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| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceará | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6/15 | 5-8 |
| Criciúma | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7/15 | 5-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2023-09-02 – 2026-06-16) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-16 | Criciúma | 1-1 | Ceará |
| 2023-09-02 | Ceará | 1-0 | Criciúma |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceará | 16 | 26 | 31 | -6 | LLWLW | 11 | +5 |
| Criciúma | 2 | 26 | 47 | 9 | WDLLW | 10 | -8 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2026-10-06
On paper the standings are lopsided — Criciúma 2nd with 47 points, Ceará 16th with 31, 16 apart. Criciúma's recent output lags their position: 10th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Against a league average of 1.15 goals per team per game, Ceará run at 1.04 scored and 1.27 conceded, Criciúma at 1.08 and 0.73. Three points here take Ceará to 34 and up to 15th, assuming other results stand.
Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in Fortaleza hosts the game.
