Criciúma host Juventude in a Brasileiro Série B fixture, and CheckLive's model favours the home side at 59 per cent. That is a medium-strength signal — a genuine edge, but not a decisive one, and a draw is very much part of the picture. Both sides are playing for important league points.
Criciúma's last five in Série B have brought two wins, one draw and two defeats: they beat Cuiabá 2-0 at home and Goiás 1-0 at home, lost 1-2 at CRB and 0-2 at home to Fortaleza, with a 1-1 draw at Botafogo-SP in between. Juventude are unbeaten in five, with two wins and three draws — away at Goiás (1-0) and home to CRB (2-1), plus goalless draws with Fortaleza and Londrina and a 2-2 home draw against Atlético Goianiense.
In the last five meetings between these sides, across Série A and Série B, Criciúma have one win, two draws and two losses. The most recent meeting, in May in Série B, finished 0-0 at Juventude. The key question is whether Criciúma can crack a Juventude side that has not lost in five, with the draw again a live option.
