Salgueiro will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Ceará.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only two days ago in the Cearense 1. That game was also an away game, at Floresta. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary. Ceará have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2500 kilometers in air distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Salgueiro form and stats
Salgueiro are yet to win a home game this season, having collected 3 points from their first 3 games. Two home wins in a row for Salgueiro bring valid hopes of a third.The fans are hoping that Salgueiro will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Copa do Nordeste game against Bahia (placed 5th). Before that, Salgueiro had a Pernambucano 1 home game versus Central which ended with a victory 2-1.
Salgueiro have scored 2 goals here in 3 matches, not a lot. Salgueiro are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Cornélio de Barros Muniz, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Last season, Salgueiro's league statistics were 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the league. Over these nine matches they scored 21 goals and conceded 15. Playing at home last season Salgueiro managed 5-0-0 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 5 conceded.
Ceará form and stats
1-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ceará in their matches away.Ceará play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Floresta. Before that, Ceará secured a home win against Santa Cruz with the score 2-1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ceará manager Lisca as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Corinthians.
The attacking power of Ceará when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored in 3 matches. Ceará's manager Lisca has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal.
Let's have a look at how Ceará performed last season in the league. They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 9 and conceded 0 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 0 and lost 0 with 4/0 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 0 - 0 - 4 (Salgueiro wins - draws - Ceará wins).Top Goalscorers
Salgueiro missing players
Ceará missing players
| Salgueiro | Ceará | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | Played | 3 | 7 |
| 89% | 75% | Over 0.5 | 67% | 86% |
| 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | 33% | 71% |
| 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 43% |
| 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 14% |
| 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 14% |
| 56% | 75% | Both teams to score | 33% | 57% |
| 22% | 25% | Clean Sheet | 67% | 43% |
| 33% | 25% | Failed To Score | 33% | 14% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Fortaleza | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Santa Cruz | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 3 | CRB | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Vitória | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 5 | Salgueiro | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 6 | Sergipe | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 3 |
| 7 | Altos | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -11 | 2 |
| 8 | Sampaio Corrêa | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -12 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Botafogo PB | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Ceará | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Náutico | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | CSA | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Bahia | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 6 | ABC | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Moto Club MA | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Confiança | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
