In this week 9 match on May 28th, Criciúma hosts Cruzeiro in a clash of the Serie B. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 8th placed Criciúma is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Grêmio. Neither Grêmio nor Criciúma could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 21 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Criciúma is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while cruzeiro sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Sampaio Corrêa. Rafael Silva scored the first goal for Cruzeiro in the 48th minute, then Edu added another in the 77th minute on a feed from Rafael Silva In the end, Sampaio Corrêa was frustrated by Cruzeiro’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Cruzeiro ended the match with the shutout victory. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Cruzeiro should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Cruzeiro’s top weapon lately has been Edu, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Criciúma is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Jose Marcos Alves Luis and Marcelo Hermes each only have 1 goal in their last five.