Struggling Ceará will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying São Paulo in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's no vacation for neither Ceará nor São Paulo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for São Paulo, who are travelling more than 3000 kilometers to play this game.
Ceará form and stats
Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Ceará are 5-4-2 (wins-draw-losses). Ceará have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The spoils were shared in Ceará's previous game, also at home. Visiting Atletico Mineiro (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Palmeiras that ended 2-2.
Ceará has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. On the other hand, Ceará have conceded 11 goals.
São Paulo form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, São Paulo, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Serie A, have produced an overall stat of 4-3-2 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Paulo as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games. Having won their last three away games Paulo has no reason to fear anyone.
São Paulo delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Vasco da Gama (placed 16th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Flamengo.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Paulo manager F. Diniz Silva as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bahia.
The travelling fans enjoy Paulo's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Paulo have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Ceará, two draws and six wins for São Paulo. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  L. da Rocha Neves 9 goals |   V. Goes Barbosa de Souza 6 goals | B. Souza da Silva 6 goals |
Ceará missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Ceará | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 32 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 18 |
| 90% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 81% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 89% | 79% |
| 52% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | 47% |
| 33% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 52% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 63% |
| 29% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 32% |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 268 | 147 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 130 | 299 |
| 90 | 46 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 55 | 111 |
| 30% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 27% | 27% |
- Ceará has the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Serie A
- Ceará has the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Serie A
- São Paulo has the fewest conceded goals (18) in Serie A
- São Paulo has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Serie A
- São Paulo has the most points from losing position (17) in Serie A
- São Paulo has the the best goal difference (+12) in Serie A
- São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- São Paulo 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 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 39 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 39 |
| 3 | São Paulo | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Internacional | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Palmeiras | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Santos | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Gremio | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 9 | Atletico PR | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 28 |
| 10 | Bahia | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Sport Recife | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 25 |
| 15 | Ceará | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -5 | 25 |
| 16 | Vasco da Gama | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 17 | Atletico GO | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -11 | 20 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
| 20 | Goias | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 15 |