Fortaleza fights Icasa in Cearense 1 battle

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Competition: Brazil Cearense 1
Competition: Mon 17.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

Fortaleza are chasing the top positions while Icasa are more concerned with avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Fortaleza have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Cearense 1
  • Icasa have the fewest scored goals (3) in Cearense 1

It's no vacation for neither Fortaleza nor Icasa 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.

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Fortaleza form and stats

Only two Cearense 1 home games for Fortaleza so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat. Fortaleza haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Santa Cruz, 54 days ago.

A good away victory last time out for Fortaleza, who won 2-0 against Ceará (placed 4th). Sensational by Fortaleza last match, beating Ceará away as big underdogs.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Crato and winning 6-1.

Fortaleza has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Icasa form and stats

No Cearense 1 points yet away for Icasa, from their first 3 matches. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Icasa's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Icasa won their last game, 3-2 versus Caucaia played at home.

A loss against Ceará was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Goals are few and far between in Icasa's away league games. Only 0 goals from 3 travels. For Icasa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Fortaleza victories, one draw and two Icasa wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Fortaleza missing players

Icasa missing players

Fortaleza Icasa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 1 7 13
4 1 1 Won W 0 2 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
0 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
14 4 4 Scored S 0 6 12
2 1 1 Conceded C 3 10 20
67% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 69%
33% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 46%
33% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 23%
33% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
33% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 38%
67% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 15%
33% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 46%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.4 3.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
10.8 16 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.6 8.2
5.2 8.5 13 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.6 4.1
45% 24% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 21%
Key stats in Cearense 1 this season:
  • Fortaleza have not yet lost a game.
  • Fortaleza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Fortaleza have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Cearense 1
  • Fortaleza have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Cearense 1
  • Fortaleza have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Cearense 1
  • Fortaleza have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Cearense 1
  • Icasa have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Cearense 1
  • Icasa have the fewest scored goals (3) in Cearense 1
  • Icasa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 4 2 0 14 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 3 1 0 10 1 12 14
2 Ferroviário 6 4 2 0 12 3 3 3 0 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 6 2 9 14
3 Uniclinic 6 3 2 1 19 6 4 1 2 1 10 6 2 2 0 0 9 0 13 11
4 Ceará 6 3 1 2 10 6 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 8 3 4 10
5 Pacajus 6 2 3 1 9 7 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 9
6 Icasa 6 1 0 5 3 13 3 1 0 2 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 7 -10 3
7 Caucaia 6 1 0 5 8 22 2 0 0 2 1 12 4 1 0 3 7 10 -14 3
8 Crato 6 1 0 5 4 20 4 1 0 3 3 12 2 0 0 2 1 8 -16 3

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