This should be quite a game, with Palmeiras placed 1st and Fortaleza at 3rd. Here's all you need to know!
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Serie A
Fortaleza could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa do Brasil game only three sleeps ago. That game, against CRB, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Fortaleza.
These teams have little in common geographically as Fortaleza have to travel 3000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Palmeiras form and stats
This stadium, Allianz Parque, has been a fortress for Palmeiras in the Serie A so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-1-0. Ever since the Corinthians game Palmeiras has been unbeatable here at Allianz Parque producing five straight wins.
Palmeiras are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
An away draw last time out for Palmeiras, facing Sao Paulo in a game that ended 0-0. Weverton, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.0 out of 10 in that game. Weverton stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Palmeiras won a home game hosting Fluminense (1-0).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Palmeiras matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and one defeat (from two games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Palmeiras as they are travelling to their away game against Sao Paulo in the Copa Libertadores. That match is three days after this one.
Palmeiras can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times. On the other hand, Palmeiras have conceded 7 goals.
Fortaleza form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Fortaleza have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far.
Two travels in a row for Fortaleza, whose manager J. Vojvoda could celebrate last time after the Copa do Brasil win against CRB. Yago Pikachu got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, top player of the team. Pikachu hit five key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 32 successful passes (of 37 total).
Prior to that match, the Fortaleza manager J. Vojvoda faced defeat when travelling to Ceará and losing 1-3.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 Fortaleza playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
The attacking power of Fortaleza when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Fortaleza have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between the teams: Palmeiras won four, Fortaleza won two and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. dos Santos Fernandes 6 goals |  B. Vasconcelos Lopes 5 goals | G. Souza Lisboa 4 goals |
Palmeiras missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| Palmeiras | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | 15 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 93% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 86% |
| 71% | 86% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 50% | 71% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 14% |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 7.4 | 5.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.9 | 15.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 14.6 | 15 |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 33% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 19% | 35% |
- Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortaleza have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Serie A
- Palmeiras have not yet lost a game at home.
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Palmeiras have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortaleza have scored away.
- Palmeiras have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Palmeiras have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Serie A
- 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 | Palmeiras | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| 2 | Atletico Mineiro | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Bragantino | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Ceará | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Santos | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Atlético GO | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Bahia | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | Fluminense | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Juventude | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Internacional | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 15 | Sport Recife | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 17 | Sao Paulo | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 18 | America Mineiro | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
| 19 | Gremio | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 4 |