It's advantage Palmeiras so far with their 4th position in the Serie A table, welcoming Ceará who are placed 12th.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Palmeiras form and stats
Palmeiras have played 5 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-4-0 (wins-draws-losses). The Palmeiras fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Allianz Parque and will expect new points from this game. Palmeiras has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat. Palmeiras haven’t lost a league-game in 16 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Corinthians, 72 days ago.
Palmeiras drew their last game, also a home match. Flamengo (placed 6th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Preceding that game was the away draw at Guarani that finished 0-0.
Palmeiras has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Palmeiras's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ceará form and stats
Playing away, Ceará have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Serie A this season. Ceará has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
There were no winners in Ceará's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 2-2 vs Goias (placed 19th). Before that, Ceará secured a home win against Brusque with the score 5-1.
Ceará have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 6 goals have been scored. The Ceará manager A. Ferreira has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Palmeiras victories, four draws and two Ceará wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. de Souza da Silva 4 goals |   V. Goes Barbosa de Souza 4 goals | C. Bomfim de Jesus 3 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Ceará missing players
| Palmeiras | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 27% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 9% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 17% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 3.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 132 | 62 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 56 | 143 |
| 43 | 21 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 22 | 51 |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 27% |
- All of Ceará's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Palmeiras's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ceará haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Palmeiras has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Palmeiras have not yet lost a game.
- Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palmeiras have scored in all their matches so far.
- Palmeiras 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 | Atletico Mineiro | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| 2 | Internacional | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Vasco da Gama | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Flamengo | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Sport Recife | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Santos | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Atletico PR | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Fluminense | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Ceará | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Atletico GO | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | Gremio | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | Coritiba | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | Bragantino | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | Botafogo | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 19 | Goias | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 20 | Bahia | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 9 |