Can Fortaleza beat Juventude in Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo clash?

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

A win is the only result that will satisfy the Fortaleza followers in this Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo clash with Juventude, as they enjoy a healthy lead on the away side in the Serie A table.

Insights:
  • Juventude have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Serie A

The visiting Juventude played their last game only three days ago, a Serie A match.

Juventude have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Fortaleza form and stats

Fortaleza have collected 31 points from their Serie A home games so far after 9-4-4.

Fortaleza are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Santos. Yago Pikachu (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Pikachu hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Palmeiras.

There will be little rest for Fortaleza after this match as they are travelling to Cuiaba for a Serie A game in only three days.

Fortaleza has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Juventude form and stats

Juventude have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-7-8 (17 played).

Impressive finishing from Ricardo Bueno secured the home win 1-0 against Bragantino in their previous game. Defender Michel Macedo was the best team player with a rating of 7.83. Macedo served one assist, hit three key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.

Before that, Juventude travelled to Atletico GO and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Juventude manager J. Ribeiro Ventura as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sao Paulo.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Juventude have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Juventude - Fortaleza 1-1 was the end result in these squads' last H2H fixture, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Fortaleza victories, six draws and one Juventude win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

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

Fortaleza missing players

Juventude missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortaleza Juventude
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
15 9 4 Won W 1 2 10
7 4 1 Drew D 2 7 13
13 4 0 Lost L 2 8 12
41 23 8 Scored S 5 16 34
43 18 2 Conceded C 8 25 40
91% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
66% 65% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 71%
46% 41% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 35% 34%
20% 24% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 24% 11%
11% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
40% 29% 20% BTTS BTTS 80% 65% 51%
37% 47% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 31%
31% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 26%
 
4.6 4.8 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 3.5
5.3 4.4 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.6 5
2.3 2.2 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 2.5
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
14.5 15.2 18.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 9 11.2
4.5 4.6 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.1 3.5
26% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 28%
 
12.3 9.8 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 14.7 12.9
4 3.5 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 4.8 3.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Juventude have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Juventude have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) 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 35 24 6 5 57 25 18 16 1 1 38 10 17 8 5 4 19 15 32 78
2 Flamengo 35 21 7 7 68 32 18 13 1 4 31 14 17 8 6 3 37 18 36 70
3 Palmeiras 36 19 5 12 57 43 18 10 3 5 32 26 18 9 2 7 25 17 14 62
4 Corinthians 36 15 11 10 39 34 18 10 4 4 25 17 18 5 7 6 14 17 5 56
5 Bragantino 36 13 14 9 51 42 18 6 9 3 27 20 18 7 5 6 24 22 9 53
6 Fortaleza 35 15 7 13 41 43 17 9 4 4 23 18 18 6 3 9 18 25 -2 52
7 Fluminense 36 14 9 13 35 36 18 10 5 3 21 14 18 4 4 10 14 22 -1 51
8 America Mineiro 36 12 13 11 39 37 18 8 6 4 20 11 18 4 7 7 19 26 2 49
9 Ceara 36 11 16 9 39 37 18 10 6 2 24 14 18 1 10 7 15 23 2 49
10 Internacional 36 12 12 12 43 39 18 8 6 4 28 20 18 4 6 8 15 19 4 48
11 Santos 36 11 13 12 33 39 18 9 5 4 20 13 18 2 8 8 13 26 -6 46
12 Sao Paulo 35 10 15 10 28 33 18 6 9 3 15 14 17 4 6 7 13 19 -5 45
13 Atletico GO 35 10 14 11 28 35 18 5 10 3 15 14 17 5 4 8 13 21 -7 44
14 Juventude 35 10 13 12 34 40 18 8 6 4 18 15 17 2 7 8 16 25 -6 43
15 Cuiaba 35 9 16 10 32 35 18 6 6 6 17 20 17 3 10 4 15 15 -3 43
16 Atletico PR 35 12 6 17 39 44 17 7 4 6 22 21 18 5 2 11 17 23 -5 42
17 Bahia 35 10 10 15 37 46 17 7 5 5 23 19 18 3 5 10 14 27 -9 40
18 Gremio 35 10 6 19 36 47 17 6 6 5 22 18 18 4 0 14 14 29 -11 36
19 Sport Recife 35 8 9 18 21 35 17 5 5 7 11 11 18 3 4 11 10 24 -14 33
20 Chapecoense 35 1 12 22 27 62 17 0 6 11 13 30 18 1 6 11 14 32 -35 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 35 24 6 5 57 25 18 16 1 1 38 10 17 8 5 4 19 15 32 78
2 Flamengo 35 21 7 7 68 32 18 13 1 4 31 14 17 8 6 3 37 18 36 70
3 Palmeiras 36 19 5 12 57 43 18 10 3 5 32 26 18 9 2 7 25 17 14 62
4 Corinthians 36 15 11 10 39 34 18 10 4 4 25 17 18 5 7 6 14 17 5 56
5 Bragantino 36 13 14 9 51 42 18 6 9 3 27 20 18 7 5 6 24 22 9 53
6 Fortaleza 35 15 7 13 41 43 17 9 4 4 23 18 18 6 3 9 18 25 -2 52
7 Fluminense 36 14 9 13 35 36 18 10 5 3 21 14 18 4 4 10 14 22 -1 51
8 America Mineiro 36 12 13 11 39 37 18 8 6 4 20 11 18 4 7 7 19 26 2 49
9 Ceara 36 11 16 9 39 37 18 10 6 2 24 14 18 1 10 7 15 23 2 49
10 Internacional 36 12 12 12 43 39 18 8 6 4 28 20 18 4 6 8 15 19 4 48
11 Santos 36 11 13 12 33 39 18 9 5 4 20 13 18 2 8 8 13 26 -6 46
12 Sao Paulo 35 10 15 10 28 33 18 6 9 3 15 14 17 4 6 7 13 19 -5 45
13 Atletico GO 35 10 14 11 28 35 18 5 10 3 15 14 17 5 4 8 13 21 -7 44
14 Juventude 35 10 13 12 34 40 18 8 6 4 18 15 17 2 7 8 16 25 -6 43
15 Cuiaba 35 9 16 10 32 35 18 6 6 6 17 20 17 3 10 4 15 15 -3 43
16 Atletico PR 35 12 6 17 39 44 17 7 4 6 22 21 18 5 2 11 17 23 -5 42
17 Bahia 35 10 10 15 37 46 17 7 5 5 23 19 18 3 5 10 14 27 -9 40
18 Gremio 35 10 6 19 36 47 17 6 6 5 22 18 18 4 0 14 14 29 -11 36
19 Sport Recife 35 8 9 18 21 35 17 5 5 7 11 11 18 3 4 11 10 24 -14 33
20 Chapecoense 35 1 12 22 27 62 17 0 6 11 13 30 18 1 6 11 14 32 -35 15

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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.