Ceará vs Criciúma: preview, form, head-to-head and how to watch

Match overview

Ceará host Criciúma in Brasileirao Serie B on Thursday, 8 October 2026, with kick-off scheduled for 22:30 UTC.

The venue for the game is Arena Castelão, Fortaleza. All times on this page are shown in UTC; the match page converts the kick-off to your local time zone.

Where the teams stand

In the latest standings Ceará are 15th with 39 points from 31 matches, while Criciúma are 4th with 53 points from 31 matches. That leaves Ceará 14 points behind Criciúma.

Ceará have scored 34 goals and conceded 39 goals in the league, a goal difference of -5. Criciúma have scored 33 goals and conceded 27 goals in the league, a goal difference of +6.

Recent form

Over their last 5 games Ceará have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. They scored 7 goals and let in 6 goals (L-D-W-D-W).

Over their last 5 games Criciúma have 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. They scored 5 goals and let in 8 goals (L-L-L-W-W).

Ceará arrive in better form, taking 8 of a possible 15 points from their recent matches, compared with 6 for Criciúma.

Head-to-head

Across 1 meeting in our records, the tally is 0 wins for Ceará, 0 wins for Criciúma and 1 draw. The most recent meeting came on Tuesday, 16 June 2026: Criciúma 1-1 Ceará.

Across 1 meeting, the sides have produced 2 goals, an average of 2 per game.

Key numbers to watch

In their recent matches Ceará averaged 1.4 goals scored and 1.2 conceded per game, while Criciúma averaged 1 scored and 1.6 conceded.

Ceará have the sharper recent attack, averaging 1.4 goals per game over their last 5 matches. Ceará have been harder to score against, conceding 1.2 goals per game over the same spell.

How to watch

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