Serie A: Ceará are 0 points behind São Paulo, but are set to go all in. Game on!
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
These teams have little in common geographically as São Paulo have to travel 3000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa do Brasil. That game was also an away game, at Flamengo. 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.
Ceará form and stats
All-inclusive Serie A results at home this season for Ceará are 3-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Ceará last time playing, versus Santos. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Roberto and Castilho scoring for the victors. A huge relief, as that was the first league victory after going winless in seven games in a row. Defender Paraíba got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.34/10. Paraíba served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Flamengo that finished 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Ceará perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ceará as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Ceará has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 19 league games, 15 have produced two goals or less.
Ceará's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
São Paulo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for São Paulo so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 1-8-4 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for São Paulo, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Flamengo in the Copa do Brasil. Nestor got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, top player of the team. Nestor hit three key passes and had 50 successful passes (of 53 total).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Corinthians.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by São Paulo in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Paulo, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. São Paulo have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: São Paulo - Ceará 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Ceará victory, six draws and three São Paulo wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Calleri 11 goals |   J. Mendoza Valencia 9 goals |  L. da Rocha Neves 7 goals |
Ceará missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Ceará | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 33 |
| 26 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 85% | 85% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 73% |
| 31% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 23% | 42% |
| 19% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 23% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 58% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 69% | 62% |
| 27% | 23% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 19% |
| 31% | 31% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 27% |
| 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.2 |
| 5.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 3.1 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 14 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 11.8 | 14.1 |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 21% | 19% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 26% | 28% |
| 14 | 12.2 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 13.3 | 12.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- 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 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 54 |
| 2 | Internacional | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 45 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 45 |
| 5 | Corinthians | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 44 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 43 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | America Mineiro | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 36 |
| 9 | Goias | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -3 | 36 |
| 10 | Santos | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 11 | Bragantino | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 33 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 31 |
| 13 | São Paulo | 26 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 31 |
| 14 | Ceará | 26 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 31 |
| 15 | Fortaleza | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 30 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 29 | -13 | 28 |
| 17 | Cuiaba | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 26 |
| 18 | Avai | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 22 | -14 | 25 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -17 | 22 |
| 20 | Juventude | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -24 | 18 |
