The Ceará manager E. Alves Moreira attacks this game with the team placed 4th so far. In the visitors dressing room Caucaia and their manager P. Schardong are in 8th place before this match.
The hosts Ceará saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Copa do Brasil. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Oeste.
Ceará form and stats
The first Cearense 1 game here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo resulted in a draw. Last season Ceará's home game statistics were 0 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 2 games. Three draws in a row here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo for Ceará, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
Ceará shared the glory with Oeste (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. In the match before that, Ceará hosted Bahia and drew the Copa do Nordeste game 2-2.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Ceará home games with this odds we find one game with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ceará, as the Copa do Nordeste home game vs Botafogo PB is only four days away.
Ceará has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Caucaia form and stats
0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Caucaia playing as the away team in the Cearense 1 this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Caucaia who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Guarany de Sobral was the last time a defeat was avoided. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Caucaia are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Caucaia failed to get anything from their last game, a Cearense 1 home match vs Guarany de Sobral (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. A loss against EC Sao Jose was the result prior to that, in a Copa do Brasil home game.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Caucaia has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
 F. Silva Costa 3 goals |  F. Leite 2 goals |   S. Brito 1 goals |
Ceará missing players
Caucaia missing players
| Ceará | Caucaia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 70% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 70% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.3 | 6.5 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 39 | 82 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 18 | 32 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 33% | 25% |
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Ferroviario | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Ceará | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Barbalha | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Pacajus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 7 | Uniclinic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 3 |
| 8 | Caucaia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 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 | Confianca | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Náutico | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Vitoria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | America RN | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Ceará | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Imperatriz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Santa Cruz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | CSA | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 1 |