Serie A match preview: Santos versus Ceará

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Thu 17.October
Match begins: 22:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Urbano Caldeira (21256 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Santos leading Ceará by 22 points.

It's no vacation for neither Santos nor Ceará as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Ceará have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Santos form and stats

Santos are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira. 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games. Santos has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The home team returns to Estádio Urbano Caldeira after sharing the points with Internacional (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Serie A game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Santos won a home game hosting Palmeiras (2-0).

Santos are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Atlético Mineiro awaits in three days.

The Santos manager J. Sampaoli has got the team scoring with 26 from 12 home games in the league. Santos are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.

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Ceará form and stats

Ceará, who have the fewest points (5) away in Serie A, have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-2-9 (12 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Ceará's last three away games as they have all been lost.

The supporters enjoyed Ceará's previous game versus Avaí (placed 19th), a Serie A 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Ceará manager Adilson Batista faced defeat when travelling to Grêmio and losing 1-2.

Ceará has another fixture away, a Serie A game, against Bahia in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The attacking power of Ceará when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 12 league matches away. 16 goals have been conceded by Ceará in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ceará - Santos 0-1 entered in the official records. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 4 Santos victories, 2 draws and 1 Ceará win. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Eduardo Sasha
9 goals / 1 assists
C. Sánchez
7 goals / 4 assists
Y. Soteldo
4 goals / 2 assists

Santos missing players

Ceará missing players

Santos Ceará
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
14 8 3 Won W 0 1 7
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 5
5 1 0 Lost L 2 9 13
36 26 10 Scored S 3 8 24
23 11 5 Conceded C 5 16 26
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
60% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 52%
40% 58% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 42% 44%
24% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 8% 12%
12% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
36% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 40%
48% 42% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 24%
28% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 48%
 
5.3 6.9 8.5 Corners For (avg) C F 7.7 5.7 6.6
4.8 3.8 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.7 5.6 4.6
2.8 2.5 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2
5 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Ceará have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Ceará haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Santos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Santos have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ceará have scored away.
  • Santos have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Santos
All Copa Libertadores Copa do Brasil Serie A Premier League Club Friendlies Paulista A1 Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
26-09-19 SA Fluminense 1 - 1 Santos
29-09-19 SA Santos 2 - 0 CSA
05-10-19 SA Vasco da Gama 0 - 1 Santos
10-10-19 SA Santos 2 - 0 Palmeiras
13-10-19 SA Internacional 0 - 0 Santos
17-10-19 SA Santos 22:15 Ceará
20-10-19 SA Atlético Mineiro 19:00 Santos
26-10-19 SA Corinthians 20:00 Santos
31-10-19 SA Santos 22:15 Bahia
03-11-19 SA Santos 22:00 Botafogo
Ceará
All Cearense 1 Copa do Nordeste Copa do Brasil Serie A
All Home Away
25-09-19 SA Ceará 0 - 0 Cruzeiro
29-09-19 SA Atlético Mineiro 2 - 1 Ceará
06-10-19 SA Ceará 0 - 1 Goiás
10-10-19 SA Grêmio 2 - 1 Ceará
13-10-19 SA Ceará 1 - 0 Avaí
17-10-19 SA Santos 22:15 Ceará
21-10-19 SA Bahia 22:30 Ceará
26-10-19 SA Ceará 20:00 Vasco da Gama
31-10-19 SA Ceará - Fluminense
02-11-19 SA Palmeiras 22:00 Ceará

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Flamengo 25 18 4 3 53 21 12 11 1 0 32 10 13 7 3 3 21 11 32 58
2 Palmeiras 25 14 8 3 40 20 12 9 3 0 27 6 13 5 5 3 13 14 20 50
3 Santos 25 14 6 5 36 23 12 8 3 1 26 11 13 6 3 4 10 12 13 48
4 Corinthians 25 11 10 4 27 16 13 8 5 0 17 7 12 3 5 4 10 9 11 43
5 São Paulo 25 11 10 4 26 16 13 6 6 1 17 8 12 5 4 3 9 8 10 43
6 Grêmio 25 11 8 6 43 27 12 7 3 2 26 15 13 4 5 4 17 12 16 41
7 Internacional 25 11 6 8 29 23 13 9 4 0 20 7 12 2 2 8 9 16 6 39
8 Bahia 25 10 8 7 28 22 13 7 4 2 17 9 12 3 4 5 11 13 6 38
9 Goiás 25 11 3 11 25 35 12 8 1 3 17 9 13 3 2 8 8 26 -10 36
10 Athletico PR 25 10 5 10 35 27 12 7 1 4 16 9 13 3 4 6 19 18 8 35
11 Atlético Mineiro 25 9 4 12 30 35 13 6 2 5 20 19 12 3 2 7 10 16 -5 31
12 Vasco da Gama 25 8 7 10 22 30 13 5 4 4 13 14 12 3 3 6 9 16 -8 31
13 Botafogo 25 9 3 13 22 27 12 6 1 5 13 11 13 3 2 8 9 16 -5 30
14 Fluminense 25 8 5 12 27 34 13 5 3 5 14 11 12 3 2 7 13 23 -7 29
15 Fortaleza 25 8 4 13 27 34 12 6 1 5 13 10 13 2 3 8 14 24 -7 28
16 Ceará 25 7 5 13 24 26 13 6 3 4 16 10 12 1 2 9 8 16 -2 26
17 CSA 25 6 7 12 15 35 13 5 4 4 11 13 12 1 3 8 4 22 -20 25
18 Cruzeiro 25 4 10 11 19 33 12 4 4 4 10 12 13 0 6 7 9 21 -14 22
19 Avaí 25 3 8 14 13 37 12 1 7 4 6 13 13 2 1 10 7 24 -24 17
20 Chapecoense 25 3 7 15 19 39 13 2 4 7 10 15 12 1 3 8 9 24 -20 16

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