Striving Ceará are eager to pull off a surprise win when they host hard-driving Athletico PR in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 15th vs 5th and the home fans will have not-so-high expectations.
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athletico PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their last match. Let's agree to expect an animated game!
Ceará form and stats
Ceará's results here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the Serie A have been very modest with 2 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Ceará drew their last game, 1-1 away at Bragantino (placed 10th). The Ceará goalkeeper Ricardo was crucial in the match against Bragantino last time out, making ten saves. The goalie Ricardo was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.84 out of ten. Ricardo saved a penalty.
Before that game, the home loss against Fortaleza with the scoreline 0-1.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 Ceará have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Not much happening? In this team's last 16 league games, 13 have contained zero, one or two goals.
On the other hand, Ceará have conceded 13 goals. When Ceará hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Avai, Atlético GO, Coritiba, Botafogo, Juventude and Cuiabá), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Athletico PR form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.
Athletico PR's last game was the home draw against América Mineiro (1-1). Vinícius, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Vinícius hit four key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.
aweayteam Hara magic won. We have checked recent matches where Athletico have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 0 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Palmeiras in just three days.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Athletico PR have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have met each other already this season, with the result Athletico PR - Ceará 1-0 written in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Ceará wins - draws - Athletico PR wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Terans Pérez 7 goals |  V. Roque Ferreira 4 goals |  V. Frezarin Bueno 3 goals |
Ceará missing players
Athletico PR missing players
| Ceará | Athletico PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 23 | 11 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 29 |
| 24 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 28 |
| 87% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 91% |
| 61% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 61% |
| 30% | 36% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 43% |
| 22% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 30% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 57% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 43% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 42% | 30% |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 5 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.2 | 7.4 | 6.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.1 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 14.6 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 20% | 19% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | 29% |
| 14.5 | 12.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 18.3 | 16.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
- Athletico PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Palmeiras | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 49 |
| 2 | Fluminense | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 40 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 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 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 | Santos | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 33 |
| 9 | América Mineiro | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 31 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 31 |
| 11 | Goiás | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Sao Paulo | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 27 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 27 |
| 15 | Ceará | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 16 | Cuiabá | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 24 |
| 17 | Avai | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 23 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | -14 | 22 |
| 19 | Atlético GO | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 22 |
| 20 | Juventude | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -19 | 17 |
