Serie B: High-profile versus subpar, at least that's what the standings say. Criciúma - Brusque. Home victory or a surprise?
- Criciúma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Brusque have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Not a lot of time to rest for the home side, as they played a Catarinense 2 match only four days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Atletico Catarinense, was also a home game here at Estádio Heriberto Hülse. The away team is better rested.
Criciúma form and stats
Criciúma have played 6 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Criciúma last time playing, versus Atletico Catarinense. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1.
In the game before, an away victory in the Serie B match versus Chapecoense with a 3-2 scoreline.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Criciúma have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Criciúma as they are travelling to their away game against Caravaggio in the Catarinense 2. That match is two days after this one.
The Criciúma fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Criciúma have conceded only 4 goals.
Brusque form and stats
Brusque have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-0-5 (6 played).
Brusque might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Ituano proved too strong as Brusque slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio Augusto Bauer. Airton, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.7. Airton hit six key passes and won 2 of 5 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Vila Nova with the score of 2-0.Brusque are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Brusque have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Criciúma won one game, five matches ended with a tie and Brusque managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  A. de Oliveira 10 goals | F. Marques Maciel 5 goals | D. Koester 4 goals |
Criciúma missing players
Brusque missing players
| Criciúma | Brusque | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 58% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 42% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 4.9 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 6 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.8 | 5.5 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.8 | 11.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.3 | 11.3 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 19% |
| 11.2 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12.3 | 11.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
- Brusque have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Brusque have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brusque haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Criciúma have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Criciúma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Criciúma have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Brusque have scored away.
- Criciúma have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Criciúma haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Cruzeiro | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 |
| 2 | Bahia | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Sport Recife | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 5 | Gremio | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Criciúma | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Tombense | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Operario PR | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Sampaio Correa | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Londrina | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Chapecoense | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | CRB | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | Novorizontino | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Brusque | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Ituano | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 16 | CSA | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 17 | Ponte Preta | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 18 | Nautico | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 19 | Guarani | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
