Criciúma get everything set for this game following their 1-0 result vs ABC, a match that made them wiser. How will they do against Guarani?
- Criciúma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Criciúma have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Guarani have scored away.
It's quite the trip for Guarani when visiting Criciúma as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
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 are steadily winning Serie B games and points here at Estádio Heriberto Hülse. 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
Criciúma are confident in defense, having played 181 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Criciúma in their previous game, a fixture away at ABC (placed 20th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Maia was on the receiving end of a red card in the Criciúma-ABC match, being sent off in the 19th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 1-0 victory. The goalie Gustavo was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.1 out of ten. Gustavo topped it up with a clean sheet.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Sampaio Correa and winning 2-0.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 20 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 6 and lost 3.
The manager Tencati will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Botafogo SP in only four days.
A decent goal production from Criciúma in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Criciúma have conceded only 5 goals.
Guarani form and stats
There's been little loot from Guarani's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Serie B. Guarani only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Guarani won their last game, 2-1 versus Londrina played at home. Mendes came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Londrina last time out, making the manager Filho feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder José was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.7. José served one assist and hit three key passes.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Botafogo SP wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Guarani are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Few goals the story here? 11 of this club's most recent 14 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Guarani as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Criciúma victories, three draws and three Guarani wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hostile, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Pereira Mendes 6 goals |  D. Freitas Ribeiro 6 goals |  F. de Sena Araujo 4 goals |
Criciúma missing players
Guarani missing players
| Criciúma | Guarani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 94% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 50% | 62% |
| 31% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 38% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 31% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 38% |
| 4.7 | 6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 6.7 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 7.2 | 6 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 16.2 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.4 | 12.2 |
| 4.6 | 6.4 | 8.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 27% | 24% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 32% |
| 15.7 | 11.2 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 19.2 | 16.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- Criciúma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Criciúma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Criciúma have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Guarani have scored away.
- Criciúma have won significantly more 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 | Criciúma | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 33 |
| 2 | Vila Nova | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | Sport Recife | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Vitoria | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 6 | Juventude | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Mirassol | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Guarani | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 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 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 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 | Tombense | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 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 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
| 19 | Avai | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 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 |
