After five games we know a little more about the qualities of Ituano and Criciúma in this fresh Serie C season. Read our match preview!
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Ituano form and stats
Ituano have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Serie C. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Two draws in a row at home now for Ituano.
Ituano drew their last game, also a home match. EC Sao Jose (placed 5th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Brusque (0-2).
The Ituano manager V. Bergantin has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. On the other hand, Ituano have conceded 3 goals.
Criciúma form and stats
One match played away so far in the Serie C for Criciúma and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 4 games.
Criciúma's last game was the home draw against Volta Redonda (0-0). A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs São Bento.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Criciúma has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last three meetings between the teams: Ituano won one, Criciúma won one and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Neves 4 goals |
Ituano missing players
Criciúma missing players
| Ituano | Criciúma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 6 | 7 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 2.8 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | 22 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 18 | 11 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 39% | 55% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 55% |
- Criciúma has the fewest conceded goals (0) away
- Criciúma has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0)
- Ituano has the most dropped points from leading position (5)
| Ituano | Last season | Criciúma | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | ||
| 85% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 77% | ||
| 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 38% | ||
| 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 23% | ||
| 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 15% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 46% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | ||
| 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 54% | ||
| 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 31% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 128 | 68 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 102 | ||
| 53 | 29 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 32 | ||
| 21% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Volta Redonda | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Brusque | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Londrina | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Criciúma | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | EC Sao Jose | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 6 | Ypiranga Erechim | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Ituano | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Tombense | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Boa | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 10 | São Bento | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 1 |