6th place in the Serie B table for Grêmio so far, a good achievement. The home team followers pray for more entertainment as 7th-placed Criciúma visit Grêmio Arena.
- Grêmio have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Criciúma have yet to win a game away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Criciúma have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Grêmio have less rest than Criciúma in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie B game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Ituano, so at least Grêmio are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Grêmio form and stats
Grêmio have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Serie B. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Grêmio Arena.
An away draw last time out for Grêmio, facing Ituano in a game that ended 1-1. The striker Souza outshone all teammates in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. Souza scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cruzeiro (0-1).Grêmio have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Grêmio Arena with 5 goals in 3 league matches. From these home matches, Grêmio have conceded only 2 goals.
Criciúma form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Serie B for Criciúma with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Criciúma go into this game after a win, the home game against CRB that ended 3-0. Fagundes, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. Fagundes hit one key pass and won 2 of 2 duels.
Prior to that match, the Criciúma manager Tencati faced defeat when travelling to Operario PR and losing 0-2.Criciúma are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. 4 goals have been conceded by Criciúma in these games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous six meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Grêmio, zero draws and two wins for Criciúma. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The games between these teams have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six encounters.Top Goalscorers
  E. Alves de Paula 5 goals |  D. de Souza Andrade 4 goals |  A. Rodrigues de Oliveira 2 goals |
Grêmio missing players
Criciúma missing players
| Grêmio | Criciúma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 4.9 |
| 3.9 | 2.7 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.7 | 6 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 17 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.3 | 13.4 |
| 4.3 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 23% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 8% | 21% |
| 10 | 9.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 9.6 |
| 2.4 | 3.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.4 |
- Criciúma have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Criciúma have yet to win a game away.
- Criciúma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Grêmio have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | Sport Recife | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Bahia | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Novorizontino | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Grêmio | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Criciúma | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Ituano | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Operario PR | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Chapecoense | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Sampaio Correa | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Ponte Preta | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Londrina | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Vila Nova | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Guarani | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | CSA | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 17 | Brusque | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 18 | Nautico | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Tombense | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 20 | CRB | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
