The league table is allowed to rest as Palmeiras and Fortaleza battle for Copa do Brasil honors in this first Round of 16 leg of two fixtures.
These teams have little in common geographically as Fortaleza have to travel 3000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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 Palmeiras and Fortaleza.
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the Copa do Brasil. São Paulo was too strong.When playing at home in the Serie A, Palmeiras have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
Palmeiras drew their last game, also a home match. Bragantino was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Midfielder Veiga was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.35 (out of ten) in that game. Veiga hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 31 successful passes (of 34 total).
Ahead of that match, Palmeiras won a home game hosting Grêmio (4-1).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Palmeiras as they are travelling to their away game against Santos in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Palmeiras can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 9 times.
Fortaleza form and stats
They also participated in Copa do Brasil last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Fortaleza are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Fortaleza have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 191 minutes ago. Alexandre was the goal scorer. The Fortaleza goalkeeper Mauricio Kozlinski is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 182 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Fortaleza are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Grêmio. Ricardo had red hot gloves after the game against Grêmio, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. Ricardo was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.85. The agile goalkeeper Ricardo topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting São Paulo in the Serie A.Fortaleza have another game away in just three days, a Serie A match vs America Mineiro. A back-breaking fixture list for the visitors!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Fortaleza have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. The Fortaleza defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({1 goals} in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Palmeiras won five, Fortaleza triumphed in three and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Cavalcante Veiga 4 goals |  A. Guimarães 3 goals |   M. Vieira da Veiga 3 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| Palmeiras | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 13 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 54 | 34 | Scored | S | 16 | 58 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 7 | 7.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 17.1 | 18.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 16.3 | ||
| 7.4 | 8.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 6.8 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| 11.7 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Cruzeiro | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Fortaleza | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Santos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | São Paulo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Flamengo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Grêmio | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Internacional | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Vasco da Gama | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Bahia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Goias | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 2 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 1 |
