Match Report
In the standings it was Fluminense 13th on 46 points, Criciúma 18th on 38 — separated by 8. Fluminense had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 13th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Fluminense 0.87 scored and 1.03 conceded per game, Criciúma 1.11 and 1.61, with the league averaging 1.22.
Criciúma had been beaten in three straight games.
Across 8 recorded meetings, Fluminense have 5 wins to Criciúma's 2, with 1 draw, at 3.75 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 75% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 88% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho in Rio de Janeiro staged the fixture, a ground that holds 78,838. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.