The home boss Eutrópio looking to whip up Confiança triumph vs FC Atlético Cearense

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Competition: Brazil Serie C
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista (22000 seats)

Take hard look at their own game or adapt for the opponent? Both Confiança and FC Atlético Cearense should try something more original than what they have done uptil now. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Confiança have the fewest scored goals (12) in Serie C
  • FC Atlético Cearense have the most conceded goals (35) in Serie C

These teams have little in common geographically as FC Atlético Cearense have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Confiança and FC Atlético Cearense.

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Confiança form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista as Confiança have scored 11 goals to get 20 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Serie C are 6-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). When Confiança hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Brasil de Pelotas, Ferroviário, Floresta, Altos, Campinense and Confiança), they have won 2 of 3 matches! After failing to beat Campinense here at Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista, Confiança has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

A nice win for Confiança last time playing, versus FC Atlético Cearense. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Brasil de Pelotas.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Confiança's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Some goal stats: A review of the 10 latest league matches reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each team.

Confiança has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Confiança have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Confiança has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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FC Atlético Cearense form and stats

FC Atlético Cearense have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Serie C, after 3-1-6 (10 played). When FC Atlético Cearense is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Brasil de Pelotas, Ferroviário, FC Atlético Cearense, Floresta, Altos and Campinense is teams we like to compare Confiança with.

FC Atlético Cearense have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 188 minutes ago. Juninho was the goal scorer.

FC Atlético Cearense play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Confiança (placed 14th).

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Botafogo SP.

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 FC Atlético Cearense playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 3 home wins.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Atlético's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 26 goals in 10 travels. When FC Atlético Cearense is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Brasil de Pelotas, Ferroviário, FC Atlético Cearense, Floresta, Altos and Campinense.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived scoreline involving both these squads is the Confiança - FC Atlético Cearense 1-0 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

FC Atlético CearenseJ. de Souza Oliveira
J. de Souza Oliveira
3 goals
FC Atlético CearenseV. Araujo Pereira
V. Araujo Pereira
3 goals
FC Atlético CearenseE. de Oliveira Lima
E. de Oliveira Lima
3 goals

Confiança missing players

FC Atlético Cearense missing players

Confiança FC Atlético Cearense
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 10 19
6 6 2 Won W 2 3 5
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
8 2 1 Lost L 1 6 10
12 11 4 Scored S 5 9 17
17 7 3 Conceded C 6 26 35
79% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
32% 40% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 68%
26% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 42%
11% 10% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 42%
5% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 40% 21%
26% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 42%
47% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 10% 11%
47% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 53%
 
4.1 3.9 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.7 3.3
4 3.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 7.4 6.5
2.6 2.5 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
9.1 10.4 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 7.5 7.5
2.3 2.9 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 2.4 2.4
27% 38% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 38% 38%
 
10.3 9.9 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 14.6 12.7
3.4 2.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 7 5.6
Key stats in Serie C this season:
  • Confiança have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Confiança have the fewest scored goals (12) in Serie C
  • Confiança have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie C
  • FC Atlético Cearense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • FC Atlético Cearense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • FC Atlético Cearense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Atlético Cearense have the most conceded goals (26) away in Serie C
  • FC Atlético Cearense have the most conceded goals (35) in Serie C
  • FC Atlético Cearense have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Serie C
  • FC Atlético Cearense have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Serie C
  • FC Atlético Cearense have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Serie C
  • FC Atlético Cearense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FC Atlético Cearense haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Paysandu 19 9 6 4 31 17 10 6 3 1 19 7 9 3 3 3 12 10 14 33
2 Mirassol 19 10 3 6 32 20 9 7 1 1 20 7 10 3 2 5 12 13 12 33
3 Figueirense 19 8 9 2 27 18 10 7 2 1 18 8 9 1 7 1 9 10 9 33
4 Volta Redonda 19 10 2 7 29 22 10 7 1 2 20 10 9 3 1 5 9 12 7 32
5 Botafogo SP 19 10 2 7 26 22 9 6 1 2 12 8 10 4 1 5 14 14 4 32
6 ABC 19 8 7 4 22 16 9 6 3 0 12 3 10 2 4 4 10 13 6 31
7 Vitória 19 8 5 6 21 15 10 5 1 4 13 8 9 3 4 2 8 7 6 29
8 Aparecidense 19 8 5 6 23 18 9 4 2 3 11 11 10 4 3 3 12 7 5 29
9 Botafogo PB 19 7 8 4 17 13 10 4 6 0 11 6 9 3 2 4 6 7 4 29
10 Ypiranga Erechim 19 7 7 5 25 20 10 5 3 2 19 12 9 2 4 3 6 8 5 28
11 EC São José 19 7 5 7 33 27 9 6 2 1 20 8 10 1 3 6 13 19 6 26
12 Remo 19 7 5 7 25 22 10 6 3 1 20 9 9 1 2 6 5 13 3 26
13 Manaus 19 6 7 6 16 21 10 4 5 1 11 7 9 2 2 5 5 14 -5 25
14 Confiança 19 6 5 8 12 17 10 6 2 2 11 7 9 0 3 6 1 10 -5 23
15 Floresta 19 6 5 8 17 25 9 2 4 3 9 11 10 4 1 5 8 14 -8 23
16 Altos 19 6 3 10 21 31 9 5 1 3 11 10 10 1 2 7 10 21 -10 21
17 FC Atlético Cearense 19 5 4 10 17 35 9 2 3 4 8 9 10 3 1 6 9 26 -18 19
18 Brasil de Pelotas 19 4 5 10 19 29 10 4 3 3 12 9 9 0 2 7 7 20 -10 17
19 Ferroviário 19 5 1 13 15 27 9 4 1 4 8 9 10 1 0 9 7 18 -12 16
20 Campinense 19 4 4 11 15 28 9 2 2 5 8 11 10 2 2 6 7 17 -13 16

Read more about Serie C

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is the third tier of the Brazilian football league system. It is divided into two groups of ten teams, based on geographical location. The teams in each group play each other home and away, and the top four in each group meet in a playoff where all four semifinalists are promoted to Série B. The bottom two teams in each group are relegated.