It's early days in the Serie A and both Goiás and Fortaleza are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Fortaleza, who are travelling more than 2300 kilometers to play this game.
Goiás form and stats
Hopes of three in a row are alive for Goiás after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Goiás manager N. da Silveira Júnior and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Palmeiras (placed 13th) in the Serie A. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Athletico PR (1-2).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Atlético GO are coming to town in three days.
Fortaleza form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Serie A ended in defeat. Last season Fortaleza had these away match statistics: Played 4; won 2, drew 1 and lost 1.
The attacking players of Fortaleza have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 282 minutes.
Fortaleza delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Botafogo (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. A 0-1 defeat away at São Paulo before that.
Felipe Alves had red hot gloves after the game against Botafogo, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.
0 goals so far away for Fortaleza, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - two - three (Goiás wins - draws - Fortaleza wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Vaz dos Santos 1 goals |  D. Bessa 1 goals |
Goiás missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| Goiás | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 4.7 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Goiás | Last season | Fortaleza | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 10 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 70% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 30% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | ||
| 20% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 60% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 30% | ||
| 30% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | ||
| 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 109 | 57 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 89 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 37 | ||
| 35% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Internacional | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Bahia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Grêmio | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Atlético GO | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Santos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Fluminense | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Sport Recife | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Flamengo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Palmeiras | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Botafogo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Bragantino | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Goiás | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Ceará | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -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 | Jaragua EC | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Goiás | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | CRAC | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 13 |
| 4 | Anapolis | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 5 | Gremio Anapolis | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 6 | Goiania | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 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 | Bahia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Botafogo PB | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Sport Recife | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 5 | ABC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 | CRB | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 7 | Frei Paulistano | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 5 |
| 8 | River | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 4 |