Ceará vs CSA in Copa do Nordeste preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Brazil Copa do Nordeste
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 22:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ceará or CSA that keep their silverware dream alive.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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 Ceará and CSA.

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Ceará form and stats

The overall Serie A results playing at home this season for Ceará are 10-7-2 (wins-draws-losses). 3W-3D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa do Nordeste for Ceará.

Jhonatan was the last player to score a league goal for Ceará and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ceará haven't scored in 198 minutes.

A Cearense 1 defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Iguatu (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties).

The Ceará fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 19 matches. From these home matches, Ceará have conceded only 14 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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CSA form and stats

They also participated in Copa do Nordeste last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.

9 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of CSA playing as the away team in the Serie B this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa do Nordeste stats, they have 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away.

CSA have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Marcelo Henrique Passos Carne. It's been 291 minutes since they last conceded in Serie B.

CSA won their last game, 2-0 versus Cruzeiro Arapiraca played at home.

Before that, CSA travelled to ASA and returned home with a draw after the Alagoano game finished 2-2.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of CSA when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning two games.

A quick return to home after this game, as CSA are hosting CSE in the Alagoano only four days away.

CSA are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 19 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (18 so far).

Head 2 Head

Last six meetings involving these participants: Ceará won three, CSA were winners in one and we saw two draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

CSAY. Del Pino Rolim
Y. Del Pino Rolim
2 goals
CSAD. Belo
D. Belo
2 goals
CearáJ. Mendoza Valencia
J. Mendoza Valencia
1 goals

Ceará missing players

CSA missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ceará CSA
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   13 25
10 6   Won W   5 15
9 4   Drew D   6 7
6 1   Lost L   2 3
33 17   Scored S   17 47
21 8   Conceded C   13 20
88% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
64% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 76%
44% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 48%
16% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 36%
4% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
52% 55%   BTTS BTTS   69% 52%
40% 45%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 44%
20% 18%   Failed to Score F T   15% 12%
 
5.6 7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 6.1
5.4 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5.1
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.8
3 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
13.5 15.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 12.3
4.3 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 5.6
29% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 34%
 
14.5 13.3   Shots against (avg) S A   14.2 12.6
4.4 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 3.7

  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 38 26 6 6 67 34 19 17 1 1 42 13 19 9 5 5 25 21 33 84
2 Flamengo 38 21 8 9 69 36 19 13 1 5 31 15 19 8 7 4 38 21 33 71
3 Palmeiras 38 20 6 12 58 43 19 11 3 5 33 26 19 9 3 7 25 17 15 66
4 Fortaleza 38 17 7 14 44 45 19 11 4 4 26 19 19 6 3 10 18 26 -1 58
5 Corinthians 38 15 12 11 40 36 19 10 5 4 26 18 19 5 7 7 14 18 4 57
6 Bragantino 38 14 14 10 55 46 19 7 9 3 28 20 19 7 5 7 27 26 9 56
7 Fluminense 38 15 9 14 38 38 19 11 5 3 24 14 19 4 4 11 14 24 0 54
8 America Mineiro 38 13 14 11 41 37 19 9 6 4 22 11 19 4 8 7 19 26 4 53
9 Atletico GO 38 13 14 11 33 36 19 6 10 3 17 14 19 7 4 8 16 22 -3 53
10 Santos 38 12 14 12 35 40 19 9 6 4 21 14 19 3 8 8 14 26 -5 50
11 Ceará 38 11 17 10 39 38 19 10 7 2 24 14 19 1 10 8 15 24 1 50
12 Internacional 38 12 12 14 44 42 19 8 6 5 29 22 19 4 6 9 15 20 2 48
13 Sao Paulo 38 11 15 12 31 39 19 7 9 3 18 15 19 4 6 9 13 24 -8 48
14 Atletico PR 38 13 8 17 41 45 19 8 5 6 23 21 19 5 3 11 18 24 -4 47
15 Cuiaba 38 10 17 11 34 37 19 7 6 6 18 20 19 3 11 5 16 17 -3 47
16 Juventude 38 11 13 14 36 44 19 9 6 4 19 15 19 2 7 10 17 29 -8 46
17 Gremio 38 12 7 19 44 51 19 8 6 5 29 21 19 4 1 14 15 30 -7 43
18 Bahia 38 11 10 17 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 22 19 3 5 11 15 29 -9 43
19 Sport Recife 38 9 11 18 24 37 19 5 7 7 13 13 19 4 4 11 11 24 -13 38
20 Chapecoense 38 1 12 25 27 67 19 0 6 13 13 32 19 1 6 12 14 35 -40 15
  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 38 20 10 8 56 31 19 15 2 2 39 13 19 5 8 6 17 18 25 70
2 Goias 38 17 14 7 48 31 19 10 7 2 30 16 19 7 7 5 18 15 17 65
3 Coritiba 38 18 10 10 49 35 19 11 5 3 29 14 19 7 5 7 20 21 14 64
4 Avai 38 18 10 10 44 35 19 10 6 3 24 14 19 8 4 7 20 21 9 64
5 CSA 38 18 8 12 48 33 19 9 6 4 28 15 19 9 2 8 20 18 15 62
6 Guarani 38 16 12 10 54 41 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 6 8 5 26 24 13 60
7 CRB 38 16 12 10 47 39 19 8 9 2 26 17 19 8 3 8 21 22 8 60
8 Nautico 38 14 11 13 50 50 19 8 6 5 30 25 19 6 5 8 20 25 0 53
9 Vila Nova 38 12 15 11 35 36 19 6 10 3 13 11 19 6 5 8 22 25 -1 51
10 Vasco da Gama 38 13 10 15 43 52 19 9 4 6 25 24 19 4 6 9 18 28 -9 49
11 Ponte Preta 38 12 13 13 39 40 19 9 7 3 26 17 19 3 6 10 13 23 -1 49
12 Operario PR 38 13 9 16 35 46 19 9 4 6 22 21 19 4 5 10 13 25 -11 48
13 Cruzeiro 38 10 18 10 42 44 19 5 10 4 24 24 19 5 8 6 18 20 -2 48
14 Sampaio Corrêa 38 12 11 15 41 42 19 9 5 5 25 16 19 3 6 10 16 26 -1 47
15 Brusque 38 13 9 16 44 56 19 9 5 5 25 16 19 4 4 11 19 40 -12 45
16 Londrina 38 11 11 16 31 41 19 6 5 8 17 19 19 5 6 8 14 22 -10 44
17 Remo 38 11 10 17 31 42 19 7 4 8 11 13 19 4 6 9 20 29 -11 43
18 Vitoria 38 8 16 14 31 32 19 5 7 7 18 14 19 3 9 7 13 18 -1 40
19 Confianca 38 9 10 19 35 48 19 6 3 10 20 25 19 3 7 9 15 23 -13 37
20 Brasil de Pelotas 38 4 11 23 23 52 19 4 6 9 14 21 19 0 5 14 9 31 -29 23

Table
  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 38 20 10 8 56 31 19 15 2 2 39 13 19 5 8 6 17 18 25 70
2 Goias 38 17 14 7 48 31 19 10 7 2 30 16 19 7 7 5 18 15 17 65
3 Coritiba 38 18 10 10 49 35 19 11 5 3 29 14 19 7 5 7 20 21 14 64
4 Avai 38 18 10 10 44 35 19 10 6 3 24 14 19 8 4 7 20 21 9 64
5 CSA 38 18 8 12 48 33 19 9 6 4 28 15 19 9 2 8 20 18 15 62
6 Guarani 38 16 12 10 54 41 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 6 8 5 26 24 13 60
7 CRB 38 16 12 10 47 39 19 8 9 2 26 17 19 8 3 8 21 22 8 60
8 Nautico 38 14 11 13 50 50 19 8 6 5 30 25 19 6 5 8 20 25 0 53
9 Vila Nova 38 12 15 11 35 36 19 6 10 3 13 11 19 6 5 8 22 25 -1 51
10 Vasco da Gama 38 13 10 15 43 52 19 9 4 6 25 24 19 4 6 9 18 28 -9 49
11 Ponte Preta 38 12 13 13 39 40 19 9 7 3 26 17 19 3 6 10 13 23 -1 49
12 Operario PR 38 13 9 16 35 46 19 9 4 6 22 21 19 4 5 10 13 25 -11 48
13 Cruzeiro 38 10 18 10 42 44 19 5 10 4 24 24 19 5 8 6 18 20 -2 48
14 Sampaio Corrêa 38 12 11 15 41 42 19 9 5 5 25 16 19 3 6 10 16 26 -1 47
15 Brusque 38 13 9 16 44 56 19 9 5 5 25 16 19 4 4 11 19 40 -12 45
16 Londrina 38 11 11 16 31 41 19 6 5 8 17 19 19 5 6 8 14 22 -10 44
17 Remo 38 11 10 17 31 42 19 7 4 8 11 13 19 4 6 9 20 29 -11 43
18 Vitoria 38 8 16 14 31 32 19 5 7 7 18 14 19 3 9 7 13 18 -1 40
19 Confianca 38 9 10 19 35 48 19 6 3 10 20 25 19 3 7 9 15 23 -13 37
20 Brasil de Pelotas 38 4 11 23 23 52 19 4 6 9 14 21 19 0 5 14 9 31 -29 23

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