Serie A preview: Can Ceará edge out victory against Atlético GO?

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 08.August
Match begins: 21:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

Serie A: The mid-table positions show the journey Ceará and Atlético GO have been on so far. Both teams are up for it; let's go!

Insights:
  • Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atlético GO have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Atlético GO could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa do Brasil game only four sleeps ago.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Ceará form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo as Ceará have scored 13 goals to get 16 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 5-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Ceará haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Bahia, 52 days ago.

Ceará's previous game was a Serie A match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Fortaleza (placed 3rd). The home side are looking to build on that result. Goalkeeper Richard got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.82 out of ten. Richard stopped the opponent with seven saves. Richard loved the game against Fortaleza. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory.

Before that, Ceará played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Sport Recife.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ceará handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, one draw and three defeats.

A decent goal production from Ceará in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. On the other hand, Ceará have conceded 7 goals.

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Atlético GO form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Atlético GO have produced an overall stat of 3-1-3 so far.

There were no winners in Atlético's previous match, a Copa do Brasil home game that ended 2-2 vs Atletico PR (placed 6th). Attacker Zé Roberto got a player rating of 7.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Roberto scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs America Mineiro.

We have checked recent matches where Atlético GO have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were eight victories, zero draws and six defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Atlético have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. Atlético have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ceará-Atlético GO H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ceará four wins, Atlético GO four wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CearáR. Lima Morais
R. Lima Morais
3 goals
Atlético GOJ. Assunção de Araujo Filho
J. Assunção de Araujo Filho
3 goals
CearáGabriel Lacerda
Gabriel Lacerda
2 goals

Ceará missing players

Atlético GO missing players

Ceará Atlético GO
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 3 7 14
5 5 1 Won W 2 3 5
7 1 0 Drew D 1 1 4
2 1 1 Lost L 0 3 5
17 13 3 Scored S 3 7 12
13 7 2 Conceded C 1 9 15
71% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
64% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 57% 57%
43% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 29%
29% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 7%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
57% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 43%
43% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 43% 43%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 21%
 
5.1 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.7 4.4
4.6 5.1 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9.7 6.7 6.7
2.6 3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.4 14.3 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 8.3 9.4
4.3 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.3 2.9
28% 39% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 30% 29%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atlético GO have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Atlético GO have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Atlético GO haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ceará have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Ceará haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 14 10 2 2 25 12 7 6 1 0 15 7 7 4 1 2 10 5 13 32
2 Atletico Mineiro 14 10 1 3 21 10 7 5 1 1 14 5 7 5 0 2 7 5 11 31
3 Fortaleza 14 8 3 3 22 12 7 6 1 0 16 4 7 2 2 3 6 8 10 27
4 Bragantino 14 7 6 1 25 16 7 2 5 0 12 9 7 5 1 1 13 7 9 27
5 Flamengo 12 8 0 4 25 11 7 5 0 2 14 7 5 3 0 2 11 4 14 24
6 Atletico PR 13 7 2 4 21 15 6 4 2 0 11 7 7 3 0 4 10 8 6 23
7 Ceará 14 5 7 2 17 13 7 5 1 1 13 7 7 0 6 1 4 6 4 22
8 Santos 14 5 4 5 16 16 7 4 2 1 9 3 7 1 2 4 7 13 0 19
9 Atlético GO 14 5 4 5 12 15 7 2 3 2 5 6 7 3 1 3 7 9 -3 19
10 Bahia 14 5 2 7 18 23 8 3 1 4 9 12 6 2 1 3 9 11 -5 17
11 Corinthians 14 4 5 5 12 14 7 1 2 4 6 10 7 3 3 1 6 4 -2 17
12 Fluminense 13 4 5 4 10 12 6 2 2 2 4 6 7 2 3 2 6 6 -2 17
13 Juventude 13 4 4 5 9 14 7 4 1 2 6 7 6 0 3 3 3 7 -5 16
14 Internacional 14 3 6 5 12 18 7 1 3 3 5 8 7 2 3 2 7 10 -6 15
15 Sport Recife 14 3 5 6 8 11 6 1 2 3 2 4 8 2 3 3 6 7 -3 14
16 Cuiaba 13 2 7 4 13 16 6 1 2 3 7 10 7 1 5 1 6 6 -3 13
17 Sao Paulo 14 2 6 6 9 17 7 1 4 2 5 6 7 1 2 4 4 11 -8 12
18 America Mineiro 14 2 5 7 11 19 7 1 3 3 4 5 7 1 2 4 7 14 -8 11
19 Gremio 12 1 4 7 6 14 6 0 4 2 3 5 6 1 0 5 3 9 -8 7
20 Chapecoense 14 0 4 10 11 25 7 0 1 6 3 12 7 0 3 4 8 13 -14 4

Read more about Serie A

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.