Season ticket holders at Estadio Castelao haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Ceará languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Internacional will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
The visiting Internacional played their last game only four days ago, a Serie A match. That game was also an away game, at Gremio. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Ceará form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Ceará at their home stadium (Estadio Castelao) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Ceará will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Serie A game against Palmeiras (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match, Ceará won a home game hosting Fluminense (2-0).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ceará as they are travelling to their away game against Fortaleza in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
The Ceará fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. From these home matches, Ceará have conceded only 11 goals.
Internacional form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Internacional so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 4-2-9 (win-draw-lose).
Internacional play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Gremio (placed 5th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Athletico PR.
A quick return to home after this game, as Internacional are hosting Fluminense in the Serie A only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Internacional as they have only managed to score 14 times from 15 away games in the league. 20 goals have been conceded by Internacional in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Internacional - Ceará 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ceará won 5 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Internacional has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 8Top Goalscorers
  Chico 3 goals |   N. López 3 goals |
Ceará missing players
Internacional missing players
| Ceará | Internacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| 30 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 35 |
| 31 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 29 |
| 90% | 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 57% | 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 67% | 63% |
| 43% | 40% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 40% | 33% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 43% | 33% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 47% | 47% |
| 23% | 47% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | 33% |
| 43% | 40% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | 30% |
| 6.9 | 7.4 | 9.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
- 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 | Flamengo | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 64 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 71 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 48 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 26 | 63 |
| 3 | Santos | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 58 |
| 4 | São Paulo | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 52 |
| 5 | Gremio | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 50 |
| 6 | Athletico PR | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 46 |
| 7 | Internacional | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 46 |
| 8 | Corinthians | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 45 |
| 9 | Goiás | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -11 | 42 |
| 10 | Bahia | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 42 |
| 11 | Vasco da Gama | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 39 |
| 12 | Fortaleza | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -5 | 36 |
| 13 | Atlético Mineiro | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 36 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 25 | -13 | 33 |
| 15 | Ceará | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 20 | -1 | 33 |
| 16 | Cruzeiro | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -10 | 33 |
| 17 | Fluminense | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 27 | -12 | 31 |
| 18 | CSA | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 26 | -22 | 29 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -22 | 21 |
| 20 | Avaí | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 47 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 27 | -32 | 17 |