Criciúma vs Vitória betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie A match on November 20th, 2024

A football match between Criciúma and Vitória of the Serie A will take place in Brazil on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024, at 19:30h (UTC), check the Criciúma vs Vitória betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Criciúma vs Vitória 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, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can find all the follow-up to the match live on Betarena, bringing odds, events, statistics, and more to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Criciúma vs Vitória 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 2.41 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.49 goals per game of the last championship.

Criciúma last match

Criciúma come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Cruzeiro, valid for the Serie A, ended with a 2-1. The team coached by C. Tencati lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The odds for them to win, of 6.00 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

The team's defensive line was far from their best in the contest. Claudinho had a terrible performance, failed at crucial moments, and became one of the leading players responsible for the negative result.

Vitória last match

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

A defeat of the home team had odds of 2.45, which makes it clear that a close match was expected.

Criciúma vs Vitória h2h

The last time these teams battled against each other in Serie A, Criciúma ranked 13th place while Vitória was in 16th place. Criciúma took to the field with a 4-4-2 tactic, while Vitória deployed in a 4-1-4-1 formation.

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 07-07-2024. The match was valid for the 2024 season of the Serie A, and it ended with a 2-1 win for Vitória.

The last time these teams met, there were no easy wins!

The Vitória team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Criciúma team, which won only 1 match.

Criciúma

Serie A leaderboard now

Criciúma enters into this match occupying 16th place in the Serie A with a negative balance. The team has scored 37 points, winning only 9 games, losing 14, and scoring 10 draws.

The team, in the 34th round, has the same score that the Juventude team in position 17, and the same number of points that of Fluminense team that is placed in 15th place.

Criciúma analysis

Criciúma after 33 matchdays have scored 39 goals and conceded 48 goals, and therefore shows a negative goal difference.

Criciúma team comes to this game with a sequence of 2 losses in the Serie A that has been affecting the team's morale.

The average ball possession of Criciúma in this league is 42.79%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against Vitória they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

Taking the fight or in this case, the game to your opponent’s prove unwise for this team, having won 4 games as the visiting team, compared to their record of 5 wins, 3 losses, and 8 draws playing in their home base.

Criciúma is a more offensive team than Vitória, having 2968 attacks vs. 2904 from Vitória, having scored 39 times. In comparison, Vitória converted into goal 38 times.

Best goalscorer from Criciúma

Yannick Bolasie has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 6 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Criciúma to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Vitória

Serie A leaderboard now

The Vitória team with 38 points currently occupies the 13th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Copa Sul-Americana, with a campaign of 11 wins, 5 draws, and 17 losses.

Vitória analysis

After 33 rounds, Vitória has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 48 goals so far and scored 38 times.

Best goalscorer from Vitória

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Alerrandro. The Attacker has scored 10 times in the current season and has helped Vitória come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 4 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Criciúma is Yannick Bolasie, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Vitória is Alerrandro, he has scored in 10 opportunities.

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Taking into consideration that Vitória scores an average of 1.13 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.67.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The number of corners of both teams when combine gives an average of 4.7 corners per game, something to explore to gain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 5.33 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Vitória side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 6 time this season, very different from Criciúma who only saw the red card 5 times. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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