The visiting Atlético Mineiro side should be favourites in this visit to Ceará, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.
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.
Atlético Mineiro have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Ceará form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Ceará have to build on here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the Serie A.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Palmeiras in the Copa do Brasil last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Grêmio (2-4).
Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Palmeiras last time out, but a goal from Tiago Pagnussat completed a comeback to a draw result for Ceará.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie A game versus Sao Paulo in only three days. This game is also played here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo.
Ceará are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. From these home matches, Ceará have conceded only 9 goals.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (37) in Serie A, on their Serie A travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats.
Atlético's previous game was their home loss versus Athletico PR (0-2). Prior to that result Atlético Mineiro won their away game at Corinthians. The scoreline was 2-1.
After this away game Atlético return home for a Serie A game against Botafogo. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Atlético are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Atlético have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Atlético Mineiro - Ceará 2-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Ceará victories, two draws and five Atlético Mineiro wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. da Silva França 9 goals |  V. Goes Barbosa de Souza 6 goals | C. Bomfim de Jesus 4 goals |
Ceará missing players
Atlético Mineiro missing players
| Ceará | Atlético Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 37 |
| 30 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 26 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 80% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 81% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 67% |
| 30% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 33% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 14% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 52% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 33% |
| 30% | 30% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 258 | 137 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 65 | 170 | 360 |
| 85 | 41 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 37 | 123 |
| 29% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | 30% |
- Atlético Mineiro has the most scored goals (37) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Atlético Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Ceará has the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Serie A
- Ceará has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) 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 | Atlético Mineiro | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 38 |
| 2 | Internacional | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Santos | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Grêmio | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 33 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Bahia | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 10 | Athletico PR | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 25 |
| 12 | Corinthians | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 24 |
| 14 | Ceará | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Atletico GO | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 16 | Bragantino | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 22 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -9 | 20 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 20 | Goiás | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 12 |