The home team ticketholders expect a victory in this fixture, and the home advantage might do the trick versus a struggling visitor. Fortaleza are in 11th place while the guesting Vasco da Gama panic at 17th.
- Fortaleza have not yet lost a game at home.
- Vasco da Gama have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Only a few days to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a Copa Sudamericana fixture only three days earlier. This match was also played here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Vasco da Gama have had more rest.
Fortaleza form and stats
Fortaleza must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Serie A games here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo.
Fortaleza's previous match was a Copa Sudamericana game also played at their own arena, finishing 3-2 against San Lorenzo. The home side hope to to build on that result.
Heartbreak before that as Fortaleza lost 1-2 at America Mineiro's place.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 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats (from 4 games).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Fortaleza as they have a new game in only four days, a Copa do Brasil match thankfully also at home. Palmeiras are visiting.
Fortaleza have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo with 5 goals in 3 league matches.
Vasco da Gama form and stats
1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Vasco da Gama in their Serie A matches away.
Two away games in a row for Vasco, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-4 versus Sao Paulo. An insane fixture with masses of goals last time out for Vasco da Gama, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as gleeful? Midfield player Galarza was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.11/10. Galarza scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Santos.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Vasco da Gama playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.
The travelling fans enjoy Vasco's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Vasco da Gama struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Fortaleza two wins, five draws and Vasco da Gama three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Vieira da Veiga 3 goals |  G. Souza Lisboa 2 goals |   G. Fortes Chaves 2 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Vasco da Gama missing players
| Fortaleza | Vasco da Gama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 71% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 71% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 5.1 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 5.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.8 | 6.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.6 | 20 | 24 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.2 | 13 |
| 7.1 | 9.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| 20% | 18% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 55% | 28% |
| 14.4 | 12 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 18.8 | 15.1 |
| 4.9 | 3.3 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 6.6 |
- All of Vasco da Gama's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fortaleza have not yet lost a game at home.
- Vasco da Gama have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Vasco da Gama have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vasco da Gama have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Vasco da Gama have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Vasco da Gama 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 | Botafogo | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Sao Paulo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Cruzeiro | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Atletico PR | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Santos | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Gremio | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Bahia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Cuiaba | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Internacional | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Goias | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Corinthians | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 4 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 2 |
