Can Avaí defeat Ceará in Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva clash?

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Wed 09.November
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva (17800 seats)

These teams have both had some difficulties so far, but three points in this important fixture would certainly help. Prepare for Avaí - Ceará!

Insights:
  • Avaí have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Serie A
  • Ceará have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Serie A

For Avaí relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. Ceará are struggling to avoid relegation.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3700 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.

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Avaí form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Avaí at their home stadium (Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats. The home stadium (Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Avaí it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

Avaí shared the glory with Santos in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Bragantino (1-2).

The manager de Lorenzi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Flamengo in only four days.

Avaí are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 26 goals have been conceded.

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Ceará form and stats

There's been little loot from Ceará's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 18 away games in the Serie A. Ceará only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 8 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Ceará have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone twelve consecutive matches without winning on the road.

The attacking players of Ceará have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 264 minutes.

There might be some fixture complaints from Ceará as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Corinthians. Jô, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.63. Jô hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Fluminense.

Few goals the story here? 13 of this club's last 16 league rounds have contained two goals or less.

A quick return to home after this game, as Ceará are hosting Juventude in the Serie A only four days away.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (17 so far).

Head 2 Head

Ceará have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Avaí.

Ceará - Avaí 1-0 was the outcome when this pair of teams last did battle, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

AvaíG. Bissoli Campos
G. Bissoli Campos
14 goals
CearáJ. Mendoza Valencia
J. Mendoza Valencia
10 goals
AvaíL. da Conceição Silva
L. da Conceição Silva
4 goals

Avaí missing players

Ceará missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Avaí Ceará
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
7 6 1 Won W 0 3 6
8 4 0 Drew D 2 8 16
21 8 4 Lost L 3 7 14
30 22 6 Scored S 1 14 30
59 26 9 Conceded C 4 17 38
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 83% 86%
75% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 50% 58%
53% 61% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 28%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 14%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
56% 72% 100% BTTS BTTS 20% 44% 53%
14% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 28% 22%
33% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 44% 39%
 
4.5 4.9 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 5.3 5.3
6.8 5.3 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 7.2 5.8
2.7 2.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.9 3.2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 4 10
 
11.3 12.4 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 12.7 13.6
3.4 3.6 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.3 4.5
25% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 5% 18% 18%
 
15.3 12.5 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 15.9 14.3
4.7 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 4.4 4.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Avaí have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Avaí have the most conceded goals (26) at home in Serie A
  • Avaí have the most conceded goals in the second half (40) in Serie A
  • Avaí have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Serie A
  • Avaí haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ceará have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Serie A
  • Ceará have the most matches under the total-line (23) in Serie A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Palmeiras 35 22 11 2 63 22 18 12 4 2 37 11 17 10 7 0 26 11 41 77
2 Internacional 36 18 13 5 54 31 18 12 5 1 37 14 18 6 8 4 17 17 23 67
3 Fluminense 36 19 7 10 59 41 18 11 3 4 36 20 18 8 4 6 23 21 18 64
4 Corinthians 36 18 10 8 42 33 18 12 4 2 24 10 18 6 6 6 18 23 9 64
5 Flamengo 35 18 7 10 57 34 18 11 3 4 36 13 17 7 4 6 21 21 23 61
6 Atletico PR 36 15 9 12 44 47 18 10 6 2 28 17 18 5 3 10 16 30 -3 54
7 America Mineiro 36 15 7 14 38 37 18 9 3 6 21 17 18 6 4 8 17 20 1 52
8 Atletico Mineiro 35 13 13 9 41 35 17 7 5 5 22 16 18 6 8 4 19 19 6 52
9 Sao Paulo 36 12 15 9 51 41 18 8 6 4 32 20 18 4 9 5 19 21 10 51
10 Fortaleza 35 13 9 13 37 38 17 6 7 4 17 12 18 7 2 9 20 26 -1 48
11 Botafogo 35 13 8 14 36 40 18 5 4 9 15 19 17 8 4 5 21 21 -4 47
12 Santos 36 12 11 13 44 36 18 8 5 5 28 17 18 4 6 8 16 19 8 47
13 Goiás 36 11 13 12 40 46 18 6 8 4 20 18 18 5 5 8 20 28 -6 46
14 Bragantino 36 11 11 14 49 52 18 8 5 5 29 22 18 3 6 9 20 30 -3 44
15 Coritiba 35 11 5 19 35 56 17 10 3 4 22 14 18 1 2 15 13 42 -21 38
16 Cuiaba 35 9 10 16 28 37 17 5 7 5 14 13 18 4 3 11 14 24 -9 37
17 Ceará 36 6 16 14 30 38 18 3 8 7 16 21 18 3 8 7 14 17 -8 34
18 Atletico GO 35 8 9 18 36 54 18 6 4 8 21 22 17 2 5 10 15 32 -18 33
19 Avaí 36 7 8 21 30 59 18 6 4 8 22 26 18 1 4 13 8 33 -29 29
20 Juventude 36 3 12 21 26 63 18 2 8 8 16 25 18 1 4 13 10 38 -37 21

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Palmeiras 35 22 11 2 63 22 18 12 4 2 37 11 17 10 7 0 26 11 41 77
2 Internacional 36 18 13 5 54 31 18 12 5 1 37 14 18 6 8 4 17 17 23 67
3 Fluminense 36 19 7 10 59 41 18 11 3 4 36 20 18 8 4 6 23 21 18 64
4 Corinthians 36 18 10 8 42 33 18 12 4 2 24 10 18 6 6 6 18 23 9 64
5 Flamengo 35 18 7 10 57 34 18 11 3 4 36 13 17 7 4 6 21 21 23 61
6 Atletico PR 36 15 9 12 44 47 18 10 6 2 28 17 18 5 3 10 16 30 -3 54
7 America Mineiro 36 15 7 14 38 37 18 9 3 6 21 17 18 6 4 8 17 20 1 52
8 Atletico Mineiro 35 13 13 9 41 35 17 7 5 5 22 16 18 6 8 4 19 19 6 52
9 Sao Paulo 36 12 15 9 51 41 18 8 6 4 32 20 18 4 9 5 19 21 10 51
10 Fortaleza 35 13 9 13 37 38 17 6 7 4 17 12 18 7 2 9 20 26 -1 48
11 Botafogo 35 13 8 14 36 40 18 5 4 9 15 19 17 8 4 5 21 21 -4 47
12 Santos 36 12 11 13 44 36 18 8 5 5 28 17 18 4 6 8 16 19 8 47
13 Goiás 36 11 13 12 40 46 18 6 8 4 20 18 18 5 5 8 20 28 -6 46
14 Bragantino 36 11 11 14 49 52 18 8 5 5 29 22 18 3 6 9 20 30 -3 44
15 Coritiba 35 11 5 19 35 56 17 10 3 4 22 14 18 1 2 15 13 42 -21 38
16 Cuiaba 35 9 10 16 28 37 17 5 7 5 14 13 18 4 3 11 14 24 -9 37
17 Ceará 36 6 16 14 30 38 18 3 8 7 16 21 18 3 8 7 14 17 -8 34
18 Atletico GO 35 8 9 18 36 54 18 6 4 8 21 22 17 2 5 10 15 32 -18 33
19 Avaí 36 7 8 21 30 59 18 6 4 8 22 26 18 1 4 13 8 33 -29 29
20 Juventude 36 3 12 21 26 63 18 2 8 8 16 25 18 1 4 13 10 38 -37 21

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.