International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Arsenal de Sarandi and Ceará are looking forward to this Copa Sudamericana fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's no vacation for neither Arsenal nor Ceará as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ceará, who are travelling more than 4900 kilometers to play this game.
Arsenal de Sarandi form and stats
Happy days for Arsenal in their previous game, a Superliga match away at Defensa y Justicia that ended with a 1-0 victory. Nobody expected Arsenal to beat Defensa y Justicia in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. A Copa Sudamericana defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Bolivar.
This is expected to be a close game, with Arsenal de Sarandi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Arsenal de Sarandi as a small favourite), we find nine games. Arsenal de Sarandi has won four of these, drawn four and lost one.
The manager S. Rondina will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Colon in only four days.
Ceará form and stats
Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Arsenal de Sarandi.
Ceará won their last game, 2-0 versus Vitoria played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Wilstermann in the Copa Sudamericana.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Ceará in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Ceará, one draw and one defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ceará manager A. Ferreira as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bahia.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Albertengo 2 goals |  J. Candia Hernández 2 goals | G. Suso 1 goals |
Arsenal de Sarandi missing players
Ceará missing players
| Arsenal de Sarandi | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Scored | S | 20 | 42 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 35% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ceará | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Bolivar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Wilstermann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |