Season ticket holders at Estádio Municipal Raimundo de Oliveira Filho haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Barbalha languishing in the 8th position so far. The guesting Guarany de Sobral will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It's no vacation for neither Barbalha nor Guarany de Sobral as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Barbalha form and stats
Three Cearense 1 home games done for Barbalha, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. It's trouble wherever Barbalha are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Barbalha, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Prior to that, an away loss at Fortaleza.
Barbalha were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Barbalha have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Barbalha with 7 goals conceded in these matches.
Guarany de Sobral form and stats
Guarany de Sobral, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in Cearense 1, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Cearense 1, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Guarany have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 189 minutes ago. Lopeu was the goal scorer.
The manager J. Veras was unhappy after their last game, a Cearense 1 match played at their home ground Estádio Municipal Plácido Aderaldo Castelo. Guarany suffered a 0-5 loss to Fortaleza (placed 1st). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Ceará.
Guarany lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
A new game in only one day for Guarany de Sobral, the Serie D home match versus America RN. Busy days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Guarany de Sobral's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. Guarany are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Barbalha - Guarany de Sobral 0-0 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Barbalha won two games, four matches ended with a draw and Guarany de Sobral has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fourTop Goalscorers
  D. dos Santos 2 goals | F. da Silva Santos 2 goals |
Barbalha missing players
Guarany de Sobral missing players
| Barbalha | Guarany de Sobral | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 85% |
| 69% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 29% | 62% |
| 54% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 38% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 54% |
| 38% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.9 | 6 |
| 6.6 | 8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 6.7 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | 47 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 77 | 113 |
| 31 | 23 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 26 | 41 |
| 32% | 26% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 19% | 27% |
- Barbalha has the most conceded goals (17)
- Barbalha has the most conceded goals in the first half (10)
- Barbalha has the the worst goal difference (-11)
- Barbalha have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barbalha have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Guarany de Sobral have scored away.
- Barbalha have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Guarany de Sobral has the most clean sheets (4) 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 | Fortaleza | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | Ceará | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | Ferroviário | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Guarany de Sobral | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 10 |
| 5 | Uniclinic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Caucaia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 7 | Pacajus | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 3 |
| 8 | Barbalha | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 3 |