Evenly matched teams: Cuiabá vs Fortaleza match preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Mon 06.December
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Pantanal (7000 seats)

Cuiabá will cross fingers that their home comfort is enough to get all three points from this gruelling meeting, against spirited Fortaleza.

Insights:
  • Cuiabá have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Serie A
  • Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cuiabá and Fortaleza.

It's quite the trip for Fortaleza when visiting Cuiabá as the cities are 3000 kilometers apart.

Cuiabá are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Fortaleza are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Cuiabá form and stats

Cuiabá have collected 24 points from their Serie A home games so far after 6-6-6.

Cuiabá are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Athletico PR. Midfielder Pepê was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.61 (out of ten) in that game. Pepê hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match, Cuiabá lost 1-3 at home to Palmeiras.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cuiabá have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won six, drawn three and lost zero.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cuiabá as they are travelling to their away game against Santos in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cuiabá here at Arena Pantanal in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (17 from 18 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cuiabá have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Fortaleza form and stats

Playing away, Fortaleza have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 9 defeats in the Serie A this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Fortaleza, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Impressive finishing from Valentin Depietri secured the home win 1-0 against Juventude in their previous game. Valentin Depietri came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Juventude last time out, making the manager J. Vojvoda feel like a tactical genius. Tinga, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.6. Tinga hit one key pass and won 8 of 15 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Santos wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Fortaleza in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Fortaleza, four draws and two defeats.

After this away game Fortaleza return home for a Serie A game against Bahia. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Fortaleza are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 18 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. Fortaleza have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived match featuring both these teams is the Fortaleza - Cuiabá 0-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Cuiabá wins - draws - Fortaleza wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Cuiabá Fortaleza
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 6 18 36
9 6 1 Won W 3 6 16
16 6 0 Drew D 2 3 7
11 6 4 Lost L 1 9 13
32 17 3 Scored S 7 18 42
36 20 8 Conceded C 6 25 43
75% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 92%
50% 56% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 64%
36% 39% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 44%
22% 22% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 17% 19%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 11%
42% 44% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 39%
39% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 28% 39%
44% 33% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 33% 31%
 
3.7 4.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.4 4.6
5.2 4.3 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.2 5.2
2.3 2.4 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.4 2.3
6 4 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
11.3 14.3 15 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 13.9 14.6
3.4 4.3 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.4 4.5
26% 22% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 23% 26%
 
13.6 10.4 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 14.7 12.2
3.9 3.7 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.4 3.9
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Cuiabá have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cuiabá have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Serie A
  • Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Atletico Mineiro 36 25 6 5 60 27 18 16 1 1 38 10 18 9 5 4 22 17 33 81
2 Flamengo 36 21 8 7 69 33 18 13 1 4 31 14 18 8 7 3 38 19 36 71
3 Palmeiras 36 19 5 12 57 43 18 10 3 5 32 26 18 9 2 7 25 17 14 62
4 Corinthians 36 15 11 10 39 34 18 10 4 4 25 17 18 5 7 6 14 17 5 56
5 Fortaleza 36 16 7 13 42 43 18 10 4 4 24 18 18 6 3 9 18 25 -1 55
6 Bragantino 36 13 14 9 51 42 18 6 9 3 27 20 18 7 5 6 24 22 9 53
7 Fluminense 36 14 9 13 35 36 18 10 5 3 21 14 18 4 4 10 14 22 -1 51
8 America Mineiro 36 12 13 11 39 37 18 8 6 4 20 11 18 4 7 7 19 26 2 49
9 Ceara 36 11 16 9 39 37 18 10 6 2 24 14 18 1 10 7 15 23 2 49
10 Internacional 36 12 12 12 43 39 18 8 6 4 28 20 18 4 6 8 15 19 4 48
11 Atlético GO 36 11 14 11 29 35 18 5 10 3 15 14 18 6 4 8 14 21 -6 47
12 Santos 36 11 13 12 33 39 18 9 5 4 20 13 18 2 8 8 13 26 -6 46
13 Athletico PR 36 13 6 17 40 44 18 8 4 6 23 21 18 5 2 11 17 23 -4 45
14 São Paulo 36 10 15 11 28 36 18 6 9 3 15 14 18 4 6 8 13 22 -8 45
15 Juventude 36 10 13 13 34 41 18 8 6 4 18 15 18 2 7 9 16 26 -7 43
16 Cuiabá 36 9 16 11 32 36 18 6 6 6 17 20 18 3 10 5 15 16 -4 43
17 Bahia 36 10 10 16 39 49 18 7 5 6 25 22 18 3 5 10 14 27 -10 40
18 Gremio 36 11 6 19 39 47 18 7 6 5 25 18 18 4 0 14 14 29 -8 39
19 Sport Recife 36 8 10 18 22 36 18 5 6 7 12 12 18 3 4 11 10 24 -14 34
20 Chapecoense 36 1 12 23 27 63 18 0 6 12 13 31 18 1 6 11 14 32 -36 15

Table
  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 36 25 6 5 60 27 18 16 1 1 38 10 18 9 5 4 22 17 33 81
2 Flamengo 36 21 8 7 69 33 18 13 1 4 31 14 18 8 7 3 38 19 36 71
3 Palmeiras 36 19 5 12 57 43 18 10 3 5 32 26 18 9 2 7 25 17 14 62
4 Corinthians 36 15 11 10 39 34 18 10 4 4 25 17 18 5 7 6 14 17 5 56
5 Fortaleza 36 16 7 13 42 43 18 10 4 4 24 18 18 6 3 9 18 25 -1 55
6 Bragantino 36 13 14 9 51 42 18 6 9 3 27 20 18 7 5 6 24 22 9 53
7 Fluminense 36 14 9 13 35 36 18 10 5 3 21 14 18 4 4 10 14 22 -1 51
8 America Mineiro 36 12 13 11 39 37 18 8 6 4 20 11 18 4 7 7 19 26 2 49
9 Ceara 36 11 16 9 39 37 18 10 6 2 24 14 18 1 10 7 15 23 2 49
10 Internacional 36 12 12 12 43 39 18 8 6 4 28 20 18 4 6 8 15 19 4 48
11 Atlético GO 36 11 14 11 29 35 18 5 10 3 15 14 18 6 4 8 14 21 -6 47
12 Santos 36 11 13 12 33 39 18 9 5 4 20 13 18 2 8 8 13 26 -6 46
13 Athletico PR 36 13 6 17 40 44 18 8 4 6 23 21 18 5 2 11 17 23 -4 45
14 São Paulo 36 10 15 11 28 36 18 6 9 3 15 14 18 4 6 8 13 22 -8 45
15 Juventude 36 10 13 13 34 41 18 8 6 4 18 15 18 2 7 9 16 26 -7 43
16 Cuiabá 36 9 16 11 32 36 18 6 6 6 17 20 18 3 10 5 15 16 -4 43
17 Bahia 36 10 10 16 39 49 18 7 5 6 25 22 18 3 5 10 14 27 -10 40
18 Gremio 36 11 6 19 39 47 18 7 6 5 25 18 18 4 0 14 14 29 -8 39
19 Sport Recife 36 8 10 18 22 36 18 5 6 7 12 12 18 3 4 11 10 24 -14 34
20 Chapecoense 36 1 12 23 27 63 18 0 6 12 13 31 18 1 6 11 14 32 -36 15

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.