The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Operário PR are in the 8th position while the guests worry at 18th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Operário PR form and stats
Operário PR have performed here at Estadio Germano Kruger this season with 10 wins from 16 Serie B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 3.
Operário PR drew their last game, also a home match. Atlético GO (placed 4th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. 0-0 away at Coritiba before that.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Operário PR matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from two games).
There will be little rest for Operário PR after this match as they are travelling to Vila Nova for a Serie B game in only three days.
Operário PR are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 attempts. From these home matches, Operário PR have conceded only 12 goals.
Criciúma form and stats
Criciúma have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-6-8 (15 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
Criciúma delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Sao Bento (placed 20th) in their previous match; a Serie B game. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Figueirense.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Criciúma when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.
The schedule is very tough for Criciúma now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie B game at Sport Recife is waiting in only four days.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Criciúma have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Criciúma - Operário PR 1-2 earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 2 Operário PR victories, 1 draw and 0 Criciúma wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() Felipe Augusto 8 goals | ![]() Léo Gamalho 7 goals | ![]() Lucas Batatinha 4 goals |
Operário PR missing players
Criciúma missing players
| Operário PR | Criciúma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| 12 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 29 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 35 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 33 |
| 84% | 94% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 87% | 88% |
| 59% | 62% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 17% | 53% | 56% |
| 41% | 38% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 12% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 50% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 40% | 44% |
| 31% | 38% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 25% |
| 38% | 19% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 53% | 44% |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 7 |
- Criciúma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Criciúma have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Operário PR have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Criciúma have scored 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 | Bragantino | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 53 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 62 |
| 2 | Sport Recife | 32 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 44 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 56 |
| 3 | Coritiba | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 52 |
| 4 | Atlético GO | 32 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 51 |
| 5 | América Mineiro | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 49 |
| 6 | CRB | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 47 |
| 7 | Paraná | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -1 | 47 |
| 8 | Operário PR | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -6 | 45 |
| 9 | Botafogo SP | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 44 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 44 |
| 11 | Brasil de Pelotas | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 42 |
| 12 | Ponte Preta | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 42 |
| 13 | Guarani | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 39 |
| 14 | Oeste | 32 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 39 |
| 15 | Vitória | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -8 | 37 |
| 16 | Londrina | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 24 | -11 | 35 |
| 17 | Figueirense | 32 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 33 |
| 18 | Criciúma | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 24 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -9 | 31 |
| 19 | Vila Nova | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 31 |
| 20 | Sao Bento | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 27 | -12 | 29 |