Enjoying a 5 point dominance in the league standings, Criciúma fans aim to see their gladiators win maximum points from this match versus Operário PR.
- Operário PR have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Serie B
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Criciúma and Operário PR.
Criciúma form and stats
Criciúma have collected 19 points from their Serie B home games so far after 5-4-3.
No payout for Criciúma in their previous match, an away game at Novorizontino that ended in defeat 1-3. The first loss after going undefeated in four league games. Midfielder Hygor was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.14 (out of ten) in that game. Hygor scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Criciúma drew at home versus Guarani.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 16 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 5 and lost 5.
Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have produced two goals or less.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Criciúma as they are travelling to their away game against Nacao in the Catarinense 2. That match is four days after this one.
Criciúma has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Criciúma have conceded only 8 goals.
Operário PR form and stats
Operário PR have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-4-7 (12 played). A depressing five defeats in a row for Operário in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Vila Nova.
There were no winners in Operário PR's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Sampaio Correa (placed 7th). The draw against Sampaio Correa came from a losing position. The Operário PR manager Oliveira brought on Sérgio as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Bastos got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Bastos hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Gremio wasn't a success with a 1-5 loss.Operário PR 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, 1 draw and 6 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
The attacking power of Operário when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Operário PR have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Operário PR have avoided defeat in the last 5 fixtures (4-1-0) against Criciúma.The two teams involved played each other earlier this campaign: Operário PR - Criciúma 2-0.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Luiz de Souza 5 goals | G. Confreste Pavani 2 goals | J. Reina Calvo 2 goals |
Criciúma missing players
Operário PR missing players
| Criciúma | Operário PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 24 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 24 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 32 |
| 92% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 62% | 50% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 29% | 25% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 54% | 42% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 42% | 42% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 50% | 42% |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.5 | 15.6 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.2 | 11 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 23% | 25% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 21% | 25% |
| 11.9 | 11.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 15.6 | 13.3 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
- Operário PR have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Operário PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Operário PR have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Serie B
- Operário PR have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Serie B
- Operário PR have won significantly less corners away then 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 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 53 |
| 2 | Bahia | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 44 |
| 3 | Gremio | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 43 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 42 |
| 5 | Londrina | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 35 |
| 6 | Sport Recife | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
| 7 | Sampaio Correa | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Tombense | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | CRB | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -7 | 32 |
| 10 | Novorizontino | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 31 |
| 11 | Ituano | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| 12 | Criciúma | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 30 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 14 | Brusque | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 28 |
| 15 | Chapecoense | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Operário PR | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -10 | 25 |
| 17 | CSA | 24 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 23 |
| 18 | Guarani | 24 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 23 |
| 19 | Nautico | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 21 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 24 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
