About Match
Criciúma go into the game 3rd in the table on 44 points; Cuiabá sit 11th on 36 — an 8-point gap. Criciúma's recent output lags their position: 16th on form over five rounds while 3rd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Criciúma 1.04 scored and 0.76 conceded per game, Cuiabá 0.92 and 0.76, with the league averaging 1.14. Victory would move Criciúma to 47 points and up to 1st, with other results unchanged.
Cuiabá are unbeaten in 6, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Over the last five, Criciúma have taken 4 of 15 points to Cuiabá's 11.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Criciúma, 2 draws and 3 for Cuiabá, at 2.33 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
Estádio Heriberto Hülse, capacity 19,300, hosts the game.