The season is still fairly new and the Cearense 1 table has to be read with caution. So far Floresta find themselves in 5th position and Ceará are placed 1st.
Ceará could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa do Nordeste game only four sleeps ago.
Floresta form and stats
Floresta are yet to win a home game this season, having collected 5 points from their first 3 games.The fans are hoping that Floresta will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Cearense 1 game against Fortaleza (placed 3rd). A 0-0 draw away before that, with Uniclinic the opponent.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Floresta here, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Defensively Floresta have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (1 in 3 games).
Ceará form and stats
Only one away game so far for Ceará and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were {awayteam_away_last_season_win victories}, {awayteam_away_last_season_draw draws} and {awayteam_away_last_season_lost losses} from awayteam_away_last_season_played travels. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Bahia game have they lost an away game, meaning Ceará has taken points from eleven away matches in a row.Ceará are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Copa do Nordeste against Santa Cruz (placed awayteam_last_opponent_position). Prior to that result Ceará won their away game at Ferroviario in the Cearense 1. The scoreline was 6-2.
After this away game Ceará are travelling again fairly soon, but not to a normal away game. The Copa do Nordeste match versus Salgueiro is played at a neutral venue in only two days.
4 goals so far away for Ceará, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Floresta - Ceará 0-4 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's 1 Floresta victory, 0 draws and 3 Ceará wins.Top Goalscorers
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| Floresta | Ceará | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | Played | 3 | 7 |
| 86% | 86% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 86% |
| 57% | 43% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 86% |
| 50% | 29% | Over 2.5 | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 14% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 29% |
| 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 14% |
| 50% | 29% | Both teams to score | 33% | 43% |
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheet | 67% | 57% |
| 29% | 43% | Failed To Score | 0% | 14% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Barbalha | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Uniclinic | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Ferroviário | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Guarany de Sobral | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Floresta | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 8 |
| 6 | Horizonte | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Iguatu | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 5 |
| 8 | Guarani de Juazeiro | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -11 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Ceará | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Ferroviário | 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 |
