Serie A: The mid-table positions show the journey Ceará and Juventude have been on so far. Both teams are up for it; let's go!
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Juventude have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Serie A
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Juventude, who are travelling more than 4000 kilometers to play this game.
Ceará form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Ceará at their home stadium (Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The home team returns to Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo after being equal after 90 minutes with Bragantino (placed 1st) on their last time out; the Serie A game ended 0-0. The goalie Richard was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.44 out of ten. Richard stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus São Paulo that ended 1-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Ceará matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, one draw and zero defeats (from three games).
There will be little rest for Ceará after this match as they are travelling to Fluminense for a Serie A game in only three days.
The Ceará fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Juventude form and stats
Juventude are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (0 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses). One point away has become something of a habit for Juventude who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Juventude goalkeeper Marcelo Henrique Passos Carne is eager to challenge this, with his 185 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Paulinho Boia and Matheus Peixoto secured the home win 2-0 against Grêmio in their previous game. Paulinho Boia got a match rating of 7.93 in that game, top player of the team. Boia scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 6 of 9 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Flamengo.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Juventude playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, two draws and one home win.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Juventude manager M. dos Santos Gonçalves as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bahia.
Juventude are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). 3 goals have been conceded by Juventude in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Ceará won two, Juventude won one and three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Vieira Campos Peixoto 5 goals |  J. de Moura Xavier 2 goals | V. Moreira de Lima 2 goals |
Ceará missing players
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| Ceará | Juventude | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 88% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8.3 | 6.4 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.6 | 14.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 7 | 9.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.9 |
| 24% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 30% |
- All of Ceará's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ceará have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ceará have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Juventude have scored away.
- Ceará have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Ceará haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Juventude have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Juventude have not yet lost a game away.
- Juventude have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Serie A
- Juventude have the most conceded goals in the second half (8) in Serie A
- Juventude have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Juventude have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bragantino | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Atletico PR | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Atlético Mineiro | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Flamengo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Santos | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Juventude | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Bahia | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Ceará | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Atlético GO | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Fluminense | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Internacional | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | America Mineiro | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 17 | São Paulo | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Cuiabá | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
| 20 | Grêmio | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 2 |