Soccer betting preview: Fortaleza welcomes São Paulo in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

Fortaleza open their doors to São Paulo for another engaging Serie A fixture here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo.

Insights:
  • Fortaleza is in the worst form (0-0-3)

It's quite the trip for São Paulo 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.

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Fortaleza form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Serie A game of the season here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo. Last season these fans witnessed 11 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from Fortaleza's 19 home games.

The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw vs River Plate in the Copa Libertadores last time out and are hoping for a win here. Tinga was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Tinga won 8 of 11 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Fortaleza lost 0-1 at Corinthians's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Fortaleza perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fortaleza as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Fortaleza has won four of these, drawn five and lost three.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fortaleza as they are travelling to their away game against Vitoria in the Copa do Brasil. That match is four days after this one.

At Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, Fortaleza has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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São Paulo form and stats

The Serie A season is young and São Paulo have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Everton in their previous outing. The Copa Sudamericana battle ended 0-0.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Santos in the Serie A.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by São Paulo in our archives, and the results are: one win for São Paulo, two draws and five defeats.

A new game in only four days for Paulo, the Copa do Brasil home match versus Juventude. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, São Paulo has managed 2 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Fortaleza-São Paulo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fortaleza two wins, São Paulo four wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

São PauloJ. Calleri
J. Calleri
5 goals
São PauloL. da Rocha Neves
L. da Rocha Neves
2 goals
FortalezaG. Souza Lisboa
G. Souza Lisboa
1 goals

Fortaleza missing players

São Paulo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortaleza São Paulo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 2 8
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 4 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
67% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.3 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 4.8
6 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.2
3.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 21 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14.5 14.5
4 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.5 5.5
8% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 36%
 
11 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15.5 11.5
4.7 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 3.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Fortaleza is in the worst form (0-0-3)
Fortaleza Last season São Paulo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   7 16
17 11   Won W   4 10
7 4   Drew D   0 2
14 4   Lost L   3 4
44 26   Scored S   14 27
45 19   Conceded C   12 17
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 88%
63% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 69%
45% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   100% 69%
18% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 25%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 12%
39% 32%   BTTS BTTS   57% 50%
37% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 38%
32% 26%   Failed to Score F T   14% 25%
 
4.6 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5 7.1
5.1 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.4
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.1
4 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
14.5 15.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 12.8
4.4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.6
26% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 36%
 
12.1 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.7 8.3
3.9 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.1

  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 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 9
2 Bragantino 4 2 2 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 8
3 Atletico Mineiro 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 8
4 Coritiba 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 7
5 São Paulo 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 7
6 Santos 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 7
7 Cuiaba 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
8 Internacional 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 7
9 Avai 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 -1 7
10 America Mineiro 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 6
11 Palmeiras 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 5
12 Flamengo 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 5
13 Botafogo 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 5
14 Fluminense 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 4
15 Ceara 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 -2 3
16 Atletico GO 4 0 3 1 3 7 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 3
17 Atletico PR 4 1 0 3 1 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 3
18 Goias 4 0 2 2 5 9 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 2
19 Juventude 4 0 2 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 2
20 Fortaleza 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
Last season 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 38 26 6 6 67 34 19 17 1 1 42 13 19 9 5 5 25 21 33 84
2 Flamengo 38 21 8 9 69 36 19 13 1 5 31 15 19 8 7 4 38 21 33 71
3 Palmeiras 38 20 6 12 58 43 19 11 3 5 33 26 19 9 3 7 25 17 15 66
4 Fortaleza 38 17 7 14 44 45 19 11 4 4 26 19 19 6 3 10 18 26 -1 58
5 Corinthians 38 15 12 11 40 36 19 10 5 4 26 18 19 5 7 7 14 18 4 57
6 Bragantino 38 14 14 10 55 46 19 7 9 3 28 20 19 7 5 7 27 26 9 56
7 Fluminense 38 15 9 14 38 38 19 11 5 3 24 14 19 4 4 11 14 24 0 54
8 America Mineiro 38 13 14 11 41 37 19 9 6 4 22 11 19 4 8 7 19 26 4 53
9 Atletico GO 38 13 14 11 33 36 19 6 10 3 17 14 19 7 4 8 16 22 -3 53
10 Santos 38 12 14 12 35 40 19 9 6 4 21 14 19 3 8 8 14 26 -5 50
11 Ceara 38 11 17 10 39 38 19 10 7 2 24 14 19 1 10 8 15 24 1 50
12 Internacional 38 12 12 14 44 42 19 8 6 5 29 22 19 4 6 9 15 20 2 48
13 São Paulo 38 11 15 12 31 39 19 7 9 3 18 15 19 4 6 9 13 24 -8 48
14 Atletico PR 38 13 8 17 41 45 19 8 5 6 23 21 19 5 3 11 18 24 -4 47
15 Cuiaba 38 10 17 11 34 37 19 7 6 6 18 20 19 3 11 5 16 17 -3 47
16 Juventude 38 11 13 14 36 44 19 9 6 4 19 15 19 2 7 10 17 29 -8 46
17 Gremio 38 12 7 19 44 51 19 8 6 5 29 21 19 4 1 14 15 30 -7 43
18 Bahia 38 11 10 17 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 22 19 3 5 11 15 29 -9 43
19 Sport Recife 38 9 11 18 24 37 19 5 7 7 13 13 19 4 4 11 11 24 -13 38
20 Chapecoense 38 1 12 25 27 67 19 0 6 13 13 32 19 1 6 12 14 35 -40 15
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 São Paulo 12 7 2 3 18 10 6 3 2 1 4 2 6 4 0 2 14 8 8 23
2 Sao Bernardo 12 4 4 4 9 10 6 3 3 0 6 2 6 1 1 4 3 8 -1 16
3 Ferroviaria 12 3 5 4 15 17 6 2 2 2 8 8 6 1 3 2 7 9 -2 14
4 Novorizontino 12 0 3 9 5 19 6 0 1 5 2 10 6 0 2 4 3 9 -14 3

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 Corinthians 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 9
2 Bragantino 4 2 2 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 8
3 Atletico Mineiro 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 8
4 Coritiba 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 7
5 São Paulo 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 7
6 Santos 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 7
7 Cuiaba 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
8 Internacional 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 7
9 Avai 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 -1 7
10 America Mineiro 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 6
11 Palmeiras 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 5
12 Flamengo 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 5
13 Botafogo 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 0 5
14 Fluminense 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 4
15 Ceara 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 -2 3
16 Atletico GO 4 0 3 1 3 7 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 3
17 Atletico PR 4 1 0 3 1 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 3
18 Goias 4 0 2 2 5 9 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 2
19 Juventude 4 0 2 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 5 -4 2
20 Fortaleza 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0

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