Both Fortaleza and Palmeiras are craving for points in this match, in spite of the visitors carrying a 19 point lead in the standings.
- Fortaleza have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals (27) in Serie A
It's quite the trip for Palmeiras when visiting Fortaleza as the cities are 3000 kilometers apart.
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.
Fortaleza form and stats
Fortaleza's struggle is real here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo with only 7 points collected from 8 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-3.
The club members hope that Fortaleza will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Copa Libertadores fixture against Estudiantes. Midfield player Capixaba got a match rating of 7.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Capixaba dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Heartbreak before that as Fortaleza lost 1-2 at Coritiba's place.The manager Vojvoda will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ceara in only three days.
Fortaleza aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in the league, with only 4 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Fortaleza have conceded only 6 goals.
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Palmeiras collect 15 points from their 7 away matches in the Serie A. 4 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).
The supporters enjoyed Palmeiras's previous match versus Cerro Porteno, a Copa Libertadores win (5-0) played at home. That loss stopped this team's string of league fixtures in a row without losing; 13 games in all! Rony, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.14. Rony scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.
A loss against Atletico PR was the result prior to that, in a Serie A home game.A new game in only four days for Palmeiras, the Copa do Brasil home match versus São Paulo. Busy days.
Palmeiras are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Palmeiras as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Fortaleza won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Palmeiras have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  R. da Silva Barbosa 7 goals |  G. Gómez Portillo 6 goals |   G. Souza Lisboa 4 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Palmeiras missing players
| Fortaleza | Palmeiras | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 27 |
| 21 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 93% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 60% | 38% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 80% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 47% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 60% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 40% |
| 13% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 53% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 5.6 | 7.2 | 9.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.9 | 7.4 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 2.5 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.7 | 17.6 | 23.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 17.4 | 19.4 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.9 | 6 |
| 21% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | 30% |
| 11.7 | 11.2 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 12.6 | 12 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
- Fortaleza have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Palmeiras have not yet lost a game away.
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Palmeiras have scored more than double the goals of Fortaleza.
- Palmeiras have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the most clean sheets (8) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the most points (15) away in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals (11) away in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals (27) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the the best goal difference (+15) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Serie A
- Palmeiras have won significantly less corners away then 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 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Atletico PR | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Corinthians | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Internacional | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | São Paulo | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Flamengo | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Botafogo | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | Santos | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 11 | Avai | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Coritiba | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | America Mineiro | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 14 | Bragantino | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | Ceara | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Atlético GO | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 17 | Goias | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Juventude | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 11 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 10 |
