Approaching the top teams is on the list when these mid-table teams meet. Both will be targeting to improve their league status, Ceará in 12th and Santos in 13th place.
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santos have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie A
Santos could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa do Brasil game only four sleeps ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Santos, who are travelling more than 3100 kilometers to play this game.
Ceará form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 Serie A games here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo for Ceará. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Ceará have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Vinicius was the last player to score a league goal for Ceará and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ceará haven't scored in 238 minutes.
The fans are hoping that Ceará will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Serie A game against Gremio (placed 18th). The forward Jael outperformed all teammates in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.04 out of 10. Jael hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting America Mineiro (0-2).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 ten games) they have won six times, drawn one and lost three.
A decent goal production from Ceará in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Ceará have conceded only 8 goals.
Santos form and stats
There's been little loot from Santos's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Serie A. Santos only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
Santos failed to get anything from their last game, a Copa do Brasil home match vs Athletico PR (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfield player Marinho was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.61/10. Marinho hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Bahia in the Serie A.We have checked recent matches where Santos have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were one victory, six draws and eight defeats.
Santos have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 9 goals have been scored. As for defending, Santos rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The newest past scoreline between these squads is the Santos - Ceará 3-1 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these participants: Ceará won one, Santos triumphed in six and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lima Morais 4 goals |  M. Santos Costa 4 goals |  M. de Almeida Santos Matos 4 goals |
Ceará missing players
Santos missing players
| Ceará | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 19 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 21 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 25 |
| 74% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 68% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 65% |
| 37% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 45% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 53% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 40% |
| 37% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 35% |
| 37% | 11% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 45% |
| 4.9 | 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.7 | 14.3 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 13.3 | 13.9 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 25% | 35% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 22% | 25% |
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santos have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie A
- Santos haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 42 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 34 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | Corinthians | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 8 | Cuiaba | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Internacional | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Atletico GO | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 11 | Athletico PR | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 12 | Ceará | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Santos | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Juventude | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Bahia | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 22 |
| 16 | Sao Paulo | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | America Mineiro | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 18 | Gremio | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Sport Recife | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 20 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -15 | 10 |