Criciúma vs Botafogo betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie A match on June 22nd, 2024

Criciúma and Botafogo will be playing against each other on Saturday, June 22nd, 2024, at 19:00h (UTC), in a Serie A football game in Brazil, check the Criciúma vs Botafogo betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Criciúma vs Botafogo will occur

The game will be played in the small Estádio Heriberto Hülse stadium, in the city of Criciúma, with a capacity for 19300 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Criciúma vs Botafogo betting tip 2024

Despite the season change, the Serie A has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.44 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.49 goals per game of the last championship.

Criciúma last match

In the last match played, Criciúma met Bahia, in a match valid for the Serie A. The match ended in a draw by 2-2. The coach C. Tencati's on that occasion lined the team up with a 4-4-2 formation.

The game had all the elements to be an even game between both teams, for that reason it was logical that the draw was one of the most expected results, with odds around 3.20.

One of the best on the field of Criciúma was certainly Arthur Caíke, with a performance well above the average one expressed by his team. He himself, with his sense of position and his excellent plays, was crucial to his team in bringing home a positive result.

Botafogo last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Serie A, Botafogo, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Grêmio team with a final score of 1-2.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.15, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Criciúma vs Botafogo h2h

The two teams have not faced each other since 07-11-2015. On that occasion they were playing for the 2015 season of the Serie B, and the match ended with a 1-0 win for Criciúma.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

The performance of the Botafogo team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Criciúma team.

Teams each aiming for their goals using their strengths.

Criciúma

Serie A leaderboard now

With 6 points won, Criciúma is in 18th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 1 win against 3 losses, plus 3 draws.

In the 11th round, the team has no advantage against the Fluminense team, which is ranked just below in position 19. It also has the same score that the Grêmio team that is in the 17th place.

Criciúma analysis

Currently, in the Serie A, Criciúma sums 12 goals for and a total of 14 goals against, after 10 rounds played.

Criciúma has a ball possession average of 42.71% in the league. Therefore, they are not the team that proposes the game, which can be a problem for this match. Therefore, fans hope the team to have more possession in this Criciúma vs Botafogo 2024 match and, especially, to convert it into goals.

Yannick Bolasie's life is not being easy in this beginning of his trajectory for his new club. Hired for this season, the player has not been performing well, a fact that was repeated in Criciúma last game. Against Bahia, once again he failed to score goals, accumulating another bad performance.

Best goalscorer from Criciúma

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Matheuzinho. The Midfielder scored 3 goals in the current season, helping Criciúma to achieve victory in several disputes.

Botafogo

Serie A leaderboard now

The Botafogo team with 19 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the CONMEBOL Libertadores, with a campaign of 6 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses.

Botafogo analysis

After round 10 of Serie A we count 16 goals scored by Botafogo and 8 conceded.

Botafogo is in that excellent moment of being the favorite after 3 wins in the Serie A.

A team with great aspirations and abilities in the Serie A.

Playing away Botafogo usually leaves little room for opponents to win against them, with a balance of 3 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw in the Serie A.

Botafogo is a more offensive team than Criciúma, having 858 attacks vs. 597 from Criciúma, having scored 16 times, in comparison, Criciúma converted into goal 12 times.

Increasingly prominent within the team, Cuiabano, a defender who arrived for this season, did another fine performance in the last duel of the club. In the match against Grêmio, he was a fundamental piece, providing great security for the whole team and showing he is already fully adapted to the new club.

Best goalscorer from Botafogo

In this season, the individual highlight is Junior Santos that has dominated the offensive side. The Attacker has already scored 3 times this season, becoming crucial in the positive results that Botafogo achieved in several matches.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Criciúma is Matheuzinho, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Botafogo is Junior Santos, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

For those following the live game, it has been known that between 75-90 minutes is a period where most goals are scored making this a good time to bet.

Since Botafogo has an average of 1.6 goals per game when playing away from home, and considering that they often do not concede goals away from home, the market with less than 2.5 goals it can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.62.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 4.68 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Criciúma has an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game over the 10 rounds, while Botafogo has an average of 2.8. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.4 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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