The Serie A season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Corinthians and Fortaleza promises to be an interesting one.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Fortaleza have to travel 3000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Corinthians form and stats
The hosts won their first Serie A game here at Arena Corinthians, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Corinthians last season were 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from 6 games.
Corinthians's last game was hosting Coritiba (placed 20th) and winning 3-1. 0-0 away at Gremio before that.
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 Corinthians have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Corinthians as they are travelling to their away game against São Paulo in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Corinthians at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Fortaleza form and stats
Things could have gone better for Fortaleza in their Serie A away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Two travels in a row for Fortaleza, whose manager R. Mücke Ceni could celebrate last time after the Serie A win against Goias. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Botafogo.
We have checked recent matches where Fortaleza have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were two victories, one draw and zero defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Fortaleza are hosting Bragantino in the Serie A only three days away.
It's early days yet, but Fortaleza has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Corinthians-Fortaleza H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Corinthians eight wins, Fortaleza one win, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Alves de Assis Silva 2 goals |  A. Araos Llanos 1 goals | L. Natel Vieira 1 goals |
Corinthians missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| Corinthians | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 6.3 | 10 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.5 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | 22 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 25 | 49 |
| 15 | 11 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 33% | 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 60% | 30% |
| Corinthians | Last season | Fortaleza | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 8 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 19% | 12% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 6% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | ||
| 6% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 50% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 30% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | ||
| 19% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 196 | 97 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 89 | ||
| 79 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 37 | ||
| 24% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | São Paulo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Gremio | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Santos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Bahia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Athletico PR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Flamengo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Goias | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Fortaleza | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 17 | Atletico GO | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 18 | Sport Recife | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Ceara | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bragantino | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Guarani | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Ferroviaria | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bahia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Botafogo PB | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Sport Recife | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 5 | ABC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | CRB | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Frei Paulistano | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 5 |
| 8 | River | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 4 |