On Sunday Sep 25th, Criciúma and Chapecoense will play a match in Criciúma in a clash of these two closely matched Serie B teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Criciúma recorded a 1-1 draw against Sampaio Corrêa. Ygor Catatau struck first for Sampaio Corrêa in the 37th minute, then Thiago Alagoano tied it up for Criciúma in the 83rd minute on a feed from Ítalo Melo squeezing out at least the one point for Criciúma. Criciúma is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 14th placed Chapecoense, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against CSA. Perotti scored the first goal for Chapecoense in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, CSA couldn’t muster any offence and Chapecoense ran away with the shutout win. Chapecoense is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 11th of June, Chapecoense hosted Criciúma in their last match together. Criciúma was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Leonardo Renan Simoes de Lacerda struck first for Chapecoense in the 8th minute on a feed from Marcelo Freitas, then Rayan added another on an own goal in the 15th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 62nd minute on a goal by Marquinhos Gabriel to cap off a wild match.
For Chapecoense, their top scorers are C. Amaral Barletta de Almeida and Perotti, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Criciúma is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Rafel Bilu and Caio Dantas each only have 1 goal in their last 5.