Criciúma Botafogo SP betting prediction

After 5 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses, the home team is in the 20^th position, havinf won 23 points so far. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Guarani by (1‑0), after in the previous match they have lost (0‑1) at home, against Atlético GO. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 7 points in away matches, with 5 goals scored and 14 conceded, against 16 points won at their stadium, with 10 goals scored and 10 conceded. For the league, Criciúma won 15 points out of 30 possible points, after 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in the last 10 home matches. The most recurrent result at half‑time in their home league matches was the 0‑0 (7 out of 12 matches). 9 of their last 12 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals, so there is a tendency for few goals in their home matches. This is a team that has had a hard time trying to score first. They have opened up the score in only 5 of the last 24 matches for the Serie B, they have reached half‑time in front in 3 of those 5 matches and have held on to the lead in 3. In 24 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 15 times and have only turned the score around in 2. In the last 12 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 5 of their 10 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Criciúma has been having difficulties within the competition and this round needs to recover, thus entering with a different posture on the field and trying to be bolder. Due to the fact that they are next to their fans, the Criciúma team should impose themselves thus looking for attacking moves from the beginning minutes. In the last round, Criciúma ended up being defeated away by Guarani by a score of 1-0. The coach should go with full force for this match.

Confirmed Lineup: Luiz, Marlon, Sandro, Thales, Carlos Eduardo, Eduardo Biasi, Daniel Costa, Wesley, Foguinho, Léo Gamalho, Vinicius.
Coach: C. Tencati.