Cearense 2 match prediction: Little separates Horizonte and Pacatuba in quality

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Competition: Brazil Cearense 2
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Olímpico Horácio Domingos de Sousa (5000 seats)

League round two of the Cearense 2 season and the participants have taken their learnings from the first match. Here's the best Horizonte - Pacatuba pre-match guide:

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Horizonte and Pacatuba.

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Horizonte form and stats

Last season, Horizonte's league results were 5 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses, results that produced 4th place in the Cearense 2. From these nine matches they scored {14 goals} and let in 11. Appearing at home in the last season Horizonte managed 3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) with {6 goals} and 2 conceded. The hosts won their first Cearense 2 game here at Estádio Olímpico Horácio Domingos de Sousa, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Horizonte last season were 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from 4 games.

The Horizonte followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Pacatuba and win 1-0.

Before that, Horizonte played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Pague Menos.

This is expected to be a close game, with Horizonte perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Horizonte as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Horizonte has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Early season league goal statistics from Horizonte's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 0 conceded.

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Pacatuba form and stats

Let's have a look at how Pacatuba performed last season in the Cearense 2: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 19 and conceded {23 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 8/8 goals scored/conceded. Pacatuba have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Cearense 2 were 3 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats from 9 fixtures.

There might be some fixture complaints from Pacatuba as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Horizonte.

Before that game, the win at home hosting Crateus in the Cearense 3 (1-0).

It's early days yet, but Pacatuba has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

The duelists have met previously this season: Horizonte - Pacatuba 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Horizonte two wins, zero draws and Pacatuba zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Horizonte Pacatuba
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5
5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 10
4 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
25% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
10 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 12
3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4
Horizonte Last season Pacatuba
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
11 5   Played P   9 18
5 3   Won W   3 4
2 1   Drew D   4 7
4 1   Lost L   2 7
16 7   Scored S   8 19
13 3   Conceded C   8 23
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 94%
73% 40%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   56% 67%
45% 20%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   22% 39%
36% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 22%
9% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
55% 40%   BTTS BTTS   44% 56%
27% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   44% 28%
18% 20%   Failed to Score F T   22% 22%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
0 0   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
0 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
0 0   Shots against (avg) S A   0 0
0 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 0

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Guarany de Sobral 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Horizonte 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Crato 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Pacatuba 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
3 Floresta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Crateus 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
6 Icasa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Itapipoca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Pague Menos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Tiradentes CE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ceara 9 6 2 1 12 5 4 4 0 0 6 1 5 2 2 1 6 4 7 20
2 Fortaleza 9 5 2 2 16 5 5 5 0 0 14 0 4 0 2 2 2 5 11 17
3 Guarani de Juazeiro 9 4 3 2 15 9 5 3 1 1 11 5 4 1 2 1 4 4 6 15
4 Horizonte 9 5 0 4 14 11 4 3 0 1 6 2 5 2 0 3 8 9 3 15
5 Maranguape 9 4 2 3 11 13 5 3 0 2 6 5 4 1 2 1 5 8 -2 14
6 Ferroviario 9 3 4 2 12 8 4 2 2 0 8 3 5 1 2 2 4 5 4 13
7 Tiradentes CE 9 3 2 4 15 14 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 1 1 3 7 8 1 11
8 Uniclinic 9 2 3 4 13 18 5 0 3 2 9 12 4 2 0 2 4 6 -5 9
9 Guarany de Sobral 9 1 3 5 10 19 5 1 2 2 6 10 4 0 1 3 4 9 -9 6
10 Itapipoca 9 0 3 6 6 22 4 0 3 1 2 4 5 0 0 5 4 18 -16 3
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Quixada 18 12 5 1 33 18 9 6 3 0 18 10 9 6 2 1 15 8 15 41
2 Maranguape 18 10 3 5 27 18 9 5 2 2 15 9 9 5 1 3 12 9 9 33
3 Itapipoca 18 7 7 4 27 17 9 6 2 1 18 4 9 1 5 3 9 13 10 28
4 Iguatu 18 6 9 3 27 24 9 4 5 0 11 7 9 2 4 3 16 17 3 27
5 Crateus 18 5 8 5 21 19 9 3 5 1 14 9 9 2 3 4 7 10 2 23
6 Trairiense 18 4 7 7 16 20 9 2 4 3 7 7 9 2 3 4 9 13 -4 19
7 Pacatuba 18 4 7 7 19 23 9 1 3 5 11 15 9 3 4 2 8 8 -4 19
8 Nova Russas 18 4 5 9 19 24 9 4 1 4 13 10 9 0 4 5 6 14 -5 17
9 Arsenal 18 3 8 7 20 35 9 2 5 2 11 11 9 1 3 5 9 24 -15 17
10 Uniclinic 18 4 3 11 15 26 9 3 1 5 10 14 9 1 2 6 5 12 -11 15

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Guarany de Sobral 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Horizonte 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Crato 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Pacatuba 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
3 Floresta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Crateus 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
6 Icasa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Itapipoca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Pague Menos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Tiradentes CE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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