Stumbling Fortaleza cross their fingers to pull off a surprise victory when they host top side Athletico PR in the next league game. It’s 20th vs 3rd and the home regulars will have so-so confidence.
- Fortaleza have the fewest scored goals (7) in Serie A
- Athletico PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's quite the trip for Athletico PR when visiting Fortaleza as the cities are 3400 kilometers apart.
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.
Fortaleza form and stats
With 0 Serie A wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Fortaleza are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Fortaleza drew their last game, also a home match. Goiás (placed 13th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Midfield player Pikachu got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Pikachu scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Flamengo and winning 2-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fortaleza handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Fortaleza are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Avai awaits in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Fortaleza here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 6 games).
Athletico PR form and stats
2-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Athletico PR in their Serie A matches away. Athletico PR has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
It's the second away game in a row for Athletico PR, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Juventude (placed 19th) last time out. Pablo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.94. Pablo scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Santos.We have checked recent matches where Athletico have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 0 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Corinthians in just three days.
Athletico PR's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Fortaleza victories, two draws and six Athletico PR wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Cardoso da Cruz 6 goals |   G. Souza Lisboa 3 goals |  M. Terans Pérez 2 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Athletico PR missing players
| Fortaleza | Athletico PR | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 50% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 30% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 5.9 | 7.7 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
| 5.1 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.4 | 16.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 11.8 | 12.9 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 21% | 17% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 25% | 31% |
| 11.5 | 11.5 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 13.2 | 13.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
- Athletico PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Athletico PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fortaleza have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Fortaleza have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have the fewest scored goals (7) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Fortaleza have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Fortaleza have yet to win a game at home.
- Fortaleza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Athletico PR | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Coritiba | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | São Paulo | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Internacional | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | América Mineiro | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Santos | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | Bragantino | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Ceará | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Goiás | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Flamengo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Botafogo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Avai | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | Cuiaba | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | Atletico GO | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 19 | Juventude | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 10 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
