Coritiba - Fortaleza: Serie A dungeon sides desperate for points and praise. Here are all the relevant statistics and facts before the game!
- Coritiba is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Libertadores game only three days ago.
Coritiba form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Coritiba have to build on here at Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira in the Serie A. When Coritiba hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Goiás, Coritiba, Juventude, América Mineiro, Cuiaba and Ceara), they have won 2 of 2 matches! It's trouble wherever Coritiba are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. Martinez was the last player to find the net.
Coritiba are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Internacional. Midfielder Manga was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.34 (out of ten) in that game. Manga hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Atletico PR (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Coritiba perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Coritiba as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Coritiba has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Coritiba has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Coritiba have conceded only 6 goals.
Fortaleza form and stats
There's been little loot from Fortaleza's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Serie A. Fortaleza only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws.
Fortaleza delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Estudiantes in their previous match; a Copa Libertadores duel. Midfield player Lima was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Lima hit three key passes.
A 2-3 defeat away at Atletico Mineiro before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Fortaleza manager Vojvoda as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Estudiantes.
The visiting Fortaleza have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games. For Fortaleza, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Coritiba five wins, one draw and Fortaleza four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Gamalho de Souza 4 goals | I. Barbosa da Paixão 4 goals |   G. Souza Lisboa 4 goals |
Coritiba missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| Coritiba | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 22 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 93% |
| 79% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 57% |
| 50% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 83% | 36% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 21% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 83% | 57% |
| 21% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 6.2 | 6.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.7 | 2.6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.6 | 17.1 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.5 | 14.1 |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 22% | 22% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 22% |
| 14.6 | 12 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.3 | 11.7 |
| 4.6 | 2.9 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
- Coritiba have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Serie A
- Coritiba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Coritiba is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Fortaleza have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortaleza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Fortaleza 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 | Palmeiras | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Atletico PR | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | Internacional | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Atletico Mineiro | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Santos | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | São Paulo | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Flamengo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Avai | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Atlético GO | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Goiás | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | Ceara | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 17 | América Mineiro | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 19 | Juventude | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
