Catching up with the top sides is at stake when these mid-table sides do battle. Both are trying to better their league table position, Ceará in 12th and Internacional in 7th spot.
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Serie A. That game, against Atletico Mineiro, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Internacional.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Internacional, who are travelling more than 4100 kilometers to play this game.
Ceará form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 11 Serie A games here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo for Ceará. The data says 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Richard de Oliveira Costa not having conceded a league goal in 225 minutes.
Ceará's last game was hosting Chapecoense (placed 20th) and winning 1-0. Defender Luiz Otávio got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.95/10. Otávio hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Santos that ended 0-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ceará as they are travelling to their away game against Atletico Mineiro in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Ceará are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Ceará are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Internacional form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Internacional, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Atletico Mineiro (placed 1st). Midfield player Rodrigo Lindoso was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.33/10. Lindoso had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Bahia.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Chapecoense in just four days.
Internacional find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Internacional in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have played before this season: Internacional - Ceará 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Ceará wins - draws - Internacional wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), nine had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Andrade dos Santos 9 goals |  Y. Monteiro da Silva 7 goals |  R. Lima Morais 4 goals |
Ceará missing players
Internacional missing players
| Ceará | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 26 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 71% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 86% |
| 62% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 58% | 59% |
| 33% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 36% |
| 24% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 23% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 48% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 43% | 45% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 42% | 41% |
| 38% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 27% |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 13.1 | 14.8 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.1 | 12.2 |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 23% | 29% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 25% | 26% |
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 49 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| 7 | Internacional | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Atletico PR | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Atletico GO | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Cuiaba | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | -1 | 29 |
| 12 | Ceará | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 13 | Sao Paulo | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | America Mineiro | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 15 | Juventude | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 16 | Santos | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 24 |
| 17 | Bahia | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | Gremio | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 19 | Sport Recife | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 17 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 23 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -18 | 11 |