Perhaps a welcome break from league football as São Paulo & Fortaleza face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa do Brasil. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Paulo nor Fortaleza 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 time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Fortaleza, who are travelling more than 3000 kilometers to play this game.
São Paulo form and stats
Paulo participated in Copa do Brasil the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Grêmio.When playing at home in the Serie A, São Paulo have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games. This match is a Copa do Brasil match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
Paulo are returning here after visiting Sport Recife in a Serie A game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Pablo scored the goal(s). Dani Alves was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Alves hit three key passes and won 3 of 5 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Paulo lost 0-3 at Palmeiras's place.São Paulo are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Juventude awaits in four days.
Paulo aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. Paulo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Fortaleza form and stats
Fortaleza was sent out of Copa do Brasil in the 8th finals last season, when São Paulo turned out to be too strong.The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa do Brasil stats, they have 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Fortaleza are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Juventude. Defender Marcelo Benevenuto was the best team player with a rating of 7.93. Benevenuto scored one goal and won 6 of 7 duels.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Santos in the Serie A.Fortaleza find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Fortaleza have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two crews are: four wins for Paulo, three draws and three wins for Fortaleza. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  R. dos Santos Fernandes 7 goals | G. Souza Lisboa 4 goals | D. Correia da Fonseca 4 goals |
São Paulo missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| São Paulo | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Scored | S | 16 | 48 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.8 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Atletico GO | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Ceara | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Athletico PR | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | Internacional | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Santos | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | São Paulo | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 13 | Juventude | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | Cuiaba | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 20 |
| 15 | Bahia | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 18 |
| 16 | Fluminense | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 17 | Grêmio | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Sport Recife | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 6 |