Avaí have come here for an absorbing duel against the hosts Criciúma. Get ready for the fixture with this in-depth Serie B preview!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Criciúma form and stats
Criciúma have only played one Serie B game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat from 5 matches.
Criciúma enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ponte Preta's place. The match ended 2-1 with Hermes and Mateus scoring. Midfield player Gabriel got a match rating of 7.54 in that game, the max score being 10. Gabriel served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Criciúma had a home game versus Tombense which ended with a victory 2-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Criciúma's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 1.
The manager Tencati will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Londrina in only three days.
At Estádio Heriberto Hülse, Criciúma has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Avaí form and stats
Avaí have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Serie B were 2 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats from 6 fixtures.
Avaí are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Mirassol (placed 10th). Late drama in the previous game, when Patiño scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time to defeat Mirassol. Igor, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Igor hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
A 1-4 defeat away at Guarani before that.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Avaí has managed {1 goals} and let in 4 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Avaí have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when playing Criciúma.The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. de Sena Araujo 2 goals |   S. Patino 2 goals | M. Hermes 1 goals |
Criciúma missing players
Avaí missing players
| Criciúma | Avaí | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 7.5 |
| 9 | 10 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 14 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | 15 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 22% |
| 14.5 | 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10 | 10.5 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 4.5 |
| Criciúma | Last season | Avaí | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 8 | Played | P | 7 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 14 | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 85% | ||
| 47% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 69% | ||
| 18% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 46% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 23% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 29% | 12% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 31% | ||
| 65% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 46% | ||
| 29% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 38% | ||
| 6.7 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.7 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 25% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 8.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guarani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Vitória | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Criciúma | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Botafogo SP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Atletico GO | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Chapecoense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Tombense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Vila Nova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Novorizontino | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Mirassol | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Ituano | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Avaí | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Londrina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Sampaio Correa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | CRB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Juventude | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Ponte Preta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 19 | ABC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Ceara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Chapecoense | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Brusque | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Criciúma | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Avaí | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Concordia | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Barra do Garcas | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Joinville | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Figueirense | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Marcilio Dias | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 11 | Camboriu | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Atletico Catarinense | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -18 | 1 |
