Serie A preview and news: Ceará - Goiás at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Wed 05.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

Ceará hope to fill the stadium for this fixture despite that the season has been strenuous up to now with 31 points and a 16th place in the Serie A table. Guests Goiás hold 12th place with 37 pts.

Insights:
  • Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These teams have little in common geographically as Goiás have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It's no vacation for neither Ceará nor Goiás as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Ceará form and stats

Ceará's struggle is real here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo with only 15 points collected from 15 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-6-6. Ceará has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager González and the players.

The Ceará supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo: A 1-2 defeat against America Mineiro (placed 8th). Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Jô for missing a penalty kick versus America Mineiro in the 65th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. Midfield player Vina got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Vina scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Heartbreak before that as Ceará lost 0-1 at Coritiba's place.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this club's last 22 league matches, 17 have contained zero, one or two goals.

Ceará are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Atletico Mineiro awaits in four days.

Ceará aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the league, with only 14 goals from 15 games. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Goiás form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Goiás have produced an overall stat of 4-4-6 so far.

Goiás are looking to quickly end their 215 minutes long goal drought in the Serie A.

Goiás's previous game was their home loss versus Fortaleza (0-1). Defender Maguinho was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Maguinho hit one key pass and won 6 of 12 duels.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Botafogo.

The schedule is very tough for Goiás now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie A game at Internacional is waiting in only four days.

The attacking power of Goiás when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. 19 goals have been conceded by Goiás in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived scoreline featuring both these sides is the Goiás - Ceará 1-1 played previously this season. Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Ceará won two games, four matches ended with a tie and Goiás got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

GoiásP. Garay da Silva
P. Garay da Silva
15 goals
CearáJ. Mendoza Valencia
J. Mendoza Valencia
9 goals
GoiásE. Vieira Araújo
E. Vieira Araújo
4 goals

Ceará missing players

Goiás missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ceará Goiás
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 6 Played P 5 14 29
6 3 1 Won W 1 4 9
13 6 1 Drew D 2 4 10
10 6 4 Lost L 2 6 10
27 14 4 Scored S 4 13 30
31 18 9 Conceded C 7 19 35
86% 87% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 97%
62% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 57% 62%
31% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 43% 38%
17% 20% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 14% 14%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 14% 10%
55% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 43% 55%
24% 20% 17% Clean Sheets C S 40% 21% 21%
34% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 43% 28%
 
5.1 4.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 2.7 3.3
5.4 4.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 7.4 6.4
3.2 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.9
8 4 3 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
13.5 13.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 10.4 11.2
4.8 4.9 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 3.4
19% 19% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 32% 30%
 
14.1 12.5 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 20.8 20.5 18.4
4.4 4.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.3 5.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Goiás have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Goiás 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 Palmeiras 28 17 9 2 45 19 14 9 3 2 26 11 14 8 6 0 19 8 26 60
2 Internacional 29 14 11 4 44 26 15 9 5 1 29 11 14 5 6 3 15 15 18 53
3 Fluminense 29 15 6 8 46 33 15 10 2 3 31 15 14 5 4 5 15 18 13 51
4 Corinthians 29 14 8 7 34 27 15 10 4 1 21 7 14 4 4 6 13 20 7 50
5 Flamengo 29 14 6 9 48 28 14 9 2 3 31 9 15 5 4 6 17 19 20 48
6 Athletico PR 29 13 8 8 35 33 14 8 5 1 22 11 15 5 3 7 13 22 2 47
7 Atletico Mineiro 29 11 10 8 36 31 15 6 4 5 21 16 14 5 6 3 15 15 5 43
8 America Mineiro 29 12 6 11 26 28 14 8 3 3 17 11 15 4 3 8 9 17 -2 42
9 Fortaleza 29 10 7 12 29 31 14 4 6 4 12 11 15 6 1 8 17 20 -2 37
10 Botafogo 28 10 7 11 28 30 14 4 4 6 12 12 14 6 3 5 16 18 -2 37
11 Santos 29 9 10 10 31 26 14 7 4 3 22 12 15 2 6 7 9 14 5 37
12 Goiás 29 9 10 10 30 35 15 5 6 4 17 16 14 4 4 6 13 19 -5 37
13 Sao Paulo 28 8 13 7 39 31 14 6 5 3 25 15 14 2 8 4 14 16 8 37
14 Bragantino 29 8 11 10 38 38 14 6 5 3 22 13 15 2 6 7 16 25 0 35
15 Coritiba 28 9 4 15 29 43 15 9 2 4 19 12 13 0 2 11 10 31 -14 31
16 Ceará 29 6 13 10 27 31 15 3 6 6 14 18 14 3 7 4 13 13 -4 31
17 Cuiaba 29 7 9 13 21 30 14 4 7 3 11 9 15 3 2 10 10 21 -9 30
18 Avai 29 7 7 15 27 45 15 6 4 5 20 19 14 1 3 10 7 26 -18 28
19 Atlético GO 29 6 7 16 27 45 14 4 3 7 14 16 15 2 4 9 13 29 -18 25
20 Juventude 29 3 10 16 21 51 14 2 6 6 12 19 15 1 4 10 9 32 -30 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Palmeiras 28 17 9 2 45 19 14 9 3 2 26 11 14 8 6 0 19 8 26 60
2 Internacional 29 14 11 4 44 26 15 9 5 1 29 11 14 5 6 3 15 15 18 53
3 Fluminense 29 15 6 8 46 33 15 10 2 3 31 15 14 5 4 5 15 18 13 51
4 Corinthians 29 14 8 7 34 27 15 10 4 1 21 7 14 4 4 6 13 20 7 50
5 Flamengo 29 14 6 9 48 28 14 9 2 3 31 9 15 5 4 6 17 19 20 48
6 Athletico PR 29 13 8 8 35 33 14 8 5 1 22 11 15 5 3 7 13 22 2 47
7 Atletico Mineiro 29 11 10 8 36 31 15 6 4 5 21 16 14 5 6 3 15 15 5 43
8 America Mineiro 29 12 6 11 26 28 14 8 3 3 17 11 15 4 3 8 9 17 -2 42
9 Fortaleza 29 10 7 12 29 31 14 4 6 4 12 11 15 6 1 8 17 20 -2 37
10 Botafogo 28 10 7 11 28 30 14 4 4 6 12 12 14 6 3 5 16 18 -2 37
11 Santos 29 9 10 10 31 26 14 7 4 3 22 12 15 2 6 7 9 14 5 37
12 Goiás 29 9 10 10 30 35 15 5 6 4 17 16 14 4 4 6 13 19 -5 37
13 Sao Paulo 28 8 13 7 39 31 14 6 5 3 25 15 14 2 8 4 14 16 8 37
14 Bragantino 29 8 11 10 38 38 14 6 5 3 22 13 15 2 6 7 16 25 0 35
15 Coritiba 28 9 4 15 29 43 15 9 2 4 19 12 13 0 2 11 10 31 -14 31
16 Ceará 29 6 13 10 27 31 15 3 6 6 14 18 14 3 7 4 13 13 -4 31
17 Cuiaba 29 7 9 13 21 30 14 4 7 3 11 9 15 3 2 10 10 21 -9 30
18 Avai 29 7 7 15 27 45 15 6 4 5 20 19 14 1 3 10 7 26 -18 28
19 Atlético GO 29 6 7 16 27 45 14 4 3 7 14 16 15 2 4 9 13 29 -18 25
20 Juventude 29 3 10 16 21 51 14 2 6 6 12 19 15 1 4 10 9 32 -30 19

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.