 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.4 | 13.3 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.8 | 4.7 |
| 21% | 16% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | 26% |
| 14.4 | 12.8 | 17.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 20.1 | 15.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
- Botafogo SP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Criciúma have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Criciúma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Criciúma have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Criciúma is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 | Vila Nova | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 34 |
| 2 | Criciúma | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Sport Recife | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Vitoria | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | Mirassol | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Guarani | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Juventude | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Ceara | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | CRB | 17 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Ituano | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Sampaio Correa | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | Chapecoense | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Tombense | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 18 | Londrina | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
| 19 | Avai | 17 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -15 | 11 |
| 20 | ABC | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -13 | 10 |
