The Serie A league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Ceará and Bahia are placed 19th and 4th respectively.
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.
Bahia have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Ceará form and stats
Ceará have less points than they have played home games in the Serie A so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point.
Ceará are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 226 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Cleber).
The Ceará crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Vasco da Gama here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in a Serie A match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Atlético Mineiro (0-2).
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 four, drawn five and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ceará as they are travelling to their away game against Vitoria in the Copa do Brasil. That match is three days after this one.
Ceará has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 4 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Bahia form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Bahia have produced an overall stat of 0-1-0 so far. Visiting Bahia has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to São Paulo (placed 13th) in their previous outing. The Serie A match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Bahia secured a home win against Bragantino with the score 2-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bahia playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were two Bahia wins, three draws and four defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Bahia has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ceará won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Bahia has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  C. Bomfim de Jesus 2 goals | F. Silva Costa 1 goals |  J. Ferreira Junior 1 goals |
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| Ceará | Bahia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 6.7 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | 33 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 34 |
| 15 | 8 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 20% | 12% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 24% |
- Ceará has the most conceded goals (4) at home
- Ceará has the most conceded goals (9)
- Ceará has the most conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Ceará has the the worst goal difference (-3) at home
- Ceará has the the worst goal difference (-6)
| Ceará | Last season | Bahia | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | ||
| 67% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 67% | ||
| 58% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 33% | ||
| 42% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 58% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 33% | ||
| 42% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 50% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.8 | ||
| 6 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 131 | 67 | Total Shots | T S | 54 | 140 | ||
| 54 | 30 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 65 | ||
| 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vasco da Gama | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Internacional | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Bahia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Santos | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Grêmio | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Athletico PR | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Botafogo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Palmeiras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Atlético GO | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | São Paulo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Fluminense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Fortaleza | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Sport Recife | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Flamengo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Goiás | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Ceará | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 |