Season ticket holders at Estádio Antônio Guimarães de Almeida haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Tombense languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Criciúma will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
The hosts Tombense saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Serie C. Thankfully the previous game, versus Londrina, was also a home game here at Estádio Antônio Guimarães de Almeida. The away team is better rested.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Criciúma, who are travelling more than 1500 kilometers to play this game.
Tombense form and stats
Tombense have collected seven points from their first three Serie C games here at Estádio Antônio Guimarães de Almeida, a promising start.
Tombense's last game was hosting Londrina (placed 5th) and winning 2-1. Heartbreak before that as Tombense lost 0-1 at Brusque's place.
There will be little rest for Tombense after this match as they are travelling to Boa for a Serie C game in only four days.
Tombense can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. Tombense have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Criciúma form and stats
The Serie C season is young and Criciúma have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
Impressive finishing from Andrew and Michel secured the home win 2-0 against EC Sao Jose in their previous game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ypiranga Erechim wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Criciúma as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. 4 goals have been conceded by Criciúma in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. da Silva Coura 7 goals | C. da Silva Soares 4 goals |   C. Neves 4 goals |
Tombense missing players
Criciúma missing players
| Tombense | Criciúma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 57% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | 25 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 18 | 60 |
| 15 | 12 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 23 |
| 47% | 58% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 48% |
- All of Tombense's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Criciúma have yet to win a game away.
- Tombense have not yet lost a game at home.
- Tombense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ypiranga Erechim | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Brusque | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Volta Redonda | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Criciúma | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Londrina | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Ituano | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | EC Sao Jose | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 8 | Tombense | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | São Bento | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Boa | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 4 |