It's time for Criciúma - Vila Nova! Never mind the highs and lows so far, this game should be immense!
- Criciúma have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Vila Nova have yet to win a game away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Vila Nova, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
These are full days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the Catarinense 2. This match was also played here at Estádio Heriberto Hülse. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Vila Nova have had more rest.
Criciúma form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie B, Criciúma have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
The Criciúma club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Metropolitano and win 1-0.
Before that, Criciúma played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Caravaggio.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Criciúma handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Criciúma are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Nautico awaits in four days.
Criciúma are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Criciúma have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vila Nova form and stats
There's been little loot from Vila Nova's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Serie B. Vila Nova only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
Vila Nova aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 270 league minutes without a goal. Rezende was the last player to find the net.
Vila Nova's last game was the home draw against Operario PR (0-0). Defender Formiga was the best team player with a rating of 8.12. Formiga hit three key passes and won 10 of 17 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting CRB's place.We have checked recent matches where Vila have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
After this away game Vila Nova return home for a Serie B game against Ponte Preta. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vila Nova as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. As for defending, Vila rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Criciúma won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Vila Nova got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  M. Cotulio Bossa 8 goals |  R. da Silva Coura 4 goals | A. Rodrigues Rezende 2 goals |
Criciúma missing players
Vila Nova missing players
| Criciúma | Vila Nova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 69% |
| 62% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 62% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 15% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 15% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 38% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 54% |
| 5.2 | 3.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6 | 4.4 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 10.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.2 | 12.4 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 25% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 17% | 14% |
| 10.8 | 10.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.3 | 10.5 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
- Criciúma have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Criciúma haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Vila Nova have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Vila Nova have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vila Nova have yet to win a game away.
- Vila Nova 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 | Cruzeiro | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Bahia | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Gremio | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Tombense | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | CRB | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 8 | Brusque | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | Operario PR | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Criciúma | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Sampaio Correa | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Londrina | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Chapecoense | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | CSA | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Ituano | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | Novorizontino | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Nautico | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 13 |
| 18 | Ponte Preta | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 19 | Guarani | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
