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- São Paulo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortaleza have scored away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Fortaleza, who are travelling more than 3000 kilometers to play this game.
The hosts São Paulo saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Copa do Brasil. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Flamengo.
São Paulo form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 11 Serie A games here at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo for São Paulo. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
São Paulo are returning here after visiting Flamengo in a Copa do Brasil match and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Rafinha, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Rafinha won 7 of 12 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Internacional in the Serie A.This is expected to be a close game, with São Paulo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with São Paulo as a small favourite), we find 4 games. São Paulo has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Flamengo are coming to town in four days.
A decent goal production from Paulo in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, São Paulo have conceded only 9 goals.
Fortaleza form and stats
Fortaleza have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 3-2-6 (11 played).
Fortaleza are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Corinthians (placed 14th). Pikachu came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Corinthians last time out, making the manager Vojvoda feel like a tactical genius. Lucero, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.44. Lucero scored one goal.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Fluminense's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Fortaleza in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Fortaleza, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Take note: 12 of the latest 16 league games featuring this club have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
The attacking power of Fortaleza when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Fortaleza in these games.
Head 2 Head
Fortaleza have pulled off a streak of 7 consecutive matches without defeat (3-4-0) when playing Paulo.These two sides played each other earlier on this campaign: Fortaleza - São Paulo 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Calleri 7 goals |   J. Lucero 5 goals |  L. da Rocha Neves 4 goals |
São Paulo missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| São Paulo | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 26 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 27 |
| 23 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 22 |
| 82% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 87% |
| 73% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 55% | 61% |
| 45% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 39% |
| 9% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 9% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 55% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 32% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 36% | 39% |
| 32% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 45% | 39% |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 16.7 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 13.5 | 15.4 |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 24% | 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 15% | 21% |
| 13.4 | 12.1 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 14.8 | 13.1 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.6 | 4.3 |
- Fortaleza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- São Paulo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortaleza have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 21 | 44 |
| 3 | Gremio | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 39 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 39 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 39 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 38 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 37 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 29 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 12 | Internacional | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 29 |
| 13 | São Paulo | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -2 | 26 |
| 15 | Bahia | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 25 |
| 16 | Goiás | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 25 |
| 17 | Santos | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 20 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -21 | 17 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -23 | 14 |
