Ceará will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Internacional.
- Internacional has the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Serie A
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Internacional have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Ceará form and stats
Ceará have played 13 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Ceará travelled for their previous game, a trip to Santos that ended 1-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Fortaleza and winning 2-0.
Ceará are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Flamengo awaits in three days.
Ceará has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. On the other hand, Ceará have conceded 14 goals.
Internacional form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.
Two travels in a row for Internacional, whose manager A. da Silva Braga could celebrate last time after the Serie A win against Bahia. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Palmeiras.
After this away game Internacional return home for a Serie A game against Goias. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Internacional are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Internacional have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Ceará and Internacional have met before this season: Internacional - Ceará 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ceará won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Internacional has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
  V. Goes Barbosa de Souza 8 goals | C. Bomfim de Jesus 6 goals | V. Moreira de Lima 3 goals |
Ceará missing players
Internacional missing players
| Ceará | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 38 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 41 |
| 37 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 26 |
| 93% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 96% |
| 85% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 78% |
| 48% | 46% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 29% | 41% |
| 30% | 15% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 4% |
| 56% | 54% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 43% | 48% |
| 30% | 31% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 29% | 37% |
| 22% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 36% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 12.2 | 13 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 32% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 28% | 34% |
- Internacional has the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Serie A
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sao Paulo | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 47 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 25 | 56 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 49 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 49 |
| 4 | Internacional | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | Gremio | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 45 |
| 6 | Palmeiras | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 44 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 40 |
| 8 | Santos | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 39 |
| 9 | Corinthians | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Ceará | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 36 |
| 11 | Athletico PR | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 34 |
| 12 | Atletico GO | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 34 |
| 13 | Bragantino | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 14 | Fortaleza | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 31 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -13 | 29 |
| 16 | Bahia | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -15 | 28 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -13 | 28 |
| 18 | Goias | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -15 | 23 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 27 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -14 | 23 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -16 | 21 |