The league table is allowed to rest as Fortaleza and Fluminense battle for Copa do Brasil honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Fortaleza form and stats
Fortaleza participated in Copa do Brasil the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Fortaleza's results here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the Serie A have been very modest with 1 victory, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Fortaleza, who played 0-0 against Santos. That match was also played at this venue (Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo). Defender Brítez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.0/10. Brítez hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Bragantino (1-2).Fortaleza are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Cuiaba awaits in three days.
Fortaleza has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 4 goals from 10 games. Fortaleza have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Fluminense form and stats
Fluminense's mission in Copa do Brasil last season failed in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W4-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.
Fluminense had fun at their own home (Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo) last time out, beating Bragantino 2-1. Cano and Arias scored. The attacker Arias got a match rating of 8.74 in that game. Arias scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Goias at their stadium, the result 3-2.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Santos.
The visiting Fluminense have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Fortaleza wins - draws - Fluminense wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Cano 7 goals |   G. Souza Lisboa 4 goals | J. Arias Andrade 4 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Fluminense missing players
| Fortaleza | Fluminense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 25 | 8 | Scored | S | 25 | 50 | ||
| 29 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13.8 | 16.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 24% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 41% | ||
| 12.6 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 39 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 35 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Atlético Mineiro | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Flamengo | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Internacional | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 9 | Santos | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 10 | São Paulo | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 |
| 11 | Botafogo | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 12 | Ceará | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | Goias | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | América Mineiro | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Avai | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 21 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Atlético GO | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 17 |
| 19 | Juventude | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 16 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 15 |
