This match features two teams living in the basement of the Serie C, EC São José holding 8th place and Criciúma lying 7th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
EC São José form and stats
EC São José, who have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Serie C, have collected 12 points from their Serie C home games so far after 3-3-2.
Tiago Pedra was the last player to score a league goal for EC São José and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as José haven't scored in 270 minutes.
The spoils were shared in EC São José's previous game, also at home. Visiting Londrina (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Boa (0-1).
José aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. José are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Criciúma form and stats
Criciúma, who have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Serie C, have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Serie C, after 0-4-4 (8 played). Visiting Criciúma has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
There were no winners in Criciúma's previous match, a Serie C home game that ended 4-4 vs Ypiranga Erechim (placed 5th). A loss against Ituano was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Drawing 4-4 against Ypiranga Erechim after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 3-0. Their manager R. Schneiger needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. As you can tell from the result, the match against Ypiranga Erechim was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?
Criciúma are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 8 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Criciúma have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Criciúma - EC São José 2-0 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  C. Neves 4 goals |   G. Vertuoso 3 goals | F. Rampi 2 goals |
EC São José missing players
Criciúma missing players
| EC São José | Criciúma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 20 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 81% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 62% | 81% |
| 50% | 38% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 69% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 38% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 25% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 158 | 82 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 61 | 138 |
| 60 | 32 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 17 | 53 |
| 20% | 19% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 34% |
- Criciúma has the fewest scored goals (3) away in Serie C
- Criciúma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Criciúma have yet to win a game away.
- Criciúma is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- EC São José has the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Serie C
- EC São José has the most matches under the total-line (11) in Serie C
- EC São José has the the worst goal difference (-8) in Serie C
| 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 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
| 2 | Ituano | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Tombense | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 26 |
| 4 | Londrina | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Ypiranga Erechim | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Volta Redonda | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Criciúma | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | EC São José | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 17 |
| 9 | São Bento | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Boa | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 14 |