The home team ticketholders anticipate a win in this fixture, and the home advantage should work against a struggling visitor. Criciúma are in 11th position while the guesting CSA sweat at 17th.
- Criciúma have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- CSA have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Serie B
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
The hosts Criciúma saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Catarinense 2. This match was also played here at Estádio Heriberto Hülse. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, CSA have had more rest.
Criciúma form and stats
Criciúma have played 10 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Criciúma last time playing, versus Blumenau. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tombense (0-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Criciúma handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Criciúma are traveling soon after this match as the Catarinense 2 match at Guarani de Palhoca awaits in two days.
Criciúma has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Criciúma have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
CSA form and stats
CSA have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-5-4 (10 played).
There were no winners in CSA's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Cruzeiro (placed 1st). Defender Renan was the best team player with a rating of 7.41. Renan hit two key passes and won 2 of 5 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Vila Nova at their stadium, the result 2-1.CSA are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Lacking goals? 16 of this team's latest 19 league matches have contained two or less goals.
Goals are few and far between in CSA's away league games. Only 4 goals from 10 travels. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
CSA - Criciúma 1-1 was the scoreline in these squads' latest head-to-head game, played this season. Head to head statistics (for the former three meetings): Criciúma won zero games, one match ended with a tie and CSA have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one The games between these teams have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters. Didira likes to meet Criciúma and have scored 3 goals in these games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Rodrigues Silva 7 goals | C. dos Santos 3 goals | M. Oliveira Lemos 2 goals |
Criciúma missing players
CSA missing players
| Criciúma | CSA | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 60% | 74% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 26% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 20% | 16% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 30% | 47% |
| 21% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 32% |
| 37% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 70% | 47% |
| 5.7 | 4.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | 6 |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.4 | 13.4 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.3 | 11.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 24% | 26% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 12% | 16% |
| 11.7 | 12.3 | 18.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 14.9 | 12.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
- CSA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- CSA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- CSA have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Serie B
- CSA have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Criciúma have scored at least twice as many goals at home as CSA 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 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 45 |
| 2 | Gremio | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Vasco da Gama | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Bahia | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Londrina | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 29 |
| 6 | Sampaio Correa | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | CRB | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 28 |
| 8 | Tombense | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Sport Recife | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Novorizontino | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 11 | Criciúma | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 12 | Ituano | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Brusque | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | Chapecoense | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 22 |
| 15 | Ponte Preta | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 16 | Operário PR | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | CSA | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 20 |
| 18 | Nautico | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 18 |
| 19 | Guarani | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 20 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
