Serie A: What this game might miss in glitz it should make up for in pace and dedication. Get set for Ceará - Chapecoense!
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chapecoense have the most conceded goals (34) in Serie A
Ceará and Chapecoense should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Chapecoense when visiting Ceará as the cities are 3800 kilometers apart.
Ceará form and stats
5-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Ceará so far this season. The home fans are hungry for more even though Ceará have been steadily collecting points here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo through three straight draws.
Vinicius was the last player to score a league goal for Ceará and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ceará haven't scored in 328 minutes.
Ceará drew their last game, also a home match. Santos (placed 14th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Luiz Otávio, defender, was given a rating of 7.65/10 in that game, top of the team. Otávio won 9 of 12 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Ceará lost 0-2 at Gremio's place.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 ten games) they have won six times, drawn one and lost three.
Ceará are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Ceará have conceded only 8 goals.
Chapecoense form and stats
There's been little loot from Chapecoense's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Serie A. Chapecoense only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws.
Chapecoense's previous game was their home loss versus Palmeiras (0-2). Midfield player Moisés Ribeiro was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.23/10. Ribeiro dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 34 successful passes (of 37 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Bragantino at their stadium, the result 2-1.Chapecoense are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, five draws and one defeat. From a total of nine matches.
The visiting Chapecoense have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games. In the opposite end, Chapecoense have conceded 17 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other already this season, with the final score Chapecoense - Ceará 0-0 logged in the official records. Last nine meetings with these participants: Ceará won four, Chapecoense triumphed in two and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lima Morais 4 goals |   A. Alves Erculano 4 goals | P. Perotti 3 goals |
Ceará missing players
Chapecoense missing players
| Ceará | Chapecoense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 19 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 21 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 70% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 65% | 70% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 76% |
| 35% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 48% |
| 25% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 19% |
| 5% | 10% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 62% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 40% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 38% |
| 5 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 13.9 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11.2 | 11.5 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 24% | 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 34% | 24% |
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chapecoense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chapecoense have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie A
- Chapecoense have the most conceded goals (17) away in Serie A
- Chapecoense have the most conceded goals (34) in Serie A
- Chapecoense have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Serie A
- Chapecoense have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Serie A
- Chapecoense have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 45 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 38 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Internacional | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Atletico PR | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Sao Paulo | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Ceará | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 25 |
| 14 | Santos | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Bahia | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | Juventude | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 23 |
| 17 | Gremio | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 18 | America Mineiro | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 19 | Sport Recife | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 21 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -17 | 10 |