Fortaleza have performed better than Corinthians so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
- Fortaleza have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Serie A
- Corinthians have the fewest conceded goals (7) 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 have little in common geographically as Corinthians have to travel 3000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Fortaleza form and stats
Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Fortaleza, who have the most scored goals (14) at home in Serie A, are 4-1-0 (wins-draw-losses). In general it's been a long time since Fortaleza tasted defeat here at Estádio Municipal Presidente Getúlio Vargas, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.
The Fortaleza supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host America Mineiro in Serie A and win 4-0. Attacking player David bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.51 out of 10. David scored two goals and hit one key pass. As mentioned above, Fortaleza "killed" America Mineiro in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Heartbreak before that as Fortaleza lost 1-2 at Athletico PR's place.Fortaleza are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (14 goals in 5 games). Fortaleza are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Municipal Presidente Getúlio Vargas in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Corinthians form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Corinthians, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Serie A, playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Corinthians, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Chapecoense (placed 19th) in the Serie A last time out. Victor Cantillo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.71. The defender Cantillo hit one key pass and won 8 of 8 duels.
A draw for Corinthians before that, at their own venue hosting Internacional (1-1).Many goals are not expected from the visiting Corinthians as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Corinthians's manager S. Campos Junior has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - three - seven (Fortaleza wins - draws - Corinthians wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Souza Lisboa 4 goals | D. Correia da Fonseca 4 goals |   J. Alves de Assis Silva 4 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Corinthians missing players
| Fortaleza | Corinthians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 30% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 30% |
| 3.4 | 3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 5.8 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.5 | 15.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.6 | 11.3 |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 38% | 54% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 20% | 18% |
- Corinthians have not yet lost a game away.
- Corinthians have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Serie A
- Corinthians have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have not yet lost a game at home.
- Fortaleza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Fortaleza have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Fortaleza have scored more than double the goals of Corinthians.
- Fortaleza have the most scored goals (14) at home in Serie A
- Fortaleza have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Serie A
- Fortaleza haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Athletico PR | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Fortaleza | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Bahia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Santos | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Atletico GO | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Ceara | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Corinthians | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Fluminense | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Flamengo | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Juventude | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Internacional | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | America Mineiro | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Sao Paulo | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Sport Recife | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 20 | Gremio | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 2 |