São Paulo battle against Fortaleza for glory and sporting success.
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.
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.
São Paulo form and stats
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Paulo home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, three draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Paulo as they are travelling to their away game against Vasco da Gama in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Last season, São Paulo's league statistics were 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Paulista A1. Over these twelve matches they scored 19 goals and conceded 11. Playing at home last season São Paulo managed 3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 9 goals and 6 conceded.
Fortaleza form and stats
You'll want to know how Fortaleza managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and three home wins.
A quick return to home after this game, as Fortaleza are hosting Botafogo in the Serie A only three days away.
Let's have a look at how Fortaleza performed last season in the Copa do Nordeste: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 13 and conceded 5 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 1 with 5/3 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Paulo victories, one draw and two Fortaleza wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.São Paulo missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| São Paulo | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| São Paulo | Last season | Fortaleza | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 7 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 85% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 77% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 62% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | ||
| 15% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 62% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 30% | ||
| 31% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | ||
| 23% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 7.2 | 8.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 247 | 150 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 89 | ||
| 99 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 37 | ||
| 21% | 19% | 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 | Athletico PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Sport Recife | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Internacional | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Santos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Atlético GO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Bahia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Botafogo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Corinthians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Goiás | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Palmeiras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | São Paulo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Vasco da Gama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ceará | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Flamengo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Fluminense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | São Paulo | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Mirassol | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Ituano | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 4 | Inter de Limeira | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 14 |
| 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 |