Ceará fight Flamengo for recognition and sporting success.
- Ceará have the fewest points (0) at home in Serie A
It's quite the trip for Flamengo when visiting Ceará as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.
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.
Ceará form and stats
The overall Serie A statistics playing at home this season for Ceará are 0-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Ceará has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Júnior and the players.
Stress levels are on the rise for Ceará's attacking players as they have now played 227 minutes without scoring in a league game. Lima was their last goal scorer.
Ceará's previous fixture was a Copa do Brasil game also played at home, finishing 2-0 against Tombense. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Prior to that, an away loss at Atletico PR in the Serie A.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Copa Sudamericana game versus General Caballero JLM in only three days. This game is also played here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo.
Early season league goal statistics from Ceará's 2 home games: 1 goal, 4 conceded.
Flamengo form and stats
The Serie A season is young and Flamengo have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Arrascaeta was the last player to score for the away team. Flamengo haven't scored a league goal in the last 288 minutes.
The supporters enjoyed Flamengo's previous game versus Altos, a Copa do Brasil win (2-0) played at home. Paulo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.05. The defender Paulo won 15 of 17 duels.
A 0-1 loss hosting Botafogo before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Universidad Catolica in just three days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Flamengo has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Ceará won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Flamengo have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  J. Mendoza Valencia 1 goals |  L. Ribeiro dos Santos 1 goals |  V. Moreira de Lima 1 goals |
Ceará missing players
Flamengo missing players
| Ceará | Flamengo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 6.5 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 7.5 | 7.2 |
| 5.2 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 3.8 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.8 | 16.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12 | 16.2 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 5.8 |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 12% | 14% |
| 16.2 | 15.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11 | 9.8 |
| 3.8 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.2 |
- Ceará have the fewest points (0) at home in Serie A
- Ceará have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in Serie A
| Ceará | Last season | Flamengo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 11 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 38 | 14 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 63% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 73% | ||
| 39% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 21% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 27% | ||
| 3% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 13% | ||
| 53% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 47% | ||
| 39% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.1 | 8.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.4 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 13.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 40% | ||
| 14 | 13.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 6.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Corinthians | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Santos | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Avai | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Atletico Mineiro | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | America Mineiro | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Sao Paulo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Botafogo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Internacional | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Coritiba | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Cuiaba | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Palmeiras | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Atletico PR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Flamengo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Fluminense | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | Goias | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Ceará | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Juventude | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
