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São Paulo

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São Paulo will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 4-1 Serie A losing effort in their last game against Vasco da Gama.

In that game, São Paulo had 59% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 on target. For São Paulo, the scorers were André Silva (10') and Alan Franco (33' Own goal). Vasco da Gama got 14 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Guilherme Estrella (45'), Leandrinho (80') and David (93') scored for Vasco da Gama.

Luis Zubeldía's São Paulo have scored a sum total of 7 times in their prior 6 outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in that time is 7.

Going into this contest, São Paulo have not been beaten in the league by Criciuma in their last 2 matches.

Criciuma

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Criciuma will go into this encounter following on from a 2-1 Serie A win to beat Botafogo in their last fixture.

In that game, Criciuma had 38% possession and 16 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Criciuma, goals were scored by Barreto (10') and Arthur Caíke (84'). On the other side, Botafogo got 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Lucas Halter (55') was the scorer for Botafogo.

The stats tell the story, and Criciuma have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 14 goals in all. In defence, Criciuma have some weaknesses to address. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward here, of course.

Coming into this fixture, Criciuma haven't been beaten by São Paulo when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 25/04/2004, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with São Paulo winning 2 of those games, Criciuma 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

In all, 13 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 of them from Tricolor Paulista and 6 netted by Tigrão. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Serie A match day 32 on 02/11/2014 which ended up with the score at Criciuma 1-2 São Paulo.

On that day, Criciuma managed 51% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player to score was Souza (71').

For their opponents, São Paulo got 13 shots at goal with 7 on target. Édson Silva (37') and Alan Kardec (83') scored.

The referee was Dewson Fernando Silva.

🗞️ Team News: São Paulo

Pablo Maia (Muscle injury), Felipe Negrucci (Calf injury) and Rafinha (Leg injury) won’t be able to feature for São Paulo gaffer Luis Zubeldía.

📋 Team News: Criciuma

Thanks to a completely injury-free squad to pick from, the Criciuma boss Claudio Tencati has no fitness worries at all before this game.

💭 Prediction

In this game, São Paulo should get amongst the goals when they meet Criciuma, who might well find it a difficult task to find the back of the net.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a 2-0 winning score for São Paulo when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 22:04 27/06/2024