The league table in Copa do Nordeste tells a story about these teams so far, with Ceará leading Salgueiro by 5 points. Match preview to follow:
- Ceará have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Copa do Nordeste
- Salgueiro have yet to win a game away.
The visiting Salgueiro played their last game only three days ago, a Pernambucano 1 match.
Ceará form and stats
Ceará, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Copa do Nordeste, have collected seven points from their first three Copa do Nordeste games here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, a promising start.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Richard de Oliveira Costa not having conceded a league goal in 236 minutes.
It's back home for Ceará, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sport Recife away with the result 4-0. Cleber, Pedro Naressi, S. Mendoza and Gabriel Dias found the net in that victory. Before that, Ceará had a home game versus CSA which ended with a victory 2-0.
As mentioned above, Ceará "killed" Sport Recife in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Ceará have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Ceará have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Salgueiro form and stats
The Copa do Nordeste season is young and Salgueiro have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
The manager D. Neri was unhappy after their last game, a Pernambucano 1 match played at their home ground Estádio Cornélio de Barros Muniz. Salgueiro suffered a 2-3 loss to Nautico. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting CRB in the Copa do Nordeste.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Pernambucano 1 trip to Vera Cruz.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Salgueiro as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Salgueiro have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Ceará five wins, zero draws and Salgueiro zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Carvalho Silva 1 goals | T. da Silva 1 goals |
Ceará missing players
Salgueiro missing players
| Ceará | Salgueiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 13.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.7 | 9.3 |
| 5.3 | 6.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 26% |
- Ceará have not yet lost a game.
- Ceará have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Ceará have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Copa do Nordeste
- Ceará have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Copa do Nordeste
- Ceará have the the best goal difference (+8) in Copa do Nordeste
- Salgueiro have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ceará | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | CRB | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Bahia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Sampaio Corrêa | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Confiança | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | Treze | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 de Julho | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Santa Cruz | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 3 |