It's the Copa do Nordeste: Fortaleza and CRB face off

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Competition: Brazil Copa do Nordeste
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Fortaleza & CRB 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 CRB have to travel 900 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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Fortaleza form and stats

Fortaleza was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Copa do Nordeste.

The total Serie A stats at home this season for Fortaleza are 11-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). 3W-5D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa do Nordeste for Fortaleza.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Fortaleza, who played 0-0 against CRB. That match was also played at this venue (Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo).

Before that, Fortaleza had a Cearense 1 home game versus Ferroviario which ended with a victory 2-1.

The Fortaleza fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 26 in 19 matches.

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CRB form and stats

CRB was sent out of Copa do Nordeste in the quarter-finals last season.

8-3-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for CRB in their Serie B matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa do Nordeste stats, they have 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses both home and away.

CRB has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Fortaleza for a 0-0 draw.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus CSE at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far CRB have scored 21 goals in 19 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. CRB have conceded 22 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these sides: Fortaleza won six, CRB were winners in three and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals. The matches between these teams have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

CRBA. Alves Erculano
A. Alves Erculano
2 goals
CRBR. Vinicius Carvalho Longuine
R. Vinicius Carvalho Longuine
2 goals
CRBY. Severino dos Santos
Y. Severino dos Santos
1 goals

Fortaleza missing players

CRB missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortaleza CRB
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
11 8   Won W   2 11
6 3   Drew D   3 6
8 2   Lost L   7 8
34 21   Scored S   7 25
28 11   Conceded C   12 20
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
72% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   42% 52%
48% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 20%
24% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 8%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
40% 46%   BTTS BTTS   42% 40%
36% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 40%
28% 15%   Failed to Score F T   50% 24%
 
5.1 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 5.8
4 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 3.7
2.5 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
12.4 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 11.2
4.4 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 4
31% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 25%
 
9.9 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.7 8.6
3.2 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 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 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 Náutico 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 Náutico 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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