The league table is allowed to rest as Ceará and Brusque battle for Copa do Brasil honors in this first 4th Round leg of two fixtures.
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 Ceará and Brusque.
Brusque have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Ceará form and stats
Last season their Copa do Brasil adventure ended in the 3rd round against Corinthians.3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Ceará have to build on here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the Serie A. On the other hand, in the Copa do Brasil, Ceará has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
A nice win for Ceará last time playing, versus Brusque. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-1 with Bergson, Tiago Pagnussat and Rafael Sóbis (2) scoring for the victors. Prior to that, an away loss at Bragantino in the Serie A.
As mentioned above, Ceará "killed" Brusque in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Ceará has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. From these home matches, Ceará have conceded only 5 goals.
Brusque form and stats
Brusque was sent out of Copa do Brasil in the 1st round last season.It's gone fairly well in the Serie C away games so far for Brusque with six points collected from three matches. Total Copa do Brasil statistics for Brusque: 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Brusque have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jose Carlos dos Anjos Savio. It's been 298 minutes since they last conceded in Serie C.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Brusque, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-5 versus Ceará. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Tombense.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Ceará was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Brusque are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Ceará and Brusque have met before this season: Ceará - Brusque 5-1. Ceará-Brusque H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Ceará three wins, Brusque zero wins, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Nascimento da Silva Junior 8 goals | L. Marques Lima 6 goals |  V. Goes Barbosa de Souza 3 goals |
Ceará missing players
Brusque missing players
| Ceará | Brusque | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 290 | 160 | Total Shots | T S | 107 | 260 | ||
| 111 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 96 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Mineiro | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Internacional | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Vasco da Gama | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Flamengo | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Sport Recife | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Santos | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Fluminense | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Ceará | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Grêmio | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Atlético GO | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 15 | Atletico PR | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | Bragantino | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 18 | Botafogo | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 19 | Bahia | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 20 | Goias | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brusque | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Ypiranga Erechim | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Volta Redonda | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Londrina | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Criciuma | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Ituano | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | EC Sao Jose | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 8 | Tombense | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Sao Bento | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Boa | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 3 |