The league table is allowed to rest as Palmeiras and Ceará battle for Copa do Brasil honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Palmeiras nor Ceará 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.
It's quite the trip for Ceará when visiting Palmeiras as the cities are 3000 kilometers apart.
Palmeiras form and stats
Last season their Copa do Brasil adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Palmeiras have collected 13 points from their Serie A home games so far after 3-4-2.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Weverton Pereira da Silva not having conceded a league goal in 319 minutes.
It's back home for Palmeiras, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Vasco da Gama away with the result 1-0. Luiz Adriano found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Bragantino.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Palmeiras as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Fluminense are visiting.
Palmeiras are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Palmeiras's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Ceará form and stats
Ceará was sent out of Copa do Brasil in the 3rd round last season, when Corinthians turned out to be too strong.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ceará so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa do Brasil stats, they have 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
There were no winners in Ceará's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 0-0 vs Sport Recife. Before that, Ceará secured a home win against Santos with the score 1-0.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Gremio.
Ceará have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Ceará rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Palmeiras won five games, three matches ended with a draw and Ceará has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  L. de Souza da Silva 7 goals |   V. Goes Barbosa de Souza 6 goals | R. Cavalcante Veiga 4 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Ceará missing players
| Palmeiras | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 42 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 325 | 183 | Total Shots | T S | 159 | 344 | ||
| 109 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 108 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 35 |
| 4 | Sao Paulo | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 6 | Palmeiras | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Santos | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Gremio | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 9 | Sport Recife | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Ceará | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Bahia | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Bragantino | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Botafogo | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 19 |
| 19 | Atletico PR | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 20 | Goias | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 12 |