Match Report
5 points and 2 places separated them: Ceará 15th with 35, Avaí 17th with 30. On the form table Ceará stood 10th over the last five rounds, despite being 15th overall. Per game in the league, Ceará were scoring 1.07 and conceding 1.28, Avaí 1.03 and 1.31, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
Avaí had lost three in a row.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 6 for Ceará, 3 for Avaí and 1 drawn, at 1.9 goals per meeting. Only 30% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 63,908. On the scoreboard, Ceará led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Ceará: Júlio (19'), Melk (45') · Avaí: Sorriso (60')
Key stats
Possession: Ceará 42% · Avaí 58% · Total shots: 17-11 · On target: 4-2 · Corners: 8-0