All you need to know about the Fortaleza - Corinthians game:

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 03.December
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal Presidente Getúlio Vargas (67000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Fortaleza in 9th and Corinthians in 10th place.

Insights:
  • Fortaleza has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Serie A
  • Corinthians have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Fortaleza form and stats

Fortaleza, who have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Serie A, have played 11 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Fortaleza drew their last game, also a home match. Goias (placed 20th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. A strong away win before that one, visiting Botafogo and winning 2-1.

Fortaleza are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. From these home matches, Fortaleza have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Corinthians form and stats

Playing away, Corinthians have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the Serie A this season.

The Corinthians goalkeeper Walter Leandro Capeloza Artune is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 187 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's the second away game in a row for Corinthians, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Coritiba (placed 18th) in the Serie A last time out. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Gremio.

Corinthians have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 12 goals have been scored. 13 goals have been conceded by Corinthians in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Corinthians - Fortaleza 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Fortaleza victories, two draws and eight Corinthians wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FortalezaD. Correia da Fonseca
D. Correia da Fonseca
5 goals
FortalezaW. Pereira do Nascimento
W. Pereira do Nascimento
5 goals
FortalezaB. Silveira da Silva
B. Silveira da Silva
3 goals

Fortaleza missing players

Corinthians missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortaleza Corinthians
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 3 12 23
7 5 0 Won W 1 4 7
8 3 1 Drew D 2 3 8
8 3 1 Lost L 0 5 8
23 12 0 Scored S 2 12 25
21 8 2 Conceded C 1 13 29
83% 82% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 83%
61% 55% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 58% 65%
35% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 48%
9% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 22%
4% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 13%
48% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 58% 61%
35% 55% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 30%
35% 36% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.3 2.5
4 3 1 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
10.5 11.2 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 9.2 10.7
3.2 3.9 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.1 3.8
32% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 32% 28%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Corinthians have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fortaleza has the most clean sheets (6) at home in Serie A

  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 23 13 3 7 41 29 12 9 2 1 27 9 11 4 1 6 14 20 12 42
2 Flamengo 22 11 6 5 37 31 11 5 4 2 18 13 11 6 2 3 19 18 6 39
3 Sao Paulo 20 10 8 2 31 19 10 6 4 0 15 6 10 4 4 2 16 13 12 38
4 Internacional 22 10 6 6 33 22 11 6 4 1 20 10 11 4 2 5 13 12 11 36
5 Fluminense 22 10 5 7 31 25 11 6 3 2 19 11 11 4 2 5 12 14 6 35
6 Palmeiras 21 9 7 5 28 21 10 4 4 2 15 12 11 5 3 3 13 9 7 34
7 Santos 22 9 7 6 30 25 11 5 4 2 19 12 11 4 3 4 11 13 5 34
8 Gremio 21 8 10 3 26 19 10 5 4 1 16 10 11 3 6 2 10 9 7 34
9 Fortaleza 23 7 8 8 23 21 11 5 3 3 12 8 12 2 5 5 11 13 2 29
10 Corinthians 23 7 8 8 25 29 11 3 5 3 13 16 12 4 3 5 12 13 -4 29
11 Atletico PR 22 8 4 10 19 21 12 5 3 4 10 9 10 3 1 6 9 12 -2 28
12 Bahia 22 8 4 10 28 34 11 6 1 4 17 14 11 2 3 6 11 20 -6 28
13 Atletico GO 22 6 9 7 20 27 10 2 5 3 13 15 12 4 4 4 7 12 -7 27
14 Bragantino 22 6 8 8 29 28 11 5 3 3 18 11 11 1 5 5 11 17 1 26
15 Ceará 22 6 8 8 28 33 12 5 5 2 15 12 10 1 3 6 13 21 -5 26
16 Sport Recife 22 7 4 11 19 29 11 5 0 6 12 15 11 2 4 5 7 14 -10 25
17 Vasco da Gama 21 6 6 9 23 27 10 3 3 4 9 9 11 3 3 5 14 18 -4 24
18 Coritiba 23 5 5 13 20 32 11 3 2 6 6 9 12 2 3 7 14 23 -12 20
19 Botafogo 22 3 11 8 22 29 12 2 5 5 12 16 10 1 6 3 10 13 -7 20
20 Goias 21 3 7 11 23 35 11 3 3 5 15 18 10 0 4 6 8 17 -12 16

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 23 13 3 7 41 29 12 9 2 1 27 9 11 4 1 6 14 20 12 42
2 Flamengo 22 11 6 5 37 31 11 5 4 2 18 13 11 6 2 3 19 18 6 39
3 Sao Paulo 20 10 8 2 31 19 10 6 4 0 15 6 10 4 4 2 16 13 12 38
4 Internacional 22 10 6 6 33 22 11 6 4 1 20 10 11 4 2 5 13 12 11 36
5 Fluminense 22 10 5 7 31 25 11 6 3 2 19 11 11 4 2 5 12 14 6 35
6 Palmeiras 21 9 7 5 28 21 10 4 4 2 15 12 11 5 3 3 13 9 7 34
7 Santos 22 9 7 6 30 25 11 5 4 2 19 12 11 4 3 4 11 13 5 34
8 Gremio 21 8 10 3 26 19 10 5 4 1 16 10 11 3 6 2 10 9 7 34
9 Fortaleza 23 7 8 8 23 21 11 5 3 3 12 8 12 2 5 5 11 13 2 29
10 Corinthians 23 7 8 8 25 29 11 3 5 3 13 16 12 4 3 5 12 13 -4 29
11 Atletico PR 22 8 4 10 19 21 12 5 3 4 10 9 10 3 1 6 9 12 -2 28
12 Bahia 22 8 4 10 28 34 11 6 1 4 17 14 11 2 3 6 11 20 -6 28
13 Atletico GO 22 6 9 7 20 27 10 2 5 3 13 15 12 4 4 4 7 12 -7 27
14 Bragantino 22 6 8 8 29 28 11 5 3 3 18 11 11 1 5 5 11 17 1 26
15 Ceará 22 6 8 8 28 33 12 5 5 2 15 12 10 1 3 6 13 21 -5 26
16 Sport Recife 22 7 4 11 19 29 11 5 0 6 12 15 11 2 4 5 7 14 -10 25
17 Vasco da Gama 21 6 6 9 23 27 10 3 3 4 9 9 11 3 3 5 14 18 -4 24
18 Coritiba 23 5 5 13 20 32 11 3 2 6 6 9 12 2 3 7 14 23 -12 20
19 Botafogo 22 3 11 8 22 29 12 2 5 5 12 16 10 1 6 3 10 13 -7 20
20 Goias 21 3 7 11 23 35 11 3 3 5 15 18 10 0 4 6 8 17 -12 16

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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.