Examine their own game or look more at the opposing team? Both Fortaleza and Ceará should try something else than in earlier matches. Read more!
- Fortaleza have the fewest scored goals (4) in Serie A
- Ceará have scored at least twice as many goals away as Fortaleza have scored home.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
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 Ceará.
Fortaleza form and stats
0-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Fortaleza so far this season.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Fortaleza, who played 1-1 against Juventude. That match was also played at this venue (Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo). The Fortaleza goalkeeper Boeck was crucial in the match against Juventude last time out, making seven saves.
This is expected to be a close game, with Fortaleza perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fortaleza as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Fortaleza has won 4 of these, drawn 6 and lost 2.
Fortaleza are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Flamengo awaits in four days.
Fortaleza have scored 2 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Fortaleza has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Ceará form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Ceará playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. The last three matches for Ceará have all ended in a draw.
Ceará has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sao Paulo for a 2-2 draw. The draw against Sao Paulo came from a losing position. The Ceará manager Júnior brought on Mendoza as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. The attacker Cléber got a match rating of 7.61 in that game. Cléber scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
hometeam won As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Ceará in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Ceará, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Coritiba in just three days.
Ceará are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). 5 goals have been conceded by Ceará in these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former ten meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for Fortaleza, four draws and three wins for Ceará. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Souza Lisboa 2 goals |  M. Vieira da Veiga 1 goals |  J. da Silva 1 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Ceará missing players
| Fortaleza | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 6.6 | 9 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 5.6 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 7.2 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 5.8 | 4.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.4 | 17.5 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.5 | 13.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 18% | 18% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 25% |
| 10.3 | 9 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 17 | 15.1 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
- Ceará have scored at least twice as many goals away as Fortaleza have scored home.
- Fortaleza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Fortaleza have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Fortaleza have the fewest scored goals (4) 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.
- Fortaleza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fortaleza is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Corinthians | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Sao Paulo | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Botafogo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Santos | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Coritiba | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | America Mineiro | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Internacional | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Avai | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Flamengo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Goias | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Atletico PR | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Juventude | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Ceará | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
