The first of two encounters in the Copa Sudamericana Quarter-finals, as the hometeam São Paulo will try to edge Ceará in their own ballpark.
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.
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 Paulo and Ceará.
São Paulo form and stats
4-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for São Paulo so far this season.
São Paulo are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Atletico PR. Defender Rafinha got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.61/10. Rafinha hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
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 São Paulo's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 9 games, won 6 matches, drawn 3 and lost 0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Paulo, as the Serie A home game vs Flamengo is only three days away.
A decent goal production from São Paulo in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. São Paulo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Ceará form and stats
Ceará was sent out of Copa Sudamericana in the group stage last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Ceará might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Palmeiras proved too strong as Ceará slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo.
A 0-1 defeat away at Juventude before that.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 Ceará playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 1 home win.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ceará manager Gonçalves as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Botafogo.
Ceará are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former ten meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for São Paulo, seven draws and zero wins for Ceará. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Calleri 10 goals |  L. da Rocha Neves 7 goals |  P. Bezerra do Nascimento 4 goals |
São Paulo missing players
Ceará missing players
| São Paulo | Ceará | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Scored | S | 11 | 36 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 14.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | ||
| 11.1 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.4 | 13.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 38 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Atletico PR | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 33 |
| 6 | Internacional | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 9 | Santos | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 10 | São Paulo | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Goias | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 13 | America Mineiro | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 14 | Ceará | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 24 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Avai | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 21 |
| 17 | Cuiabá | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 18 | Fortaleza | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 18 |
| 19 | Atlético GO | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -13 | 17 |
| 20 | Juventude | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 16 |
