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- Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ceará have yet to win a game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Fluminense form and stats
Fluminense have played 4 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Fluminense are returning here after visiting Flamengo in a Serie A game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. André scored the goal(s). Luccas Claro, defender, was given a rating of 7.85/10 in that game, top of the team. Claro hit two key passes and won 2 of 4 duels. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of R. Machado Marques when André scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when André scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Atletico PR (1-4).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 Fluminense have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fluminense as they are travelling to their away game against Sport Recife in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Fluminense are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 games. Fluminense's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ceará form and stats
Playing away, Ceará have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Serie A this season. One point away has become something of a habit for Ceará who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ceará goalkeeper Richard de Oliveira Costa is eager to challenge this, with his 217 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Saulo Mineiro and Gabriel Lacerda scored in Ceará's previous match, the home game against Juventude that ended 2-0. Gabriel Lacerda, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.62. Lacerda scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Bragantino that ended 0-0.We have checked recent matches where Ceará have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were two victories, four draws and three defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ceará manager A. Ferreira as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Cuiabá.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Ceará's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. As opposed to that, Ceará have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Fluminense four wins, three draws and Ceará three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. de Oliveira 2 goals |  Gabriel Lacerda 2 goals | J. de Moura Xavier 2 goals |
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| Fluminense | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 78% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 78% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 22% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 5.6 | 4.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 11.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11 | 12.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 22% | 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 11% | 26% |
- Ceará have yet to win a game away.
- Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fluminense have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Fluminense 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 | Bragantino | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | Atletico PR | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Atlético Mineiro | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Bahia | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Ceará | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Atlético GO | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Fluminense | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Flamengo | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Santos | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Juventude | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Internacional | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | America Mineiro | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Sport Recife | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 17 | São Paulo | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Cuiabá | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 20 | Grêmio | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |