It's game two of the Serie A season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Ceará-Grêmio!
It's no vacation for neither Ceará nor Grêmio 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.
Grêmio have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Ceará form and stats
Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Ceará, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
The fans are hoping that Ceará will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Serie A game against Sport Recife (placed 2nd). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Bahia.
The manager A. Ferreira will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Atlético Mineiro in only four days.
Last season, Ceará's league statistics were 10 wins, 9 draws and 19 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the Serie A. Over these 38 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 41. Playing at home last season Ceará managed 8-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 14 conceded.
Grêmio form and stats
Grêmio won their last game, 1-0 versus Fluminense played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Internacional in the Gaucho 1.
A quick return to home after this game, as Grêmio are hosting Corinthians in the Serie A only three days away.
Let's have a look at how Grêmio performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 8 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 64 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 26/21 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ceará won four games, one match ended with a draw and Grêmio has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  C. Bomfim de Jesus 1 goals | F. Silva Costa 1 goals |  D. de Souza Andrade 1 goals |
Ceará missing players
Grêmio missing players
| Ceará | Grêmio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| Ceará | Last season | Grêmio | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 6 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Scored | S | 5 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 67% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 14% | 60% | ||
| 58% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 14% | 40% | ||
| 42% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 58% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 14% | 33% | ||
| 42% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 71% | 53% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 6.8 | ||
| 6 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 131 | 67 | Total Shots | T S | 89 | 231 | ||
| 54 | 30 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 80 | ||
| 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Athletico PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Sport Recife | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Internacional | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Santos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Ceará | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Flamengo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Fluminense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |