Fortaleza favourites for feisty fight facing Athletico PR

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 09.Jul
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

Stats, recent trends, recent fixtures, player info, head-2-head, team selections and a lot more: Get all you need to know about Fortaleza - Athletico PR!

Insights:
  • Fortaleza have not yet lost a game at home.
  • All of Athletico PR's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

Athletico PR have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa do Brasil. That game, against Flamengo, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Athletico PR.

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Fortaleza form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo as Fortaleza have scored 9 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 3-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Fortaleza faced defeat in their previous match, away at Flamengo (0-2). The penalty miss from Pikachu in the defeat against Flamengo was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen. The gifted forward Lucero bettered all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.03 out of 10. Lucero hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that, a nice away win at Palestino. A Copa Sudamericana game. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Fortaleza's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 1 match, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have had zero, one or two goals.

Fortaleza have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Fortaleza have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Athletico PR form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Athletico PR so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).

Two away matches in a row for Athletico, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 vs Flamengo in the Copa do Brasil. The attacker Canobbio got a match rating of 7.2 in that game. Canobbio scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Palmeiras.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Athletico PR when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 2 and winning 0 games.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Flamengo in just three days.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Athletico have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Fortaleza won two games, three matches ended in a draw and Athletico PR managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

Athletico PRV. Roque Ferreira
V. Roque Ferreira
7 goals
Athletico PRC. Alves Cardoso
C. Alves Cardoso
3 goals

Fortaleza missing players

Athletico PR missing players

Fortaleza Athletico PR
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 3 6 13
5 3 1 Won W 1 1 6
5 3 2 Drew D 0 1 2
3 0 0 Lost L 2 4 5
15 9 3 Scored S 4 6 18
11 4 2 Conceded C 4 10 17
77% 67% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 85%
31% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 54%
8% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 23%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
38% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 54%
46% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 31%
38% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 15%
 
5 6.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 4.8
5.2 5.5 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.3 5.2
2.2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
14.8 16 16.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.5 15.5
5.6 6.7 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 4.7
21% 22% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 26% 30%
 
14 12.3 14 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14 12.8
4.5 2.8 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 5.7 4.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Athletico PR's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Athletico PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fortaleza have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortaleza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Fortaleza have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Botafogo 13 11 0 2 22 7 7 7 0 0 14 1 6 4 0 2 8 6 15 33
2 Gremio 13 8 2 3 24 18 7 5 2 0 17 7 6 3 0 3 7 11 6 26
3 Flamengo 13 8 1 4 26 17 7 5 1 1 14 4 6 3 0 3 12 13 9 25
4 Palmeiras 13 6 5 2 24 12 6 4 1 1 12 6 7 2 4 1 12 6 12 23
5 Bragantino 13 6 5 2 22 14 7 5 1 1 14 6 6 1 4 1 8 8 8 23
6 Fluminense 13 6 3 4 19 14 6 4 2 0 10 4 7 2 1 4 9 10 5 21
7 Sao Paulo 13 6 3 4 18 13 7 6 0 1 14 6 6 0 3 3 4 7 5 21
8 Internacional 13 6 3 4 13 14 6 4 1 1 7 4 7 2 2 3 6 10 -1 21
9 Athletico PR 13 6 2 5 18 17 7 5 1 1 12 7 6 1 1 4 6 10 1 20
10 Atlético Mineiro 13 5 5 3 18 13 6 2 3 1 9 7 7 3 2 2 9 6 5 20
11 Fortaleza 13 5 5 3 15 11 6 3 3 0 9 4 7 2 2 3 6 7 4 20
12 Cruzeiro 13 5 3 5 15 11 7 3 0 4 4 6 6 2 3 1 11 5 4 18
13 Cuiaba 13 4 3 6 12 16 6 1 2 3 6 9 7 3 1 3 6 7 -4 15
14 Santos 13 3 4 6 11 16 7 2 3 2 9 8 6 1 1 4 2 8 -5 13
15 Bahia 13 3 3 7 14 20 7 2 2 3 11 11 6 1 1 4 3 9 -6 12
16 Corinthians 13 3 3 7 11 17 6 2 3 1 7 5 7 1 0 6 4 12 -6 12
17 Goias 13 3 2 8 11 22 6 2 1 3 8 12 7 1 1 5 3 10 -11 11
18 Vasco da Gama 13 2 3 8 11 22 6 1 1 4 4 9 7 1 2 4 7 13 -11 9
19 América Mineiro 13 2 3 8 15 29 7 2 1 4 8 14 6 0 2 4 7 15 -14 9
20 Coritiba 13 1 4 8 11 27 6 0 3 3 3 8 7 1 1 5 8 19 -16 7

Read more about Serie A

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.