With their 5 point dominance in the league standings, Criciúma club members long to see their side collect full points from this game hosting Ponte Preta.
- Criciúma have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Ponte Preta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ponte Preta, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
Criciúma have less rest than Ponte Preta in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Catarinense 2 game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Carlos Renaux, so at least Criciúma are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Criciúma form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Criciúma have to build on here at Estádio Heriberto Hülse in the Serie B.
Criciúma drew their last game, 0-0 away at Carlos Renaux. The first defeat after going unbeaten in three league games.
Preceding that match was a Serie B defeat to Vasco da Gama (0-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Criciúma handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Criciúma are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Tombense awaits in four days.
Criciúma has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Criciúma have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ponte Preta form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ponte Preta so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ponte Preta goalkeeper Caique Franca Godoy is eager to challenge this, with his 258 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Ponte Preta, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus CSA (placed 19th) last time out. That win felt sweet as this club had gone five league fixtures without winning. Midfield player Artur was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.8/10. Artur hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A draw for Ponte before that, at their own venue hosting Tombense (0-0).Ponte Preta 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, 5 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Low-scoring game? 13 of this club's latest 17 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Ponte Preta have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Criciúma won zero, Ponte Preta were winners in four and we saw six draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  L. Borges De Brito 8 goals |  J. Nascimento Brito 1 goals |  N. Pereira Marinho Neto 1 goals |
Criciúma missing players
Ponte Preta missing players
| Criciúma | Ponte Preta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 18 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 14 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 71% |
| 59% | 44% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 47% |
| 29% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 29% |
| 24% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 47% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 53% |
| 5.6 | 4.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | 5.6 |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 13.7 | 12.6 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.9 | 11.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 26% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 15% |
| 11.6 | 11.8 | 20 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 13.9 | 12.1 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
- Criciúma have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Criciúma haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Ponte Preta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ponte Preta 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 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 38 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Bahia | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Gremio | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Tombense | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Criciúma | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Novorizontino | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 9 | CRB | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Sampaio Correa | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Londrina | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 | Brusque | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | Operario PR | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Ituano | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | Chapecoense | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -3 | 18 |
| 16 | Ponte Preta | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 17 | Nautico | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 18 | Guarani | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | CSA | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 17 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
