Another interesting game in the Serie A. Ceará is in the 11th position after playing three matches. They welcome Bahia who are placed 8th after three games.
It's no vacation for neither Ceará nor Bahia 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 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Ceará form and stats
Ceará have only played one Serie A game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from 4 matches. Ceará has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The home team returns to Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo after being equal after 90 minutes with Chapecoense (placed 18th) on their last time out; the Serie A game ended 0-0. Midfield player Jorginho got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, the max score being 10. Jorginho hit five key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).
Preceding that match was the home Copa do Brasil game against Fortaleza that was lost 0-3.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ceará have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won two, drawn five and lost four.
Ceará are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Internacional awaits in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Ceará's 1 home game: 3 goals, 2 conceded.
Bahia form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Bahia have produced an overall stat of 0-1-0 so far.
Home advantage was not enough for Bahia in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Internacional, 0-1. Germán Conti was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.43. The defender Conti won 11 of 12 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Vila Nova in the Copa do Brasil.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Bahia in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Bahia, four draws and four defeats.
A new game in only three days for Bahia, the Serie A home match versus Corinthians. Busy days.
Bahia have the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Ceará wins - draws - Bahia wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Oliveira Souza Junior 2 goals |  T. da Silva 2 goals |  J. de Moura Xavier 1 goals |
Ceará missing players
Bahia missing players
| Ceará | Bahia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 8.3 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 9.3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 27% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| Ceará | Last season | Bahia | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 9 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 11 | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 33% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 17% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 33% | ||
| 22% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | ||
| 5.4 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 2.9 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.3 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 49% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fortaleza | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Atletico PR | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Atletico GO | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Atlético Mineiro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Bahia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Palmeiras | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Ceará | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Santos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Internacional | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Juventude | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 15 | Cuiaba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Sport Recife | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | São Paulo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | Chapecoense | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 19 | Gremio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fortaleza | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 17 |
| 2 | Ferroviario | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Ceará | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Uniclinic | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
| 5 | Pacajus | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Caucaia | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -14 | 4 |
| 7 | Crato | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -16 | 4 |
| 8 | Icasa | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | -16 | 3 |