Vila Nova battle Criciúma for fame and triumph.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Criciúma, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Vila Nova form and stats
Perfect Serie B season at home so far for Vila Nova 2 wins from 2 appearances.
The Vila Nova manager da Silva and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Mirassol (placed 9th). The attacker Dantas won the honour of being "man of the match" for Vila with a rating of 7.1/10. Dantas scored one goal.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Avai and winning 3-0.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 Vila Nova have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 1.
Early season league goal statistics from Vila Nova's 2 home games: {3 goals}, 1 conceded.
Criciúma form and stats
Criciúma are still undefeated on their travels in the Serie B. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Criciúma won their last game, 2-1 versus Ituano played at home. Mateus got a match rating of 8.82 in that game, top player of the team. Mateus signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Londrina.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Criciúma in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Criciúma, 8 draws and 3 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Criciúma has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Vila Nova victories, four draws and four Criciúma wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. da Silva Dantas 3 goals | A. Cordeiro Pessôa Neto 2 goals |  F. de Sena Araujo 2 goals |
Vila Nova missing players
Criciúma missing players
| Vila Nova | Criciúma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.8 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 5 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6.6 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.8 | 17 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 32% |
| 14.5 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.5 | 12 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3 |
| Vila Nova | Last season | Criciúma | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 9 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Scored | S | 10 | 17 | ||
| 31 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 8 | ||
| 76% | 63% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 76% | ||
| 55% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 47% | ||
| 18% | 11% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 18% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 6% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 45% | 32% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 29% | ||
| 39% | 63% | Clean Sheets | C S | 56% | 65% | ||
| 39% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 29% | ||
| 5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 12.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 19% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 25% | ||
| 11.2 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | Criciúma | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Atletico GO | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Vila Nova | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Guarani | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Botafogo SP | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Novorizontino | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Sport Recife | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Mirassol | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Ituano | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Avai | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 12 | Chapecoense | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Sampaio Correa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Ponte Preta | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Tombense | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Londrina | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Ceara | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | Juventude | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 19 | CRB | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 20 | ABC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 1 |
