A total of 18 rounds of matches are finished and both Criciúma and Novorizontino are doing great. Let's get started!
- Criciúma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Novorizontino have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
These teams have little in common geographically as Novorizontino have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Serie B.
Criciúma form and stats
Criciúma have performed here at Estádio Heriberto Hülse this season with 6 wins from 9 Serie B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.
No payout for Criciúma in their previous match, an away game at Botafogo SP that ended in defeat 0-1. Up until that loss this club had gone six consecutive league fixtures without a defeat. Midfield player Rômulo got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Rômulo had 69 successful passes (of 78 total).
In the match before that, Criciúma hosted Guarani and drew the game 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Criciúma perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Criciúma as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Criciúma has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 11 league games, 9 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).
Criciúma are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. Criciúma have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Novorizontino form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Novorizontino have produced an overall stat of 5-1-3 so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Novorizontino have lost on their last two travels.
Novorizontino won their last game, 3-0 versus Londrina played at home. That victory felt nice as this team had gone four league games without winning. Novorizontino delivered their win in the match against Londrina already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance! Mina was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.13. The defender Mina hit one key pass and won 8 of 11 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Vitoria's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Novorizontino in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Novorizontino, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Highlight this: 10 of the latest 13 league matches featuring this club have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
Novorizontino are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior four meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for Criciúma, one draw and two wins for Novorizontino. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Tavella 6 goals | R. Silva 6 goals |  F. de Sena Araujo 4 goals |
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| Criciúma | Novorizontino | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 56% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 56% |
| 28% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 39% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 28% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 56% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.2 | 6.7 |
| 6.7 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.1 | 16.8 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 14.2 | 17.3 |
| 4.5 | 6.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 26% | 22% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 34% | 25% |
| 15 | 10.7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 11.6 | 9.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
- 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 at home.
- Criciúma have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Criciúma haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Novorizontino have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Novorizontino have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Novorizontino have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Novorizontino haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vitoria | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 2 | Vila Nova | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | Criciúma | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Novorizontino | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Guarani | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 7 | Mirassol | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Ceara | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | Juventude | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 27 |
| 12 | Ponte Preta | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | CRB | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Ituano | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampaio Correa | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Tombense | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 17 | Chapecoense | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Londrina | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 14 |
| 19 | Avai | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 20 | ABC | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
