América Mineiro are thought of as probable winners of this home match vs Ceará, if the league positions are thought to provide some clues. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?
- América Mineiro have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie A
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
América Mineiro form and stats
The Serie A results at home this season for América Mineiro are 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for América Mineiro last time playing, versus Cuiabá. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Azevedo and Alê scoring for the victors. Patric was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.83 out of 10. The defender Patric hit three key passes and won 7 of 15 duels.
Before that, América Mineiro played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Corinthians.This is expected to be a close game, with América perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with América Mineiro as a small favourite), we find 5 games. América Mineiro has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.
The manager Mancini will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sao Paulo in only four days.
From these home matches, América Mineiro have conceded only 3 goals.
Ceará form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Ceará played 1-1 against Coritiba in their previous match. Midfielder Mendoza was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.9. Mendoza scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Fortaleza at their stadium, the result 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ceará playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Ceará wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ceará manager Júnior as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Goias.
Ceará are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Ceará has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these squads: América Mineiro won three, Ceará triumphed in one and we saw six draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, eight matches with under 2,5 goals.América Mineiro missing players
Ceará missing players
| América Mineiro | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 89% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 56% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 44% |
| 11% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 44% |
| 11% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 11% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 56% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 6.4 | 6.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 6.6 | 5.3 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 7.5 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.4 | 15 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 14 | 15.1 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 26% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 22% | 20% |
| 13 | 9.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 15.8 | 14.6 |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
- América Mineiro have not yet lost a game at home.
- América Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- América Mineiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- América Mineiro have scored in all their home matches so far.
- América Mineiro have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie A
- América Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Corinthians | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Sao Paulo | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Coritiba | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | América Mineiro | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Santos | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Botafogo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Flamengo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Fluminense | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Internacional | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Avaí | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 15 | Ceará | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | Goias | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Cuiabá | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Juventude | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Atlético GO | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
