Serie B: What this fixture might not have in style it should make up for in tempo and dedication. Get set for Ceará - Ituano!
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ituano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.
Ceará form and stats
Ceará have collected 13 points from their Serie B home games so far after 4-1-4. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo.
Ceará lost their last game at Juventude (placed 8th) after a 0-1 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated in three league fixtures. The defeat against Juventude was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by Rodrigues). Castilho (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.65/10. Castilho hit two key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Vila Nova in a game that was won 1-0.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, 3 draws and 1 defeat (from 7 games).
On the other hand, Ceará have conceded 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Ituano form and stats
There's been little loot from Ituano's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Serie B. Ituano only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
Ituano aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 270 league minutes without a goal. Quirino was the last player to find the net.
Ituano failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Avai (placed 18th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Midfield player Aldo was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Aldo hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 61 successful passes (of 68 total).
Prior to that match, the Ituano manager da Silva faced defeat when travelling to Chapecoense and losing 0-1.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 Ituano playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.
Lacking goals? 8 of this club's most recent 10 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ituano as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. Ituano have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ituano - Ceará 2-0 was the output when these sides last did battle, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Ceará two wins, three draws and Ituano two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. de Arruda Serafim 6 goals |  V. Claudino Rego Ferreira 4 goals |  D. de Souza Quirino 4 goals |
Ceará missing players
Ituano missing players
| Ceará | Ituano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 21 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 21 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 21 |
| 89% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 79% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 63% |
| 42% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 32% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 10% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 20% | 32% |
| 37% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 30% | 26% |
| 42% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 47% |
| 5.3 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 15.7 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.6 | 13.2 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 26% | 20% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 16% | 24% |
| 14.9 | 12.8 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 16.1 | 14 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.9 | 4.9 |
- Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ceará have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ituano have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ituano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Vitoria | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Novorizontino | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Vila Nova | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | Sport Recife | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 35 |
| 5 | Criciuma | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 34 |
| 6 | Guarani | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Mirassol | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Juventude | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| 9 | Ceará | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Botafogo SP | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Atletico GO | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | CRB | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 13 | Ponte Preta | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Ituano | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampaio Correa | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | Tombense | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 17 | Chapecoense | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 18 |
| 18 | Avai | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 17 |
| 19 | Londrina | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 14 |
| 20 | ABC | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 12 |
