Football preview: Home fans have high expectations when Fortaleza receive Avaí

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 09.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

Fortaleza have 38 points running out as the hosts. Avaí have claimed 28 points from their away games. Should we expect a home win?

Insights:
  • Fortaleza have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Avaí have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Serie A

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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 Fortaleza and Avaí.

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Fortaleza form and stats

4 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Fortaleza have to build on here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the Serie A.

An away draw last time out for Fortaleza, facing Atletico PR in a game that ended 1-1. Crispim (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.34/10. Crispim hit three key passes.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Goias and winning 1-0.

Fortaleza have scored {12 league goals} here from 14 matches, not a lot. Fortaleza are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.

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Avaí form and stats

There's been little loot from Avaí's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 14 away games in the Serie A. Avaí only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws. It's a growing despair in Avaí as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Avaí's previous game was their home loss versus Botafogo (1-2). Kevin was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.11. The defender Kevin won 7 of 12 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Atletico GO.

Avaí are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {7 goals} from 14 away games. In the opposite end, Avaí have conceded 26 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H meeting ended Avaí - Fortaleza 3-2, earlier this season. Statistics for the prior nine meetings featuring these two contenders are: four wins for Fortaleza, three draws and two wins for Avaí. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

AvaíG. Bissoli Campos
G. Bissoli Campos
14 goals
FortalezaM. Vieira da Veiga
M. Vieira da Veiga
6 goals
FortalezaG. Souza Lisboa
G. Souza Lisboa
4 goals

Fortaleza missing players

Avaí missing players

Fortaleza Avaí
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 14 4 Played P 6 14 30
10 4 0 Won W 1 1 7
8 6 2 Drew D 1 3 7
12 4 2 Lost L 4 10 16
30 12 1 Scored S 4 7 28
32 11 3 Conceded C 14 26 47
90% 79% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
53% 43% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 71% 73%
37% 21% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 53%
17% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 21% 20%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
50% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 60%
37% 43% 25% Clean Sheets C S 17% 14% 17%
23% 43% 75% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 27%
 
5.3 6.4 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.5 4.2
5.6 4.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 10.2 8.5 6.8
2.3 1.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.4 3
3 2 1 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
14 17.4 18.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 10.1 11.4
4 4.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.1 3.5
25% 20% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 16% 27%
 
12.9 10.9 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 23.5 19 15.4
4.6 4 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.4 4.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Avaí have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Avaí have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Avaí have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Serie A
  • Avaí have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Serie A
  • Avaí have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Serie A
  • Avaí have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fortaleza have won significantly more corners at home than 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 30 19 9 2 52 20 15 10 3 2 30 11 15 9 6 0 22 9 32 66
2 Internacional 30 14 12 4 44 26 15 9 5 1 29 11 15 5 7 3 15 15 18 54
3 Fluminense 30 15 6 9 48 36 15 10 2 3 31 15 15 5 4 6 17 21 12 51
4 Corinthians 30 14 9 7 36 29 15 10 4 1 21 7 15 4 5 6 15 22 7 51
5 Flamengo 30 14 7 9 48 28 15 9 3 3 31 9 15 5 4 6 17 19 20 49
6 Atletico PR 30 13 9 8 36 34 15 8 6 1 23 12 15 5 3 7 13 22 2 48
7 Atletico Mineiro 30 12 10 8 38 32 15 6 4 5 21 16 15 6 6 3 17 16 6 46
8 América Mineiro 30 12 6 12 27 30 15 8 3 4 18 13 15 4 3 8 9 17 -3 42
9 Botafogo 30 11 7 12 31 34 15 4 4 7 13 15 15 7 3 5 18 19 -3 40
10 São Paulo 29 9 13 7 41 32 14 6 5 3 25 15 15 3 8 4 16 17 9 40
11 Fortaleza 30 10 8 12 30 32 14 4 6 4 12 11 16 6 2 8 18 21 -2 38
12 Bragantino 30 9 11 10 40 39 15 7 5 3 24 14 15 2 6 7 16 25 1 38
13 Goias 30 9 11 10 31 36 15 5 6 4 17 16 15 4 5 6 14 20 -5 38
14 Santos 30 9 10 11 32 28 15 7 4 4 23 14 15 2 6 7 9 14 4 37
15 Ceara 30 6 14 10 28 32 16 3 7 6 15 19 14 3 7 4 13 13 -4 32
16 Coritiba 29 9 4 16 29 47 15 9 2 4 19 12 14 0 2 12 10 35 -18 31
17 Cuiaba 30 7 9 14 22 32 14 4 7 3 11 9 16 3 2 11 11 23 -10 30
18 Atletico GO 30 7 7 16 30 47 15 5 3 7 17 18 15 2 4 9 13 29 -17 28
19 Avaí 30 7 7 16 28 47 16 6 4 6 21 21 14 1 3 10 7 26 -19 28
20 Juventude 30 3 11 16 23 53 15 2 7 6 14 21 15 1 4 10 9 32 -30 20

Read more about Serie A

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.