América Mineiro believe to sell some tickets for this match despite that the season has been grim so far with 15 points and a 19th spot in the Serie A table. Visiting Ceará own 8th place with 24 pts.
- Ceará have yet to win a game away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ceará, who are travelling more than 2300 kilometers to play this game.
América Mineiro form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. América Mineiro have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio.
América Mineiro's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Bragantino (placed 4th). Defender João Paulo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.05/10. Paulo hit three key passes and won 4 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Chapecoense that finished 1-1.América Mineiro have scored 5 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, América have conceded only 7 goals.
Ceará form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ceará so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 0-6-2 (win-draw-lose).
Ceará's last game was the home draw against Flamengo (1-1). Midfielder Vina was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.43. Vina scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
A 1-3 defeat away at Corinthians before that.The attacking power of Ceará when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Ceará have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): América two wins, six draws and Ceará two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lima Morais 4 goals |  F. Azevedo dos Santos 2 goals | A. da Silva Santos Junior 2 goals |
América Mineiro missing players
Ceará missing players
| América Mineiro | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 22 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 25% | 50% | 71% |
| 65% | 44% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 50% | 65% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 38% | 41% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | 29% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 41% | 22% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 59% |
| 18% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 50% | 41% |
| 47% | 56% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 29% |
| 5.2 | 6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 13.4 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 12.8 | 13.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 17% | 12% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 15% | 26% |
- Ceará 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Atletico GO | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Ceará | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Atletico PR | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | Internacional | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Santos | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Sao Paulo | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 13 | Juventude | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | Cuiaba | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 20 |
| 15 | Bahia | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 18 |
| 16 | Fluminense | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 17 | Gremio | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Sport Recife | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 19 | América Mineiro | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 15 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 6 |