This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, both rise and fall resulting in mid-table spots so far. Get set for Fortaleza - Corinthians!
- Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fortaleza have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Corinthians have scored away.
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.
This promises to be an entertaining fixture with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
Fortaleza form and stats
Fortaleza have played 11 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Fortaleza bring valid hopes of a third.
The supporters are hoping that Fortaleza will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Fluminense (placed 5th). The first defeat after collecting points through three league games. The defeat against Fluminense was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Barbosa). Tinga, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Tinga hit two key passes and won 9 of 12 duels.
Ahead of that result, a home win hosting America Mineiro in the Copa Sudamericana. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Fortaleza matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats (from 6 games).
It should be added that a peek at the 15 most recent league games reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The Fortaleza fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Fortaleza have conceded only 9 goals.
Corinthians form and stats
There's been little loot from Corinthians's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the Serie A. Corinthians only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws. With three draws in a row for Corinthians the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Corinthians played 0-0 against Palmeiras in their previous match. Veríssimo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.54. The defender Veríssimo hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.
A defeat, in the Copa Sudamericana away at Estudiantes (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties), earlier. Looking at the earlier recent performances of Corinthians when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.
Lacking goals? 13 of this club's most recent 16 league matches have contained two goals or less.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Gremio in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Corinthians as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Corinthians have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This duo met each other earlier on this match year: Corinthians - Fortaleza 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Fortaleza victories, three draws and five Corinthians wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Lucero 4 goals |   Y. Monteiro da Silva 4 goals |  T. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha 3 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Corinthians missing players
| Fortaleza | Corinthians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 25 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 23 |
| 86% | 82% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 59% | 64% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 71% |
| 36% | 45% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 33% |
| 18% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 19% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 32% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 52% |
| 41% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 24% |
| 41% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 33% |
| 5.2 | 6.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.1 | 16.7 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.3 | 11.8 |
| 5.6 | 6.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.5 | 4 |
| 20% | 24% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| 13.4 | 12 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23.3 | 17.9 | 16.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
- Corinthians have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fortaleza have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Corinthians 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 | Botafogo | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Gremio | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Athletico PR | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 14 | Internacional | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Goias | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 25 |
| 16 | Bahia | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | Santos | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 21 | -15 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -21 | 16 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 14 |
