Welcome to the show! Today's leading characters are Criciúma and Vasco da Gama, victory is the objective and 90 minutes the playing time.
- Criciúma have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Vasco da Gama have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
These teams have little in common geographically as Vasco da Gama have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
These are active days for the home side, as they had a game only three days ago in the Catarinense 2. Thankfully the previous game, versus Nação, was also a home game here at Estádio Heriberto Hülse. The away team is better rested.
Criciúma form and stats
Criciúma have played 8 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Criciúma club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estádio Heriberto Hülse: A 0-1 defeat against Nação.
In the game before, an away victory in the Serie B match versus Ituano with a 2-1 scoreline.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Criciúma, as the Catarinense 2 home game vs Blumenau is only one day away.
Criciúma has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Criciúma are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Heriberto Hülse in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
Vasco da Gama form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Vasco da Gama have produced an overall stat of 2-4-1 so far.
Vasco have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Palacios was the goal scorer.
Vasco da Gama delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Sport Recife (placed 9th) in their previous game. Midfielder Palacios was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.71. Palacios hit three key passes.
A 0-2 defeat away at Novorizontino before that.Lacking goals? 14 of this club's last 16 league matches have had two or less goals.
The attacking power of Vasco da Gama when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Criciúma victories, one draw and five Vasco da Gama wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. de Carvalho 4 goals |  R. Santana de Vasconcelos 4 goals |  L. Figueiredo dos Santos 2 goals |
Criciúma missing players
Vasco da Gama missing players
| Criciúma | Vasco da Gama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 75% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 44% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 25% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 69% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 31% |
| 5.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.1 | 11.1 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.7 | 10.1 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 30% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 11.6 | 11.9 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 14 | 12.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
- Criciúma have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Criciúma haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Vasco da Gama have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vasco da Gama have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vasco da Gama 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 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 38 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Bahia | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Gremio | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Criciúma | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Novorizontino | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 7 | CRB | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 8 | Londrina | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Sport Recife | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Tombense | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Brusque | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Sampaio Correa | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 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 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | Chapecoense | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | -2 | 18 |
| 16 | Nautico | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 17 | CSA | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Ponte Preta | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 19 | Guarani | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
