Palmeiras vs Ceará preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Fri 10.December
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Barueri (31500 seats)

The league table tells us that 13 points divide the pair of two sets of gladiators in this Serie A game. Palmeiras carry both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ceará have scored away.

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.

Ceará have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Palmeiras is in the 3rd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Ceará are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Palmeiras form and stats

10 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Palmeiras have to build on here at Arena Barueri in the Serie A.

Palmeiras shared the glory with Atletico PR in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Defender Kaiky Naves got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Naves won 2 of 3 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Cuiabá and winning 3-1.

A decent goal production from Palmeiras in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 18 league matches. On the other hand, Palmeiras have conceded 26 goals.

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Ceará form and stats

There's been little loot from Ceará's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 18 away games in the Serie A. Ceará only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 10 draws.

Ceará played 0-0 against América Mineiro in their previous match. Igor was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.0. The defender Igor hit three key passes and won 13 of 20 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Flamengo wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Ceará have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Ceará - Palmeiras 1-2 was the end result in these squads' last head to head match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Palmeiras wins - draws - Ceará wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PalmeirasR. Cavalcante Veiga
R. Cavalcante Veiga
10 goals
CearáV. Goes Barbosa de Souza
V. Goes Barbosa de Souza
8 goals
PalmeirasB. Vasconcelos Lopes
B. Vasconcelos Lopes
7 goals

Palmeiras missing players

Ceará missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Palmeiras Ceará
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
19 10 5 Won W 1 1 11
6 3 0 Drew D 1 10 17
12 5 1 Lost L 3 7 9
57 32 11 Scored S 7 15 39
43 26 5 Conceded C 8 23 37
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 72% 76%
78% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 72% 65%
57% 61% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 39% 41%
30% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 28% 22%
11% 22% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
54% 67% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 54%
32% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 41%
22% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 39% 30%
 
5.7 7.3 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.6 5.2
5.4 4.1 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 6.3 5.5
2.1 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.1 2.3
7 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
15.2 18.3 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.6 12.9
5.2 5.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.7 4.1
30% 32% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 22% 26%
 
13.2 11.7 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 14.8 14.1
4.1 3.8 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.3 3.9
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Palmeiras have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ceará have scored away.
  • Palmeiras have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Palmeiras haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Atletico Mineiro 37 26 6 5 64 30 19 17 1 1 42 13 18 9 5 4 22 17 34 84
2 Flamengo 37 21 8 8 69 34 19 13 1 5 31 15 18 8 7 3 38 19 35 71
3 Palmeiras 37 19 6 12 57 43 18 10 3 5 32 26 19 9 3 7 25 17 14 63
4 Corinthians 37 15 12 10 40 35 19 10 5 4 26 18 18 5 7 6 14 17 5 57
5 Fortaleza 37 16 7 14 42 44 18 10 4 4 24 18 19 6 3 10 18 26 -2 55
6 Bragantino 37 13 14 10 54 46 18 6 9 3 27 20 19 7 5 7 27 26 8 53
7 Fluminense 37 14 9 14 35 38 18 10 5 3 21 14 19 4 4 11 14 24 -3 51
8 América Mineiro 37 12 14 11 39 37 18 8 6 4 20 11 19 4 8 7 19 26 2 50
9 Atlético GO 37 12 14 11 31 36 18 5 10 3 15 14 19 7 4 8 16 22 -5 50
10 Ceará 37 11 17 9 39 37 19 10 7 2 24 14 18 1 10 7 15 23 2 50
11 Santos 37 12 13 12 34 39 18 9 5 4 20 13 19 3 8 8 14 26 -5 49
12 Internacional 37 12 12 13 44 41 19 8 6 5 29 22 18 4 6 8 15 19 3 48
13 São Paulo 37 11 15 11 31 37 19 7 9 3 18 15 18 4 6 8 13 22 -6 48
14 Atletico PR 37 13 7 17 40 44 19 8 5 6 23 21 18 5 2 11 17 23 -4 46
15 Cuiabá 37 10 16 11 33 36 19 7 6 6 18 20 18 3 10 5 15 16 -3 46
16 Bahia 37 11 10 16 41 49 19 8 5 6 27 22 18 3 5 10 14 27 -8 43
17 Juventude 37 10 13 14 35 44 18 8 6 4 18 15 19 2 7 10 17 29 -9 43
18 Gremio 37 11 7 19 40 48 18 7 6 5 25 18 19 4 1 14 15 30 -8 40
19 Sport Recife 37 9 10 18 23 36 18 5 6 7 12 12 19 4 4 11 11 24 -13 37
20 Chapecoense 37 1 12 24 27 64 19 0 6 13 13 32 18 1 6 11 14 32 -37 15

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 Atletico Mineiro 37 26 6 5 64 30 19 17 1 1 42 13 18 9 5 4 22 17 34 84
2 Flamengo 37 21 8 8 69 34 19 13 1 5 31 15 18 8 7 3 38 19 35 71
3 Palmeiras 37 19 6 12 57 43 18 10 3 5 32 26 19 9 3 7 25 17 14 63
4 Corinthians 37 15 12 10 40 35 19 10 5 4 26 18 18 5 7 6 14 17 5 57
5 Fortaleza 37 16 7 14 42 44 18 10 4 4 24 18 19 6 3 10 18 26 -2 55
6 Bragantino 37 13 14 10 54 46 18 6 9 3 27 20 19 7 5 7 27 26 8 53
7 Fluminense 37 14 9 14 35 38 18 10 5 3 21 14 19 4 4 11 14 24 -3 51
8 América Mineiro 37 12 14 11 39 37 18 8 6 4 20 11 19 4 8 7 19 26 2 50
9 Atlético GO 37 12 14 11 31 36 18 5 10 3 15 14 19 7 4 8 16 22 -5 50
10 Ceará 37 11 17 9 39 37 19 10 7 2 24 14 18 1 10 7 15 23 2 50
11 Santos 37 12 13 12 34 39 18 9 5 4 20 13 19 3 8 8 14 26 -5 49
12 Internacional 37 12 12 13 44 41 19 8 6 5 29 22 18 4 6 8 15 19 3 48
13 São Paulo 37 11 15 11 31 37 19 7 9 3 18 15 18 4 6 8 13 22 -6 48
14 Atletico PR 37 13 7 17 40 44 19 8 5 6 23 21 18 5 2 11 17 23 -4 46
15 Cuiabá 37 10 16 11 33 36 19 7 6 6 18 20 18 3 10 5 15 16 -3 46
16 Bahia 37 11 10 16 41 49 19 8 5 6 27 22 18 3 5 10 14 27 -8 43
17 Juventude 37 10 13 14 35 44 18 8 6 4 18 15 19 2 7 10 17 29 -9 43
18 Gremio 37 11 7 19 40 48 18 7 6 5 25 18 19 4 1 14 15 30 -8 40
19 Sport Recife 37 9 10 18 23 36 18 5 6 7 12 12 19 4 4 11 11 24 -13 37
20 Chapecoense 37 1 12 24 27 64 19 0 6 13 13 32 18 1 6 11 14 32 -37 15

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.