The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Criciúma are in the 5th position while the guesting EC São José worry at 7th.
Criciúma and EC São José should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Criciúma form and stats
Seven points from three Serie C home games is a great start for Criciúma, who are hoping to build on that form here at Estádio Heriberto Hülse.
The fans are hoping that Criciúma will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Serie C game against Ypiranga Erechim (placed 2nd). 2-2 away at Ituano before that.
The Criciúma manager R. Schneiger has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. Criciúma's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
EC São José form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Serie C for EC São José with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
The attacking players of EC São José have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 189 minutes.
EC São José lost away at Londrina (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Boa.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting José as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. The José manager Everton Vanoni has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Neves 4 goals |   G. Vertuoso 3 goals | G. Seefeldt Krolow 2 goals |
Criciúma missing players
EC São José missing players
| Criciúma | EC São José | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 43% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 29% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 14% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 57% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | 31 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 29 | 74 |
| 21 | 16 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 43% | 44% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 18% |
- All of Criciúma's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Criciúma have not yet lost a game at home.
- Criciúma have scored more than double the goals of EC São José.
- EC São José have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- EC São José have yet to win a game 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 | Brusque | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Ypiranga Erechim | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Volta Redonda | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Londrina | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Criciúma | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Ituano | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | EC São José | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 8 | Tombense | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Sao Bento | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Boa | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 3 |