Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Criciúma 3rd with 44 points, Ponte Preta 20th with 10, 34 apart. Criciúma had been under-performing their position — 16th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. In league terms the two rates read 0.64/2.08 for Ponte Preta and 1.04/0.76 for Criciúma (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.14.
Ponte Preta entered with five losses in a row. Criciúma entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for Ponte Preta against 13/15 for Criciúma.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Ponte Preta 2, draws 3, Criciúma 2, at 2.43 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 29% of meetings won. Shutting the other side out is rare here — both scored in 86% of the meetings.
Estádio Moisés Lucarelli, capacity 19,722, hosted the game. Criciúma led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Ponte Preta: Daniel Goncalves Baianinho (62') · Criciúma: Marcelo Hermes (12'), Marcelo Hermes (90')
Key stats
Possession: Ponte Preta 41% · Criciúma 59% · Total shots: 11-17 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 1-6