CRICIúMA. Criciúma was in the end too strong for Ituano with the goal of Rodrigo (35′), Romulo (59′) and Romulo (64′).
The match was played at the Estádio Heriberto Hülse stadium in Criciúma on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was André Luiz de Freitas Castro with the support of Cristhian Passos Sorence and Leone Carvalho. The 4th official was Diego da Costa Cidral. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.4 degrees Celsius or 61.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Criciúma was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Ituano that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Criciúma was more pushing with 42 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Criciúma won the match.
Criciúma shot 20 times, 4 on target, 16 off target. On the opposite side, Ituano shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Criciúma received 1 yellow card (Lohan). Talking about the opposition, Ituano received 1 yellow card (Leo Ceara).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Criciúma will have 52 points like Sampaio Corrêa and Sport Recife to lose in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Ituano will stay with 51 points to go up in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie B, Criciúma will host Tombense on the 6th of November with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Tombense (0 draws).
Ituano will host Vasco da Gama on the 6th of November with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Criciúma – Formation
Criciúma
70'
35'
52'
Criciúma adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Cláudio Tencati decided to play with the following team: Gustavo , Cristovam , Rodrigo Fagundes , Rayan , Helder Santos , Arilson , Marcos Serrato , Fellipe Mateus , Hygor , Lohan and Italo Melo .
The home team had on the bench: Leo Costa, Gedeilson, Marcelo Hermes , Oswaldo Henriquez, Lucas Xavier, Fernando Viana , Thiago Alagoano , Lucas Poletto, Alisson, Rômulo , Renan Areias and Caio Dantas.
Substitutions
Criciúma made 5 changes: Arilson for Romulo (46′), Helder Santos for Marcelo Hermes (70′), Lohan for Fernando Viana (70′), Italo Melo for Thiago Alagoano (77′) and Fellipe Mateus for Renan Areias (87′).
Best player: Italo Melo
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Criciúma was Italo Melo even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 39 passes (87% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.
Ituano – Formation
Ituano
Also Ituano adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Carlos Alberto Pimentel played with: Jefferson Paulino , Raí Ramos , Lucas Dias Costa , Rafael Pereira , Roberto , Lucas , Caique , Dudu Vieira , Aylon , Brenner and Leo Ceará .
These were the players on the bench: Vinicius , Filipe, Kaio Mendes , Vinicius Jau , Bruno Lopes , Jorge Roa Jiménez, Gerson Magrão , Carlão and Léo Santos.
Substitutions
Ituano made 5 changes: Dudu Vieira for Vinicius Paiva (46′), Marlos Brenner for B. Lopes (62′), Aylon for Vinicius Jau (62′), Leo Ceara for Gerson Magrao (72′) and Lucas Siqueira for Kaio Mendes (83′).
Best player: Aylon
The player that probably impressed the most for Ituano was Aylon.
His rating is with 15 passes (53% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie B.
- Tombense – Ponte Preta – 0-0
- Novorizontino – Náutico – 6-0
- Criciúma – Ituano – 3-0
