Football match betting preview: Fortaleza vs Ceará

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 18.November
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

Fortaleza have excelled Ceará so far, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all the details you require prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Ceará have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Serie A

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.

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.

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Fortaleza form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Fortaleza have managed 8 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games.

Fortaleza lost their last game at Bragantino (placed 4th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Lucas Lima, a striker, was the best performer for the team in that match, scoring a rating of 7.53 (out of 10). Lima hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 39 successful passes (of 41 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus São Paulo.

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 Fortaleza have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost zero.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Fortaleza, as the Serie A home game vs Palmeiras is only three days away.

The Fortaleza fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 15 matches. From these home matches, Fortaleza have conceded only 14 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Ceará form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ceará so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 0-9-6 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Ceará have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 16 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Ferroviario game.

Ceará had fun at their own home (Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo) last time out, beating Sport Recife 2-1. Marlon and Vina scored. Ceará goalie João Ricardo was high and low in the Sport Recife game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. João Ricardo was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.24. The agile goalkeeper Ricardo stopped the opponent with seven saves.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Atletico PR's place.

Ceará are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, five draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Ceará have another fixture away in just three days, a Serie A fixture versus Atletico GO. A hard diary for the visitors!

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 20 goals have been conceded by Ceará in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Ceará - Fortaleza 3-1. Last ten meetings involving these participants: Fortaleza won four, Ceará were winners in three and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

FortalezaR. dos Santos Fernandes
R. dos Santos Fernandes
9 goals
FortalezaG. Souza Lisboa
G. Souza Lisboa
8 goals
FortalezaD. Correia da Fonseca
D. Correia da Fonseca
5 goals

Fortaleza missing players

Ceará missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortaleza Ceará
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 15 6 Played P 3 15 32
14 8 3 Won W 0 0 9
7 4 3 Drew D 1 9 15
11 3 0 Lost L 2 6 8
40 22 14 Scored S 2 9 31
37 14 3 Conceded C 6 20 33
91% 93% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 67% 75%
66% 67% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 62%
47% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 38%
19% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 27% 22%
12% 13% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
44% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 53%
38% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 41%
28% 27% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 47% 31%
 
4.7 5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.9 5.4
5.4 4.5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 5.4
2.3 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.1 2.4
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
14.7 15.5 16 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.7 13
4.5 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.8 4.2
28% 33% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 16% 23%
 
12.1 9.4 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11 14.2 13.5
3.9 3.4 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.9 3.7
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Ceará have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ceará have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Serie A
  • Ceará have yet to win a game away.
  • Fortaleza have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ceará have scored 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 Atletico Mineiro 31 21 5 5 50 22 16 14 1 1 34 9 15 7 4 4 16 13 28 68
2 Flamengo 31 18 6 7 61 28 16 11 1 4 28 13 15 7 5 3 33 15 33 60
3 Palmeiras 32 18 4 10 52 37 16 10 2 4 30 22 16 8 2 6 22 15 15 58
4 Bragantino 33 13 13 7 50 37 17 6 8 3 26 19 16 7 5 4 24 18 13 52
5 Corinthians 32 13 11 8 35 31 16 8 4 4 22 17 16 5 7 4 13 14 4 50
6 Fortaleza 32 14 7 11 40 37 15 8 4 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 18 23 3 49
7 Internacional 32 12 11 9 41 34 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 4 6 6 15 17 7 47
8 Fluminense 32 12 9 11 31 33 16 8 5 3 18 14 16 4 4 8 13 19 -2 45
9 America Mineiro 32 11 11 10 35 34 16 7 5 4 17 11 16 4 6 6 18 23 1 44
10 Ceará 32 9 15 8 31 33 17 9 6 2 22 13 15 0 9 6 9 20 -2 42
11 Atletico PR 32 12 5 15 39 42 16 7 4 5 22 20 16 5 1 10 17 22 -3 41
12 Santos 32 9 12 11 28 36 16 7 5 4 16 13 16 2 7 7 12 23 -8 39
13 Cuiaba 32 8 15 9 30 32 16 5 6 5 15 17 16 3 9 4 15 15 -2 39
14 Atletico GO 31 9 11 11 24 32 15 4 8 3 11 11 16 5 3 8 13 21 -8 38
15 São Paulo 32 8 14 10 24 33 16 5 8 3 13 14 16 3 6 7 11 19 -9 38
16 Bahia 31 9 9 13 33 42 15 6 4 5 20 18 16 3 5 8 13 24 -9 36
17 Juventude 31 8 12 11 31 37 16 6 6 4 16 15 15 2 6 7 15 22 -6 36
18 Sport Recife 33 7 9 17 20 33 16 4 5 7 10 11 17 3 4 10 10 22 -13 30
19 Gremio 31 8 5 18 27 41 15 5 5 5 17 16 16 3 0 13 10 25 -14 29
20 Chapecoense 32 1 12 19 26 54 16 0 6 10 12 27 16 1 6 9 14 27 -28 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 31 21 5 5 50 22 16 14 1 1 34 9 15 7 4 4 16 13 28 68
2 Flamengo 31 18 6 7 61 28 16 11 1 4 28 13 15 7 5 3 33 15 33 60
3 Palmeiras 32 18 4 10 52 37 16 10 2 4 30 22 16 8 2 6 22 15 15 58
4 Bragantino 33 13 13 7 50 37 17 6 8 3 26 19 16 7 5 4 24 18 13 52
5 Corinthians 32 13 11 8 35 31 16 8 4 4 22 17 16 5 7 4 13 14 4 50
6 Fortaleza 32 14 7 11 40 37 15 8 4 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 18 23 3 49
7 Internacional 32 12 11 9 41 34 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 4 6 6 15 17 7 47
8 Fluminense 32 12 9 11 31 33 16 8 5 3 18 14 16 4 4 8 13 19 -2 45
9 America Mineiro 32 11 11 10 35 34 16 7 5 4 17 11 16 4 6 6 18 23 1 44
10 Ceará 32 9 15 8 31 33 17 9 6 2 22 13 15 0 9 6 9 20 -2 42
11 Atletico PR 32 12 5 15 39 42 16 7 4 5 22 20 16 5 1 10 17 22 -3 41
12 Santos 32 9 12 11 28 36 16 7 5 4 16 13 16 2 7 7 12 23 -8 39
13 Cuiaba 32 8 15 9 30 32 16 5 6 5 15 17 16 3 9 4 15 15 -2 39
14 Atletico GO 31 9 11 11 24 32 15 4 8 3 11 11 16 5 3 8 13 21 -8 38
15 São Paulo 32 8 14 10 24 33 16 5 8 3 13 14 16 3 6 7 11 19 -9 38
16 Bahia 31 9 9 13 33 42 15 6 4 5 20 18 16 3 5 8 13 24 -9 36
17 Juventude 31 8 12 11 31 37 16 6 6 4 16 15 15 2 6 7 15 22 -6 36
18 Sport Recife 33 7 9 17 20 33 16 4 5 7 10 11 17 3 4 10 10 22 -13 30
19 Gremio 31 8 5 18 27 41 15 5 5 5 17 16 16 3 0 13 10 25 -14 29
20 Chapecoense 32 1 12 19 26 54 16 0 6 10 12 27 16 1 6 9 14 27 -28 15

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