Londrina vs Criciúma: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Jacy Scaff (31036 seats)

A quick peek at the Serie B table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's a lot more information available. Check out our Londrina - Criciúma match guide!

Insights:
  • Criciúma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Criciúma could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Catarinense 2 game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Guarani de Palhoca. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Londrina form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Londrina have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games.

Londrina are returning here after visiting Nautico and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Coutinho (2) scored the goal(s).

Before that, Londrina had a home game versus Sampaio Corrêa which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Londrina perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Londrina as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Londrina has won 10 of these, drawn 6 and lost 1.

Londrina are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. Londrina have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Criciúma form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Criciúma so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Criciúma are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Guarani de Palhoca. That victory felt nice as this side had gone three league rounds without victory.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus CSA in the Serie B.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Criciúma playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Criciúma wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Criciúma are hosting Atletico Tubarao in the Catarinense 2 only one days away.

The attacking power of Criciúma when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Criciúma in these games.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the contenders played each other previously this campaign; Criciúma - Londrina 1-0. Londrina-Criciúma H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Londrina one win, Criciúma six wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Londrina missing players

Criciúma missing players

Londrina Criciúma
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 9 20
8 5 2 Won W 0 2 7
5 4 1 Drew D 1 3 6
7 1 0 Lost L 2 4 7
21 14 4 Scored S 1 8 21
20 8 2 Conceded C 3 11 19
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 95%
60% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 60%
40% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 30%
15% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
40% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 50%
25% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 11% 20%
45% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 44% 35%
 
4.8 5.1 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 6.9 6
4.2 3.5 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.6 5
2.2 2.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
12.3 13.9 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15 15.4 15.3
4.2 5.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 4.4
25% 26% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 21% 24%
 
10.2 9.8 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.1 11.4
3.6 3.2 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.1 4.5
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Criciúma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 20 14 3 3 25 10 10 10 0 0 16 2 10 4 3 3 9 8 15 45
2 Gremio 21 9 10 2 21 7 10 8 1 1 17 3 11 1 9 1 4 4 14 37
3 Vasco da Gama 20 9 8 3 19 12 10 6 4 0 11 2 10 3 4 3 8 10 7 35
4 Bahia 20 10 4 6 21 11 10 6 2 2 13 5 10 4 2 4 8 6 10 34
5 Londrina 20 8 5 7 21 20 10 5 4 1 14 8 10 3 1 6 7 12 1 29
6 Tombense 20 6 11 3 19 18 10 5 5 0 13 8 10 1 6 3 6 10 1 29
7 Sampaio Corrêa 20 8 4 8 25 21 10 8 2 0 22 6 10 0 2 8 3 15 4 28
8 CRB 20 7 7 6 19 23 11 4 6 1 11 8 9 3 1 5 8 15 -4 28
9 Criciúma 20 7 6 7 21 19 11 5 3 3 13 8 9 2 3 4 8 11 2 27
10 Sport Recife 20 6 9 5 13 12 9 5 3 1 8 2 11 1 6 4 5 10 1 27
11 Novorizontino 20 7 5 8 20 24 10 5 2 3 12 11 10 2 3 5 8 13 -4 26
12 Brusque 20 6 5 9 15 19 9 4 2 3 8 6 11 2 3 6 7 13 -4 23
13 Ituano 20 5 8 7 19 20 10 3 5 2 9 7 10 2 3 5 10 13 -1 23
14 Chapecoense 21 5 8 8 17 20 10 1 4 5 7 13 11 4 4 3 10 7 -3 23
15 Ponte Preta 20 5 7 8 13 17 9 3 4 2 5 3 11 2 3 6 8 14 -4 22
16 Operário PR 20 5 6 9 19 23 10 4 2 4 12 10 10 1 4 5 7 13 -4 21
17 CSA 20 3 11 6 13 18 9 2 6 1 8 7 11 1 5 5 5 11 -5 20
18 Guarani 20 3 10 7 12 22 11 2 6 3 4 9 9 1 4 4 8 13 -10 19
19 Nautico 20 4 6 10 18 26 11 2 4 5 13 14 9 2 2 5 5 12 -8 18
20 Vila Nova 20 2 11 7 12 20 11 2 7 2 7 7 9 0 4 5 5 13 -8 17

Read more about Serie B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.