The Ceará manager E. Alves Moreira attacks this game with the team placed 7th so far. In the visitors dressing room Bahia and their manager R. Machado Marques are in 6th place before this 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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Bahia have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Ceará form and stats
The first Copa do Nordeste game here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo resulted in a draw. Last season Ceará's home game statistics were 0 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 1 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Ceará.
A strong away win for Ceará against Bragantino PA the last match, as Bergson and Luiz Otávio were on target. A 0-0 draw away in the Copa do Nordeste before that, with ABC the opponent.
The victory against Bragantino PA came after Bergson's winning goal. The Ceará manager E. Alves Moreira was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 77th minute. A late climax in the match against Bragantino PA as the winning goal came five minutes into overtime; scored by Bergson.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ceará as they are travelling to their away game against Uniclinic in the Cearense 1. That match is four days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Ceará's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.
Bahia form and stats
One match played away so far in the Copa do Nordeste for Bahia and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses from 3 games. Bahia love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Jacobina.
Bahia has another fixture away, a Copa do Nordeste game, against CSA in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Bahia has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Ceará wins - draws - Bahia wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Oliveira Souza Junior 14 goals |  A. Guimarães 8 goals |  A. do Nascimento Cruz 5 goals |
Ceará missing players
Bahia missing players
| Ceará | Bahia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 2.7 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 8.7 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 11 | 46 |
| 14 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| 21% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 9% |
- Bahia has the fewest scored goals (0) away
- Ceará has the fewest scored goals in the second half (0)
- Ceará has the most conceded goals (2) at home
- Ceará has the most dropped points from leading position (4)
- Ceará has the most scored goals in the first half (3)
| Ceará | Last season | Bahia | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 2 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 2.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 73 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 26 | ||
| 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 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 | Confianca | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Vitoria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Náutico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | America RN | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Imperatriz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 6 | Santa Cruz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 7 | Ceará | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | CSA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ferroviario | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Ceará | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Pacajus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Guarany de Sobral | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Barbalha | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Uniclinic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 3 |
| 8 | Caucaia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bahia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Atletico Alagoinhas | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Vitoria | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Jacuipense | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Fluminense de Feira | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Juazeirense | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Bahia de Feira | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Vitoria da Conquista | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 9 | Atlanta | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 2 |
| 10 | Jacobina | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |