Mirassol and Criciúma followers eagerly anticipate Serie B bout at Estádio José Maria de Campos Maia

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Maria de Campos Maia (14534 seats)

High profile Criciúma land at Mirassol after their 1-0-result versus Sport Recife. Get out our thorough match preview!

Insights:
  • Mirassol have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Criciúma have not yet lost a game away.

These teams have little in common geographically as Criciúma have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Serie B.

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Mirassol form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Mirassol have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.

No payout for Mirassol in their previous match, an away game at Botafogo SP that ended in defeat 0-1. The first defeat after going undefeated through three league matches. The gifted forward Fernandinho bettered all others in that game and managed a match rating of 7.41 out of 10. Fernandinho hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

Ahead of that match, Mirassol won a home game hosting Vitoria (2-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mirassol have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Gamblers who like betting for low-scoring games might be interested to know that this club have played 5 league rounds in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).

Mirassol have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Criciúma form and stats

Things could have gone better for Criciúma in their Serie B away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right. Criciúma has drawn their two previous away games.

Rômulo scored in Criciúma's previous match, the home game against Sport Recife that ended 1-0. Gustavo (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.04. Gustavo topped it up with a clean sheet.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Ceará.

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 15 relevant matches. Results were 3 Criciúma wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats.

It's not easy to score on Criciúma as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Mirassol one win, zero draws and Criciúma one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MirassolG. Santana Pinto
G. Santana Pinto
3 goals
CriciúmaF. de Sena Araujo
F. de Sena Araujo
2 goals
CriciúmaE. Citadin Martins
E. Citadin Martins
2 goals

Mirassol missing players

Criciúma missing players

Mirassol Criciúma
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 3 8
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 5
1 1 1 Drew D 1 2 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
8 4 3 Scored S 1 3 10
6 3 1 Conceded C 1 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 88%
50% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 62%
12% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 38%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 50%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 50%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 12%
 
3.9 5.2 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 5.2
4.2 2.8 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 7.3 6.1
2.8 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
15 16.2 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 18 10.3 14.4
5 6 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 5
20% 17% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 25%
 
14.6 14 15 Shots against (avg) S A 13 19.3 13.8
4.6 3.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 4.3 4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Criciúma have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Criciúma have not yet lost a game away.
  • Criciúma have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Mirassol have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Mirassol haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vitoria 9 6 1 2 17 6 4 3 0 1 8 3 5 3 1 1 9 3 11 19
2 Vila Nova 8 5 2 1 11 3 4 3 1 0 4 1 4 2 1 1 7 2 8 17
3 Criciúma 8 5 2 1 10 5 5 4 0 1 7 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 5 17
4 Atletico GO 9 4 4 1 14 13 5 3 2 0 7 4 4 1 2 1 7 9 1 16
5 Botafogo SP 9 5 1 3 9 11 4 3 0 1 4 3 5 2 1 2 5 8 -2 16
6 Guarani 8 4 2 2 14 8 4 3 1 0 10 4 4 1 1 2 4 4 6 14
7 Novorizontino 8 4 2 2 9 4 4 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 14
8 Mirassol 8 4 1 3 8 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 2 0 2 4 3 2 13
9 Ceará 8 4 1 3 9 10 3 1 0 2 2 5 5 3 1 1 7 5 -1 13
10 Juventude 9 4 0 5 10 8 4 2 0 2 5 3 5 2 0 3 5 5 2 12
11 Sport Recife 6 3 2 1 9 4 3 3 0 0 8 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 5 11
12 Ituano 9 3 1 5 10 11 5 3 1 1 9 4 4 0 0 4 1 7 -1 10
13 Londrina 9 3 1 5 10 14 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 1 0 4 4 10 -4 10
14 Ponte Preta 9 2 4 3 6 10 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 0 2 2 1 7 -4 10
15 Chapecoense 8 2 3 3 13 11 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 1 1 2 8 7 2 9
16 Sampaio Correa 8 2 3 3 7 10 5 2 2 1 7 7 3 0 1 2 0 3 -3 9
17 Avai 9 2 2 5 5 15 4 1 1 2 3 8 5 1 1 3 2 7 -10 8
18 CRB 8 1 2 5 4 11 4 0 2 2 2 6 4 1 0 3 2 5 -7 5
19 Tombense 8 1 1 6 6 12 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 0 0 4 2 8 -6 4
20 ABC 8 1 1 6 4 13 4 1 0 3 3 7 4 0 1 3 1 6 -9 4

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.