| Team | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criciúma | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10/15 | 4-2 |
| Fortaleza | D2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8/15 | 5-6 |
Computed over each team's last 15 finished games before kickoff.
Aggregated from 4 finished meetings in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-19 | Fortaleza | 3-2 | Criciúma |
| 2024-08-10 | Fortaleza | 1-0 | Criciúma |
| 2024-07-24 | Criciúma | 1-1 | Fortaleza |
| 2018-05-23 | Fortaleza | 2-0 | Criciúma |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criciúma | 1 | 22 | 43 | 10 | WWDLW | 2 | -1 |
| Fortaleza | 4 | 22 | 36 | 4 | WLWDD | 7 | -3 |
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 2026-08-23
7 points and 3 places separate them: Criciúma 1st with 43, Fortaleza 4th with 36. Victory would move Fortaleza to 39 points and up to 2nd, with other results unchanged.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 0 for Criciúma, 3 for Fortaleza and 1 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. 75% of these meetings ended in a home win. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 25% of meetings.
