Ceará will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Flamengo.
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Flamengo, who are travelling more than 2600 kilometers to play this game.
Ceará form and stats
Ceará have played 5 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Vinícius Goes 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 226 minutes.
Ceará are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Internacional. Preceding that match was a defeat to Santos (0-1).
Ceará's goalkeeper Fernando Prass was extremely busy against Internacional, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ceará as they are travelling to their away game against Brusque in the Copa do Brasil. That match is three days after this one.
Ceará have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. 5 goals have been conceded.
Flamengo form and stats
4-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Flamengo, who have the most points (12) away in Serie A, in their Serie A matches away. The fact that Flamengo have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Flamengo has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Atlético GO.
Flamengo play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Fluminense (placed 9th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Fortaleza.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Copa Libertadores trip to Independiente del Valle.
Flamengo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. Flamengo have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Ceará won two, Flamengo won four and four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Barbosa Almeida 5 goals |   C. Bomfim de Jesus 3 goals | G. De Arrascaeta Benedetti 3 goals |
Ceará missing players
Flamengo missing players
| Ceará | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 22% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 56% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 22% |
| 44% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 4.4 | 5.8 | 13 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.2 | 5.2 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 103 | 63 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 72 | 137 |
| 35 | 21 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 32 | 49 |
| 23% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | 27% |
- Ceará have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ceará haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Flamengo has the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Serie A
- Flamengo has the most points (12) away in Serie A
- Flamengo has the most scored goals (9) away in Serie A
- Flamengo has the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Serie A
- Flamengo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals away as Ceará have scored home.
- Flamengo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Atlético Mineiro | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Vasco da Gama | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Santos | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Fluminense | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Grêmio | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Ceará | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Atlético GO | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Bahia | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Botafogo | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 17 | Athletico PR | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 19 | Bragantino | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 20 | Goiás | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |