It's time for Serie A and Bragantino - Ceará. In this preview you'll get stats, scores, numbercrunching, tendencies and news!
- Bragantino have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Serie A
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Bragantino form and stats
6 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Bragantino have to build on here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid in the Serie A. It’s been three wins in a row for Bragantino here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Bragantino faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sao Paulo (0-3). Midfielder Evangelista was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game. Evangelista hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Atletico GO (1-2).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bragantino handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
Lots of goals? We don't know the future, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league matches with this team has seen three or more goals.
A decent goal production from Bragantino in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Bragantino are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Ceará form and stats
Playing away, Ceará have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie A this season.
Ceará might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Fortaleza proved too strong as Ceará slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo. Paraíba, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.8. Paraíba hit three key passes and won 9 of 13 duels.
We have checked recent matches where Ceará have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Low on goals? 12 of this side's last 15 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
Ceará are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Bragantino have avoided a loss in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) facing Ceará.The two teams involved encountered each other previously this season: Ceará - Bragantino 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Barra Mansa Realino de Souza 5 goals |  L. Candido de Almeida 5 goals |  A. Guimarães 3 goals |
Bragantino missing players
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| Bragantino | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 6 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 32 | 18 | 15 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 28 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 82% | 86% |
| 77% | 64% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 55% | 59% |
| 50% | 36% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 27% | 32% |
| 27% | 27% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 18% | 23% |
| 9% | 9% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 50% | 36% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 45% | 55% |
| 27% | 36% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 27% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 36% | 32% |
| 6.2 | 7.1 | 9.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 15.4 | 16.6 | 22.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 14 | 14.3 |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 30% | 31% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 21% | 20% |
| 13.8 | 11.3 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 14.9 | 13.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
- Bragantino have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Serie A
- Bragantino 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 | Palmeiras | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 48 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 39 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 39 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 37 |
| 6 | Internacional | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 36 |
| 7 | Atlético Mineiro | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | America Mineiro | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 30 |
| 9 | Bragantino | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 30 |
| 10 | Santos | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Goiás | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 26 |
| 14 | Ceará | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 25 |
| 15 | Fortaleza | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 23 |
| 17 | Avai | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 23 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -11 | 22 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 21 |
| 20 | Juventude | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -19 | 16 |
