Santos know they face a grim visit to Ceará and their Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo. This match preview has all the knowledge you require before the fixture.
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
It's quite the trip for Santos when visiting Ceará as the cities are 3100 kilometers apart.
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.
Ceará form and stats
Ceará's struggle is real here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo with only 12 points collected from 12 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-6-4. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Ceará.
Ceará shared the glory with Flamengo in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfielder Lima was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.44 (out of ten) in that game. Lima dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Atletico PR.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ceará have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Not much happening? In this team's last 18 league matches, 15 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
Ceará aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the league, with only 11 goals from 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Santos form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santos so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-4 (win-draw-lose).
Santos have lots to rectify after their unexpected defeat (1-2) to Goias in their previous outing, played in front of their own supporters. The attacker Soteldo got a match rating of 8.05 in that game. Soteldo hit six key passes.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Cuiaba.We have checked recent matches where Santos have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 1 victory, 7 draws and 4 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Santos as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. Santos are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Santos have avoided a loss in the last 4 fixtures (1-3-0) against Ceará.This isn't the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Santos - Ceará 0-0. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mendoza Valencia 9 goals |   M. Santos Almeida 8 goals |  L. Carrilho Baptistão 5 goals |
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| Ceará | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 84% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 67% | 80% |
| 60% | 58% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 42% | 56% |
| 28% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 33% | 44% |
| 20% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 56% | 58% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 42% | 48% |
| 28% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 33% | 36% |
| 32% | 33% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 58% | 36% |
| 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 5.2 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.8 | 14.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 10.6 | 13.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.8 |
| 20% | 17% | 6% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 21% | 24% |
| 14.1 | 12.2 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 16.3 | 15.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Palmeiras | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | Corinthians | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 43 |
| 4 | Internacional | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 43 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 42 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 42 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | America Mineiro | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | Goias | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -3 | 35 |
| 10 | Santos | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 11 | Bragantino | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 32 |
| 12 | Fortaleza | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 30 |
| 13 | Botafogo | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 14 | Sao Paulo | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| 15 | Ceará | 25 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 26 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -15 | 25 |
| 18 | Avai | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 22 | -14 | 24 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -15 | 22 |
| 20 | Juventude | 25 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -23 | 18 |
