Ceará supporters put their faith in manager de Souza to deliver victory against Chapecoense

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Competition: Brazil Serie B
Competition: Fri 02.June
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

Ceará have taken 3 of their 13 in total here at their precious home ground. Will they claim the win versus Chapecoense?

Insights:
  • Ceará have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Serie B
  • Chapecoense have scored at least twice as many goals away as Ceará have scored home.

It's quite the trip for Chapecoense when visiting Ceará as the cities are 3800 kilometers apart.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Serie B game only four days ago.

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Ceará form and stats

1-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Ceará, who have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Serie B, so far this season.

Ceará's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Novorizontino (placed 2nd). The first loss after going undefeated in three league rounds. Midfield player Chay got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Chay hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 8 of 8 times.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Londrina with a 3-1 scoreline.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Ceará matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 6 games).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ceará as they are travelling to their away game against Atletico GO in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.

Ceará have scored {2 league goals} here from 4 matches, not a lot.

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Chapecoense form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Chapecoense playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

The manager Fuchs was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Arena Condá. Chapecoense suffered a 0-1 loss to Sampaio Correa (placed 12th). Mancha was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.42. The defender Mancha hit five key passes and won 3 of 11 duels.

A 3-3 draw at Guarani's stadium before that.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vila Nova in just four days.

Chapecoense have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ceará five wins, three draws and Chapecoense two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CearáE. de Arruda Serafim
E. de Arruda Serafim
3 goals
ChapecoenseB. dos Santos Nazário
B. dos Santos Nazário
3 goals
CearáV. Claudino Rego Ferreira
V. Claudino Rego Ferreira
2 goals

Ceará missing players

Chapecoense missing players

Ceará Chapecoense
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 4 9
4 1 1 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 3
4 3 0 Lost L 0 2 4
9 2 2 Scored S 3 8 13
13 8 0 Conceded C 3 7 12
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 78%
56% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 44%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 22%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 56%
22% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
56% 75% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 33%
 
3.9 4.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 5.8
5.4 4.2 9 Corners against (avg) C A 6 7 5.8
3.2 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 7 4.2 3.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.7 13.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 21 15.8 15.6
4.1 4.5 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 5.2 5.2
24% 11% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 28%
 
15.4 14.5 18 Shots against (avg) S A 16 15 15.2
5.4 5.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.8 4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of Ceará's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ceará have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Ceará have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Serie B
  • Ceará have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Serie B
  • Ceará have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Ceará haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Chapecoense have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Chapecoense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chapecoense have scored at least twice as many goals away as Ceará have scored home.
  • Chapecoense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Chapecoense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vitoria 9 6 1 2 17 6 4 3 0 1 8 3 5 3 1 1 9 3 11 19
2 Novorizontino 9 5 2 2 12 4 4 2 1 1 3 1 5 3 1 1 9 3 8 17
3 Vila Nova 8 5 2 1 11 3 4 3 1 0 4 1 4 2 1 1 7 2 8 17
4 Criciuma 9 5 2 2 10 6 5 4 0 1 7 3 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 17
5 Mirassol 9 5 1 3 9 6 5 3 1 1 5 3 4 2 0 2 4 3 3 16
6 Atletico GO 9 4 4 1 14 13 5 3 2 0 7 4 4 1 2 1 7 9 1 16
7 Botafogo SP 9 5 1 3 9 11 4 3 0 1 4 3 5 2 1 2 5 8 -2 16
8 Guarani 9 4 3 2 15 9 4 3 1 0 10 4 5 1 2 2 5 5 6 15
9 Sport Recife 7 4 2 1 13 5 4 4 0 0 12 3 3 0 2 1 1 2 8 14
10 Ceará 9 4 1 4 9 13 4 1 0 3 2 8 5 3 1 1 7 5 -4 13
11 Juventude 9 4 0 5 10 8 4 2 0 2 5 3 5 2 0 3 5 5 2 12
12 Sampaio Correa 9 3 3 3 8 10 5 2 2 1 7 7 4 1 1 2 1 3 -2 12
13 Ituano 9 3 1 5 10 11 5 3 1 1 9 4 4 0 0 4 1 7 -1 10
14 Londrina 9 3 1 5 10 14 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 1 0 4 4 10 -4 10
15 Ponte Preta 9 2 4 3 6 10 5 2 2 1 5 3 4 0 2 2 1 7 -4 10
16 Chapecoense 9 2 3 4 13 12 5 1 2 2 5 5 4 1 1 2 8 7 1 9
17 Avai 9 2 2 5 5 15 4 1 1 2 3 8 5 1 1 3 2 7 -10 8
18 Tombense 9 1 2 6 7 13 5 1 2 2 5 5 4 0 0 4 2 8 -6 5
19 CRB 8 1 2 5 4 11 4 0 2 2 2 6 4 1 0 3 2 5 -7 5
20 ABC 9 1 1 7 5 17 4 1 0 3 3 7 5 0 1 4 2 10 -12 4

Read more about Serie B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, or just Série B, is the second highest level of Brazilian football on a national level. It has changed format frequently, but currently holds 20 teams playing a double round-robin format. Top four are promoted to Série A while bottom four face relegation.