The Cearense 1 league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 1st and 7th respectively.
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 Barbalha and Horizonte.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Barbalha form and stats
The hosts won their first Cearense 1 game here at Estádio Antônio Lírio Callou, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Barbalha last season were 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from 1 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 237 minutes.
Happy days for Barbalha in their previous game, a Cearense 1 match away at Pacajus (placed 6th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Barbalha won a home game hosting Floresta (5-0).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Guarany de Sobral are coming to town in three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Barbalha at home in the league. 5 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Horizonte form and stats
Horizonte have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Cearense 1 were 1 victory, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 2 fixtures.
Vinicius Alves was the last player to score for the away team. Horizonte haven't scored a league goal in the last 237 minutes.
Horizonte play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Uniclinic (placed 3rd). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Guarany de Sobral.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Caucaia in just three days.
0 goals so far away for Horizonte, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Barbalha-Horizonte H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Barbalha 0 wins, Horizonte 2 wins, 2 draws. 1 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Barbalha missing players
Horizonte missing players
| Barbalha | Horizonte | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Barbalha | Last season | Horizonte | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 6 | Played | P | 8 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 6 | 10 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | ||
| 86% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 71% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | ||
| 21% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 14% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | ||
| 29% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 29% | ||
| 5.9 | 7.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.3 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.6 | 7.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 105 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 101 | ||
| 49 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 30 | ||
| 24% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barbalha | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Caucaia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Uniclinic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Guarany de Sobral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ferroviario | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Pacajus | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Horizonte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Floresta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Ferroviario | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Uniclinic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 5 | Horizonte | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 6 | Guarany de Sobral | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 7 | Floresta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 3 |
| 8 | Barbalha | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |