In this 36th week match, on Saturday Oct 22nd, Vasco da Gama will host Criciúma in a clash of these two closely matched Serie B teams. In their last match, Vasco da Gama recorded a 1-1 draw against Sport Recife. Facundo Labandeira Castro scored the first goal for Sport Recife in the 65th minute, but Raniel got the equalizer for Vasco da Gama in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Criciúma is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Ituano. Rodrigo Fagundes de Freitas scored the first goal for Criciúma in the 35th minute, then Rômulo added another in the 59th minute on a feed from Ítalo Melo At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ituano couldn’t manage to score, and Criciúma took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Criciúma should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On the 9th of July, Criciúma hosted Vasco da Gama in their last match together. Vasco da Gama took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Raniel scored the first goal for Vasco da Gama in the 9th minute from the penalty spot, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Criciúma couldn’t muster any offence and Vasco da Gama ran away with the shutout win.
Criciúma’s top weapon lately has been Hygor, who has three goals in the last 5 matches. Alex Teixeira has been the most prolific scorer on Vasco da Gama in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.