Fortaleza vs Ceará preview: Copa do Brasil Round of 16 leg 1 of 2

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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 Fortaleza and Ceará.

Fortaleza form and stats

Last season, Fortaleza's Copa do Brasil journey ended in the semi-finals.

With 1 Serie A win, 4 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Fortaleza are certainly not brimming with confidence.

A nice win for Fortaleza last time playing, versus America Mineiro. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Pikachu scoring for the victors. Lima, who plays in attack, was the champion performer for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.43 (out of 10). Lima served one assist and hit three key passes.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Avai (2-3).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fortaleza have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 6 and lost 3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fortaleza as they are travelling to their away game against Atletico Mineiro in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.

Fortaleza aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the league, with only 4 goals from 8 games. Fortaleza have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Ceará form and stats

Last season their Copa do Brasil adventure ended in the 3rd round against Fortaleza.

3-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ceará in their Serie A matches away.

Ceará have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 261 minutes ago. Mendoza was the goal scorer. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ceará goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 185 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cuiaba in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. An interesting fact; the scoreline 2-0 has repeated itself three times in a row! Macedo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.61. The defender Macedo won 5 of 9 duels.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Atletico Mineiro.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ceará playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 4 Ceará wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

After this away game Ceará return home for a Serie A game against Atlético GO. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Ceará have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Fortaleza won two games, four matches ended with a tie and Ceará got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

G. Souza Lisboa 4 goals

R. dos Santos Fernandes 2 goals

M. Vieira da Veiga 2 goals

Fortaleza missing players

Ceará missing players