This promises to be another interesting encounter at Estádio Heriberto Hülse in the Serie C. Criciúma is in 3rd position and welcome Novorizontino in 1st place. Read all about the match here!
- Novorizontino is in the best form (3-1-0)
Criciúma and Novorizontino 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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Novorizontino have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Criciúma form and stats
Perfect Serie C season at home so far for Criciúma 2 wins from 2 appearances. Two home wins in a row for Criciúma bring valid hopes of a third.
The home team returns to Estádio Heriberto Hülse after being equal after 90 minutes with Oeste (placed 9th) on their last time out; the Serie C game ended 0-0.
Ahead of that match, Criciúma won a home game hosting Ypiranga Erechim (2-1).At Estádio Heriberto Hülse, Criciúma has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Novorizontino form and stats
Only one away game in the Serie C so far for Novorizontino and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 losses from 6 travels.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Novorizontino goalkeeper Giovanni Aparecido Adriano dos Santos is eager to challenge this, with his 204 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Novorizontino won their last game, 1-0 versus EC São José played at home.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Oeste.Novorizontino have the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Figueiredo 2 goals |   F. Rodrigues dos Santos 2 goals | G. de Queiroz Gonçalves 2 goals |
Criciúma missing players
Novorizontino missing players
| Criciúma | Novorizontino | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5.8 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 9.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 13.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 21% | 50% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 80% | 27% |
- Novorizontino is in the best form (3-1-0)
| Criciúma | Last season | Novorizontino | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 11 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 23 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | ||
| 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 45% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 86% | ||
| 9% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | ||
| 9% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 27% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | ||
| 27% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 7% | ||
| 6.6 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 15% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Novorizontino | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Ypiranga Erechim | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Criciúma | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Mirassol | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Botafogo SP | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 6 | Figueirense | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Ituano | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | EC São José | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | Oeste | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Paraná | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chapecoense | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Brusque | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Avaí | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Juventus SC | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 5 | Marcílio Dias | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Prospera Criciuma | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 14 |
| 7 | Joinville | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Hercilio Luz | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Figueirense | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Concordia | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Criciúma | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Metropolitano | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 6 |
| Last season | 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 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Novorizontino | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Ituano | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 13 |