It's the Copa do Nordeste: Ceará and Sergipe face off

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Competition: Brazil Copa do Nordeste
Competition: Sun 26.March
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ceará & Sergipe face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa do Nordeste. All the pre-match information is available here!

These teams have little in common geographically as Sergipe have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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.

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Ceará form and stats

Ceará participated in Copa do Nordeste the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.

4 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Ceará have to build on here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the Serie A. 5W-1D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa do Nordeste for Ceará.

Ceará's previous match was a Copa do Nordeste game also played at their home, finishing 3-1 vs Atletico Alagoinhas. The home team hope to to build on that result.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Iguatu.

Ceará are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 5 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 1 and lost 0.

Ceará are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 19 games. Ceará have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Sergipe form and stats

They also participated in Copa do Nordeste last season. This ended in the group stage.

When we have look at the Copa do Nordeste statistics, we find 3W-2D-3L. This is both home and away.

Sergipe delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Sampaio Correa in their previous match; a Copa do Nordeste fixture.

Before that, Sergipe travelled to Lagarto and returned home with a draw after the Sergipano game finished 2-2.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's three Ceará victories, zero draws and zero Sergipe wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SergipeJ. da Silva Braga
J. da Silva Braga
5 goals
SergipeJ. Soares de Lima
J. Soares de Lima
2 goals
SergipeR. Nunes Freitas
R. Nunes Freitas
2 goals

Ceará missing players

Sergipe missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ceará Sergipe
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
13 10   Won W   1 13
5 1   Drew D   3 5
7 1   Lost L   7 7
47 29   Scored S   5 35
26 9   Conceded C   11 20
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 92%
88% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   27% 60%
48% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 44%
28% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 20%
20% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
52% 58%   BTTS BTTS   27% 44%
24% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 36%
24% 8%   Failed to Score F T   64% 28%
 
6.2 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3 4.7
4.7 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.5
3 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.5
2 2   Red cards R C   2 6
 
13.1 13.3   Shots (avg) S (   6.8 10.1
4.7 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.7 3.9
36% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 36%
 
11 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   10.6 9
3.6 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Palmeiras 38 23 12 3 66 27 19 13 4 2 39 12 19 10 8 1 27 15 39 81
2 Internacional 38 20 13 5 58 31 19 13 5 1 40 14 19 7 8 4 18 17 27 73
3 Fluminense 38 21 7 10 63 41 19 12 3 4 39 20 19 9 4 6 24 21 22 70
4 Corinthians 38 18 11 9 44 36 19 12 4 3 24 11 19 6 7 6 20 25 8 65
5 Flamengo 38 18 8 12 60 39 19 11 3 5 37 15 19 7 5 7 23 24 21 62
6 Atletico Mineiro 38 15 13 10 45 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 19 7 8 4 20 19 8 58
7 Atletico PR 38 16 10 12 48 48 19 11 6 2 31 17 19 5 4 10 17 31 0 58
8 Fortaleza 38 15 10 13 46 39 19 7 8 4 24 13 19 8 2 9 22 26 7 55
9 Sao Paulo 38 13 15 10 55 42 19 8 6 5 32 21 19 5 9 5 23 21 13 54
10 America Mineiro 38 15 8 15 40 40 19 9 4 6 22 18 19 6 4 9 18 22 0 53
11 Botafogo 38 15 8 15 41 43 19 6 4 9 18 19 19 9 4 6 23 24 -2 53
12 Santos 38 12 11 15 44 41 19 8 5 6 28 19 19 4 6 9 16 22 3 47
13 Goias 38 11 13 14 40 53 19 6 8 5 20 22 19 5 5 9 20 31 -13 46
14 Bragantino 38 11 11 16 49 59 19 8 5 6 29 23 19 3 6 10 20 36 -10 44
15 Coritiba 38 12 6 20 39 60 19 11 4 4 25 16 19 1 2 16 14 44 -21 42
16 Cuiaba 38 10 11 17 31 42 19 6 8 5 17 15 19 4 3 12 14 27 -11 41
17 Ceará 38 7 16 15 34 41 19 4 8 7 20 22 19 3 8 8 14 19 -7 37
18 Atletico GO 38 8 12 18 39 57 19 6 5 8 22 23 19 2 7 10 17 34 -18 36
19 Avai 38 9 8 21 34 60 19 7 4 8 24 26 19 2 4 13 10 34 -26 35
20 Juventude 38 3 13 22 29 69 19 2 9 8 18 27 19 1 4 14 11 42 -40 22

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 Palmeiras 38 23 12 3 66 27 19 13 4 2 39 12 19 10 8 1 27 15 39 81
2 Internacional 38 20 13 5 58 31 19 13 5 1 40 14 19 7 8 4 18 17 27 73
3 Fluminense 38 21 7 10 63 41 19 12 3 4 39 20 19 9 4 6 24 21 22 70
4 Corinthians 38 18 11 9 44 36 19 12 4 3 24 11 19 6 7 6 20 25 8 65
5 Flamengo 38 18 8 12 60 39 19 11 3 5 37 15 19 7 5 7 23 24 21 62
6 Atletico Mineiro 38 15 13 10 45 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 19 7 8 4 20 19 8 58
7 Atletico PR 38 16 10 12 48 48 19 11 6 2 31 17 19 5 4 10 17 31 0 58
8 Fortaleza 38 15 10 13 46 39 19 7 8 4 24 13 19 8 2 9 22 26 7 55
9 Sao Paulo 38 13 15 10 55 42 19 8 6 5 32 21 19 5 9 5 23 21 13 54
10 America Mineiro 38 15 8 15 40 40 19 9 4 6 22 18 19 6 4 9 18 22 0 53
11 Botafogo 38 15 8 15 41 43 19 6 4 9 18 19 19 9 4 6 23 24 -2 53
12 Santos 38 12 11 15 44 41 19 8 5 6 28 19 19 4 6 9 16 22 3 47
13 Goias 38 11 13 14 40 53 19 6 8 5 20 22 19 5 5 9 20 31 -13 46
14 Bragantino 38 11 11 16 49 59 19 8 5 6 29 23 19 3 6 10 20 36 -10 44
15 Coritiba 38 12 6 20 39 60 19 11 4 4 25 16 19 1 2 16 14 44 -21 42
16 Cuiaba 38 10 11 17 31 42 19 6 8 5 17 15 19 4 3 12 14 27 -11 41
17 Ceará 38 7 16 15 34 41 19 4 8 7 20 22 19 3 8 8 14 19 -7 37
18 Atletico GO 38 8 12 18 39 57 19 6 5 8 22 23 19 2 7 10 17 34 -18 36
19 Avai 38 9 8 21 34 60 19 7 4 8 24 26 19 2 4 13 10 34 -26 35
20 Juventude 38 3 13 22 29 69 19 2 9 8 18 27 19 1 4 14 11 42 -40 22

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