There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Serie A table so far. Here's the Ceará - Sport Recife latest:
The hosts Ceará saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Copa do Brasil. This match was also played here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sport Recife have had more rest.
Ceará form and stats
5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Ceará so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo.
Ceará's last game was hosting Santos (placed 6th) and winning 1-0. Before that, Ceará played out a Serie A draw 2-2 when visiting Botafogo.
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 13 games) they have won six times, drawn four and lost three.
Ceará are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Sport Recife form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sport Recife so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
Recife have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Luan Polli Gomes. It's been 209 minutes since they last conceded in Serie A.
The supporters enjoyed Sport Recife's previous game versus Athletico PR (placed 19th), a Serie A 1-0 win played at home. A 0-0 draw at Atlético Mineiro's stadium before that.
Sport Recife are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sport Recife as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Recife have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Sport Recife - Ceará 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Ceará wins - draws - Sport Recife wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Goes Barbosa de Souza 6 goals | C. Bomfim de Jesus 4 goals |  I. Maidana Martins 4 goals |
Ceará missing players
Sport Recife missing players
| Ceará | Sport Recife | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 26 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 26 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 83% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 58% |
| 50% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 42% |
| 28% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 10% | 16% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 50% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 40% | 42% |
| 28% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 21% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 60% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 223 | 115 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 80 | 184 |
| 77 | 37 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 20 | 57 |
| 30% | 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 35% | 33% |
- Ceará has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Serie A
- Ceará haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Internacional | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 35 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 32 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | São Paulo | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Santos | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Gremio | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Sport Recife | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 24 |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Ceará | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Atlético GO | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Bahia | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 18 | Bragantino | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Athletico PR | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 20 | Goiás | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 12 |