| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ituano | 15 | D1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6/15 | 3-3 |
| Criciúma | 15 | W2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10/15 | 8-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2021-08-04 – 2021-10-31) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-31 | Criciúma | 0-0 | Ituano |
| 2021-08-04 | Ituano | 3-0 | Criciúma |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ituano | 14 | 38 | 42 | -5 | DLWDD | 12 | +2 |
| Criciúma | 3 | 38 | 64 | 12 | WWDWL | 1 | +2 |
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 2023-08-19
On paper the standings were lopsided — Criciúma 3rd with 64 points, Ituano 14th with 42, 22 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Ituano 0.87 scored and 1 conceded per game, Criciúma 1.18 and 0.87, with the league averaging 1.05.
Estádio Municipal Dr. Novelli Júnior in Itu, capacity 18,560, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Ituano led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-0.
