Serie A: Fortaleza are 7 points behind Goiás, but are psyched to go all in. Get this show on the road!
- Fortaleza have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Serie A
- Goiás have scored at least twice as many goals away as Fortaleza have scored home.
Goiás have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Fortaleza nor Goiás as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Fortaleza form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Fortaleza have managed 0 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.
Fortaleza are returning here after visiting Flamengo and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Hércules and Robson scored the goal(s). The victory against Flamengo came after Hércules's winning goal. The Fortaleza manager Vojvoda was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 62nd minute. Welison (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Welison hit one key pass and had 35 successful passes (of 36 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Ceara with the scoreline 0-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Fortaleza's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie A game versus Atletico PR in only three days. This game is also played here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo.
The lack of attacking qualities in Fortaleza means that they have only scored 2 goals in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match.
Goiás form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Goiás have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far.
Two away matches in a row for Goiás, whose manager Ventura could celebrate last time after the win against Botafogo. Raúl came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Botafogo last time out, making the manager Ventura feel like a tactical genius. Maguinho was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.83. The defender Maguinho hit two key passes and won 12 of 17 duels.
hometeam won Looking at the earlier recent performances of Goiás when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 0 and winning 3 games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ceara in just three days.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Goiás have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Fortaleza wins - draws - Goiás wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Godinho Johann 8 goals | P. Garay da Silva 7 goals | V. Santos Silva 4 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Goiás missing players
| Fortaleza | Goiás | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 11% |
| 56% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 56% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 22% |
| 44% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 5.9 | 8 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 5.4 | 3.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.8 | 16.2 | 24 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 9 | 9.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 42% | 38% |
| 11.3 | 11.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22.5 | 18.8 | 18.7 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
- Fortaleza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Fortaleza have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Fortaleza have the fewest clean sheets (0) 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 at home.
- Fortaleza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Goiás have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Goiás have scored at least twice as many goals away as Fortaleza have scored home.
- Goiás haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Coritiba | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | America Mineiro | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Sao Paulo | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Internacional | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Atletico PR | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Santos | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Flamengo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Goiás | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Fluminense | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Avai | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Bragantino | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | Ceara | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 17 | Juventude | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
