Serie A preview: Can Ceará edge out victory against Avaí?

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Sun 13.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (63903 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 17th and the visitors in 19th place.

It's no vacation for neither Ceará nor Avaí 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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Ceará form and stats

5-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Ceará so far this season. All in all it has been a very rough period for Ceará who hasn’t won a game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Chapecoense, 63 days ago.

In their previous game, the manager Adilson Batista led his Ceará to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Grêmio. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo. Before that game, the home loss against Goiás 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 three games) they have won 0 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

There will be little rest for Ceará after this match as they are travelling to Santos for a Serie A game in only four days.

Ceará are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 attempts. From these home matches, Ceará have conceded only 10 goals.

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Avaí form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Avaí, who have the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie A, so far with only 7 Serie A points returning home. The records show 2-1-9 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Avaí are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

There were no winners in Avaí's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 0-0 vs Vasco da Gama (placed 14th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against CSA wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

Avaí are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of four matches.

A new game in only four days for Avaí, the Serie A home match versus Internacional. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Avaí have conceded 23 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 Avaí - Ceará 1-2 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Ceará victories, 4 draws and 3 Avaí wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Chico
3 goals
Juninho
3 goals

Ceará missing players

Avaí missing players

Ceará Avaí
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 4 12 24
6 5 2 Won W 1 2 3
5 3 1 Drew D 1 1 8
13 4 0 Lost L 2 9 13
23 15 8 Scored S 3 7 13
26 10 1 Conceded C 5 23 36
88% 75% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
54% 58% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 62%
46% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 29%
12% 17% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 17%
4% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
42% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 38%
21% 42% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 29%
50% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 42% 50%
 
6.4 7.1 4.3 Corners For (avg) C F 5.8 5 5.7
4.8 4.1 4.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.5 7.6 5.9
2 1.9 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 4
Key stats This season:
  • Avaí have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Avaí have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Avaí haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ceará have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Avaí have scored away.

Ceará
All Cearense 1 Copa do Nordeste Copa do Brasil Serie A
All Home Away
22-09-19 SA CSA 1 - 0 Ceará
25-09-19 SA Ceará 0 - 0 Cruzeiro
29-09-19 SA Atlético Mineiro 2 - 1 Ceará
06-10-19 SA Ceará 0 - 1 Goiás
10-10-19 SA Grêmio 2 - 1 Ceará
13-10-19 SA Ceará 19:00 Avaí
17-10-19 SA Santos 22:15 Ceará
21-10-19 SA Bahia 22:30 Ceará
26-10-19 SA Ceará 20:00 Vasco da Gama
31-10-19 SA Ceará - Fluminense
Avaí
All Copa do Brasil Catarinense 1 Serie B Serie A
All Home Away
23-09-19 SA Avaí 1 - 0 Atlético Mineiro
26-09-19 SA Grêmio 6 - 1 Avaí
30-09-19 SA Avaí 0 - 2 Bahia
06-10-19 SA CSA 3 - 1 Avaí
10-10-19 SA Avaí 0 - 0 Vasco da Gama
13-10-19 SA Ceará 19:00 Avaí
17-10-19 SA Avaí 22:15 Internacional
20-10-19 SA São Paulo 19:00 Avaí
27-10-19 SA Avaí 21:00 Palmeiras
30-10-19 SA Avaí 22:30 Fortaleza

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Flamengo 24 17 4 3 51 21 12 11 1 0 32 10 12 6 3 3 19 11 30 55
2 Santos 24 14 5 5 36 23 12 8 3 1 26 11 12 6 2 4 10 12 13 47
3 Palmeiras 24 13 8 3 39 20 11 8 3 0 26 6 13 5 5 3 13 14 19 47
4 Corinthians 24 11 10 3 27 15 13 8 5 0 17 7 11 3 5 3 10 8 12 43
5 São Paulo 24 10 10 4 25 16 12 5 6 1 16 8 12 5 4 3 9 8 9 40
6 Internacional 24 11 5 8 29 23 12 9 3 0 20 7 12 2 2 8 9 16 6 38
7 Grêmio 24 10 8 6 39 26 12 7 3 2 26 15 12 3 5 4 13 11 13 38
8 Bahia 24 10 8 6 28 20 13 7 4 2 17 9 11 3 4 4 11 11 8 38
9 Athletico PR 24 10 5 9 35 25 11 7 1 3 16 7 13 3 4 6 19 18 10 35
10 Goiás 24 10 3 11 24 35 11 7 1 3 16 9 13 3 2 8 8 26 -11 33
11 Atlético Mineiro 24 9 4 11 29 31 12 6 2 4 19 15 12 3 2 7 10 16 -2 31
12 Botafogo 24 9 3 12 22 26 12 6 1 5 13 11 12 3 2 7 9 15 -4 30
13 Fortaleza 24 8 4 12 27 33 12 6 1 5 13 10 12 2 3 7 14 23 -6 28
14 Vasco da Gama 24 7 7 10 21 30 12 4 4 4 12 14 12 3 3 6 9 16 -9 28
15 Fluminense 24 7 5 12 25 34 12 4 3 5 12 11 12 3 2 7 13 23 -9 26
16 CSA 24 6 7 11 15 34 13 5 4 4 11 13 11 1 3 7 4 21 -19 25
17 Ceará 24 6 5 13 23 26 12 5 3 4 15 10 12 1 2 9 8 16 -3 23
18 Cruzeiro 24 4 9 11 18 32 12 4 4 4 10 12 12 0 5 7 8 20 -14 21
19 Avaí 24 3 8 13 13 36 12 1 7 4 6 13 12 2 1 9 7 23 -23 17
20 Chapecoense 24 3 6 15 18 38 12 2 3 7 9 14 12 1 3 8 9 24 -20 15

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