After two games we know a little more about the qualities of Atlético Mineiro and Ceará in this fresh Serie A season. Read our match preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Atlético and Ceará.
It's quite the trip for Ceará when visiting Atlético Mineiro as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Atlético Mineiro so far this season. Ever since the Caldense game Atlético has been unbeatable here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio producing four straight wins. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.
Atlético's last game was hosting Corinthians (placed 16th) and winning 3-2. In the game before, an away victory match versus Flamengo with a 1-0 scoreline.
An impressive turnaround for Atlético in the match against Corinthians as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 3-2 win. Nathan scored the final goal.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Atlético Mineiro home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for Atlético Mineiro after this match as they are travelling to Botafogo for a Serie A game in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Atlético Mineiro at home in the league. 3 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Ceará form and stats
0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ceará in their Serie A matches away.
There were no winners in Ceará's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 1-1 vs Grêmio (placed 4th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sport Recife wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.
Goalkeeper Fernando Prass made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Grêmio. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
You'll want to know how Ceará managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ceará are hosting Vasco da Gama in the Serie A only four days away.
2 goals so far away for Ceará, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Atlético won five, Ceará won three and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Dalmoro 2 goals |   C. Bomfim de Jesus 2 goals |  N. de Souza 1 goals |
Atlético Mineiro missing players
Ceará missing players
| Atlético Mineiro | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 6.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 21 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 18 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 22% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| Atlético Mineiro | Last season | Ceará | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | ||
| 54% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 58% | ||
| 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 42% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 54% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 58% | ||
| 46% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 42% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 6.3 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 176 | 101 | Total Shots | T S | 64 | 131 | ||
| 74 | 40 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 54 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Athletico PR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Internacional | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Atlético GO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Vasco da Gama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Bahia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | São Paulo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Sport Recife | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Botafogo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Palmeiras | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Ceará | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Fluminense | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Santos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Goiás | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Flamengo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |