Ceará - Cuiabá: Serie A basement sides desperate for points and triumph. Check out all the relevant stats and information before the match!
- Ceará have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Serie A
- Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Serie A
These teams have little in common geographically as Cuiabá have to travel 3000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both contenders have had enough rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face game!
Ceará form and stats
With 3 Serie A wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Ceará are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Ceará hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Santos, Avaí, Atletico GO, Coritiba, Juventude and Ceará), they have won 2 of 4 matches!
Ceará shared the glory with Atletico Mineiro in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Goalkeeper Ricardo got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.64 out of ten. Ricardo topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Ceará drew at home versus Goias.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 13 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Trench warfare? In this club's last 11 league matches, 9 have produced two goals or less.
Ceará aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the league, with only {15 goals} from 16 games. Ceará have conceded 19 in these home matches. Ceará has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Cuiabá form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cuiabá so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-11 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Cuiabá as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Cuiabá might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Flamengo proved too strong as Cuiabá slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Arena Pantanal. Joaquim was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.34. The defender Joaquim won 6 of 6 duels.
Prior to that match, the Cuiabá manager de Oliveira faced defeat when travelling to Bragantino and losing 1-2.Cuiabá are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
A tale of few goals? 17 of this side's latest 22 league rounds have contained two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Cuiabá have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Ceará have won at least one point in the last 4 games (2-2-0) facing Cuiabá.It's not the first time these parties get together this season, as the records show this recent match: Cuiabá - Ceará 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mendoza Valencia 10 goals |  V. Goes Barbosa de Souza 3 goals | C. Bomfim de Jesus 3 goals |
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| Ceará | Cuiabá | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 28 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 32 | 19 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | 34 |
| 84% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 61% | 69% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 56% | 55% |
| 29% | 38% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 38% | 26% |
| 16% | 19% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 12% | 6% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 6% | 3% |
| 55% | 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 44% | 45% |
| 26% | 19% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 12% | 23% |
| 35% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 44% | 39% |
| 5 | 5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| 5.6 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13.3 | 13.9 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 10.2 | 12 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 19% | 19% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 24% | 24% |
| 14.2 | 12.7 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 14.4 | 12.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ceará have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Serie A
- Cuiabá have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cuiabá have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cuiabá have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Serie A
- Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Serie A
- Cuiabá haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 52 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 32 | 66 |
| 2 | Internacional | 31 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 48 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 57 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 54 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 52 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 51 |
| 6 | Athletico PR | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 48 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 47 |
| 8 | América Mineiro | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 45 |
| 9 | Botafogo | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -2 | 43 |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 41 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 40 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 38 |
| 13 | Goias | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 38 |
| 14 | Santos | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 37 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 48 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 35 | -17 | 34 |
| 16 | Ceará | 31 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 33 |
| 17 | Cuiabá | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 18 | Atletico GO | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -17 | 28 |
| 19 | Avaí | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 49 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 28 | -21 | 28 |
| 20 | Juventude | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 53 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -30 | 20 |
