Athletico PR hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 19th position in the Serie A table. Visiting Fortaleza holds 10th place with 24 pts.
The hosts Athletico saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Copa do Brasil. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Flamengo.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Athletico PR form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Athletico PR, who have the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie A, have to build on here at Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães in the Serie A. Athletico PR are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães, having lost their two previous games here.
No payout for Athletico in their previous match, an away game at Flamengo that ended in defeat 2-3. Heartbreak before that as Athletico lost 0-1 at Sport Recife's place.
This is expected to be a close game, with Athletico PR perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Athletico as a small favourite), we find eight games. Athletico PR has won three of these, drawn three and lost two.
Athletico aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães in the league, with only 7 goals from 10 games. Athletico are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Fortaleza form and stats
Fortaleza, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie A, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-4-3 (8 played).
The manager R. Mücke Ceni was unhappy after their last game, a Serie A match played at their home ground Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo. Fortaleza suffered a 0-1 loss to Fluminense (placed 4th). Ahead of that match was the Copa do Brasil away draw versus São Paulo that ended 2-2.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Fortaleza in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Fortaleza, two draws and two defeats.
Fortaleza has another fixture away, a Serie A game, against Bahia in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The attacking power of Fortaleza when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. 8 goals have been conceded by Fortaleza in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Fortaleza - Athletico PR 0-2 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: five - three - one (Athletico PR wins - draws - Fortaleza wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Pereira do Nascimento 4 goals |  D. Correia da Fonseca 3 goals |  L. Cittadini 2 goals |
Athletico PR missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| Athletico PR | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 94% | 90% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 82% |
| 50% | 40% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 53% |
| 28% | 20% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 35% |
| 22% | 30% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 41% |
| 39% | 40% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 188 | 95 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 74 | 170 |
| 47 | 23 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 17 | 48 |
| 28% | 30% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 41% | 33% |
- Athletico PR has the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie A
- Athletico PR has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Serie A
- Fortaleza has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie A
- Fortaleza has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Serie A
- Fortaleza has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 35 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 32 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | São Paulo | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Santos | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Gremio | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Sport Recife | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Ceara | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Bahia | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 18 | Bragantino | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Athletico PR | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 20 | Goiás | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 12 |