Bragantino have claimed 14 of their 24 in total here in familiar surroundings. What will happen versus Fortaleza?
- Bragantino have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Fortaleza have to travel 2800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Bragantino nor Fortaleza as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bragantino form and stats
4-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Bragantino so far this season.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Bragantino, as their goalkeeper Cleiton Schwengber has completely shut out the opponents for 206 minutes in the Serie A.
It's back home for Bragantino, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating America Mineiro away with the result 3-0. Alerrandro (2) and Sorriso found the net in that victory. Bragantino decided the match against America Mineiro in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy. The talented striker Alerrandro edged out all others in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.4 out of 10. Alerrandro scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Bragantino won a home game hosting Avai (4-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bragantino have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 5 and lost 1.
There will be little rest for Bragantino after this match as they are travelling to Fluminense for a Serie A game in only four days.
Bragantino have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid with 15 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home 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 8 from 9 matches.
Fortaleza form and stats
There's been little loot from Fortaleza's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Serie A. Fortaleza only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Fortaleza goalkeeper Fernando Miguel Kaufmann is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Fortaleza, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Atlético GO (placed 18th) last time out. That victory felt good as this team had gone three league rounds without victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Vojvoda when Moisés scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute. Attacker Romarinho got a player rating of 7.32 in the game. "Man of the match" Romarinho hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).
Fortaleza are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Santos in just four days.
The visiting Fortaleza have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. Fortaleza's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding eight meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Bragantino, zero draws and three wins for Fortaleza. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Barra Mansa Realino de Souza 5 goals |   G. Souza Lisboa 4 goals |  A. Guimarães 3 goals |
Bragantino missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| Bragantino | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 27 | 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 14 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 76% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 53% |
| 41% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 35% |
| 35% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 38% | 18% |
| 12% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 12% |
| 47% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 53% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 35% |
| 6.3 | 7.4 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4 | 5.4 |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.4 | 16 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11 | 14.2 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 33% | 33% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 30% | 19% |
| 13.6 | 11.8 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 12.6 | 11.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
- Bragantino have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Serie A
- Bragantino haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortaleza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Fortaleza haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 29 |
| 4 | Internacional | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Athletico PR | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | São Paulo | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | Santos | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 11 | Botafogo | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Avai | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | Goiás | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Ceara | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 15 | Cuiaba | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 17 | America Mineiro | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 18 | Atlético GO | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 | Juventude | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -13 | 13 |
