Goiás vs Ceará: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 21.January
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio de Hailé Pinheiro (50049 seats)

Season ticket holders at Estádio de Hailé Pinheiro haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Goiás languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Ceará will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Goiás has the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Serie A

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 Goiás and Ceará.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Goiás form and stats

Goiás have collected 16 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-4-6. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Goiás to get some points in this home game. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Goiás, their manager A. César and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Goiás fans got no joy from their last match, a Serie A game also here at Estádio de Hailé Pinheiro: A 0-1 defeat against Flamengo (placed 5th). Preceding that match was a Goiano 1 defeat to Atletico GO (0-1).

Goiás are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Santos awaits in three days.

Goiás has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goiás have conceded 21 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Ceará form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Ceará playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.

Ceará failed to get anything from their last game, a Serie A home match vs Bragantino (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Prior to that result Ceará won their away game at Flamengo. The scoreline was 2-0.

Late heartbreak for Ceará in the Bragantino match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.

A quick return to home after this game, as Ceará are hosting Palmeiras in the Serie A only three days away.

Ceará are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 15 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ceará have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Ceará - Goiás 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Goiás victories, five draws and one Ceará win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CearáV. Goes Barbosa de Souza
V. Goes Barbosa de Souza
9 goals
GoiásR. Martiniano de Miranda
R. Martiniano de Miranda
6 goals
CearáC. Bomfim de Jesus
C. Bomfim de Jesus
6 goals

Goiás missing players

Ceará missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Goiás Ceará
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 30
6 4 1 Won W 3 5 10
8 4 0 Drew D 1 4 9
16 7 4 Lost L 1 6 11
29 16 7 Scored S 12 24 41
45 22 10 Conceded C 6 23 41
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
70% 60% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 87%
50% 40% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 47%
17% 27% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 40% 27%
10% 20% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 27% 13%
57% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 53%
23% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 30%
27% 27% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 3.9 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.7
4 3 1 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
9.4 10.8 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.3 12.3
2.9 2.8 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.4 4.3
33% 38% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 32%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Goiás has the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Serie A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 São Paulo 30 16 9 5 50 28 14 9 4 1 23 7 16 7 5 4 27 21 22 57
2 Internacional 30 16 8 6 48 28 15 10 4 1 29 13 15 6 4 5 19 15 20 56
3 Atletico Mineiro 29 16 5 8 51 37 15 11 3 1 34 12 14 5 2 7 17 25 14 53
4 Gremio 29 12 14 3 38 24 14 9 4 1 26 13 15 3 10 2 12 11 14 50
5 Flamengo 28 14 7 7 47 39 15 7 4 4 27 21 13 7 3 3 20 18 8 49
6 Palmeiras 28 13 9 6 39 26 14 7 5 2 23 13 14 6 4 4 16 13 13 48
7 Fluminense 30 13 7 10 40 37 15 8 4 3 24 14 15 5 3 7 16 23 3 46
8 Santos 29 12 9 8 41 36 15 7 6 2 28 18 14 5 3 6 13 18 5 45
9 Corinthians 28 11 9 8 35 30 14 6 5 3 21 17 14 5 4 5 14 13 5 42
10 Atletico PR 30 11 6 13 27 29 15 6 4 5 14 11 15 5 2 8 13 18 -2 39
11 Ceará 30 10 9 11 41 41 15 5 5 5 17 18 15 5 4 6 24 23 0 39
12 Bragantino 30 9 11 10 39 36 15 7 4 4 26 17 15 2 7 6 13 19 3 38
13 Atletico GO 30 8 12 10 27 36 15 3 8 4 16 18 15 5 4 6 11 18 -9 36
14 Sport Recife 30 9 5 16 24 38 15 7 1 7 15 17 15 2 4 9 9 21 -14 32
15 Vasco da Gama 29 8 8 13 29 40 15 5 4 6 15 15 14 3 4 7 14 25 -11 32
16 Fortaleza 30 7 11 12 26 30 15 5 6 4 12 10 15 2 5 8 14 20 -4 32
17 Bahia 29 8 5 16 35 51 14 6 1 7 19 21 15 2 4 9 16 30 -16 29
18 Goiás 29 6 8 15 29 44 14 4 4 6 16 21 15 2 4 9 13 23 -15 26
19 Coritiba 30 6 7 17 23 39 15 3 4 8 8 13 15 3 3 9 15 26 -16 25
20 Botafogo 30 4 11 15 26 46 15 2 5 8 12 21 15 2 6 7 14 25 -20 23

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 São Paulo 30 16 9 5 50 28 14 9 4 1 23 7 16 7 5 4 27 21 22 57
2 Internacional 30 16 8 6 48 28 15 10 4 1 29 13 15 6 4 5 19 15 20 56
3 Atletico Mineiro 29 16 5 8 51 37 15 11 3 1 34 12 14 5 2 7 17 25 14 53
4 Gremio 29 12 14 3 38 24 14 9 4 1 26 13 15 3 10 2 12 11 14 50
5 Flamengo 28 14 7 7 47 39 15 7 4 4 27 21 13 7 3 3 20 18 8 49
6 Palmeiras 28 13 9 6 39 26 14 7 5 2 23 13 14 6 4 4 16 13 13 48
7 Fluminense 30 13 7 10 40 37 15 8 4 3 24 14 15 5 3 7 16 23 3 46
8 Santos 29 12 9 8 41 36 15 7 6 2 28 18 14 5 3 6 13 18 5 45
9 Corinthians 28 11 9 8 35 30 14 6 5 3 21 17 14 5 4 5 14 13 5 42
10 Atletico PR 30 11 6 13 27 29 15 6 4 5 14 11 15 5 2 8 13 18 -2 39
11 Ceará 30 10 9 11 41 41 15 5 5 5 17 18 15 5 4 6 24 23 0 39
12 Bragantino 30 9 11 10 39 36 15 7 4 4 26 17 15 2 7 6 13 19 3 38
13 Atletico GO 30 8 12 10 27 36 15 3 8 4 16 18 15 5 4 6 11 18 -9 36
14 Sport Recife 30 9 5 16 24 38 15 7 1 7 15 17 15 2 4 9 9 21 -14 32
15 Vasco da Gama 29 8 8 13 29 40 15 5 4 6 15 15 14 3 4 7 14 25 -11 32
16 Fortaleza 30 7 11 12 26 30 15 5 6 4 12 10 15 2 5 8 14 20 -4 32
17 Bahia 29 8 5 16 35 51 14 6 1 7 19 21 15 2 4 9 16 30 -16 29
18 Goiás 29 6 8 15 29 44 14 4 4 6 16 21 15 2 4 9 13 23 -15 26
19 Coritiba 30 6 7 17 23 39 15 3 4 8 8 13 15 3 3 9 15 26 -16 25
20 Botafogo 30 4 11 15 26 46 15 2 5 8 12 21 15 2 6 7 14 25 -20 23

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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.