Match Report
Both sides brought 13 points into this one — Ceará 3rd, CSA 2nd. Per game in the league, Ceará were scoring 1.29 and conceding 0.86, CSA 2 and 1, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Ceará had won three straight. CSA's unbeaten run stood at 13.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Ceará, 1 draw and 1 for CSA, at 2 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 83% of the meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 17% of the meetings.
The match was played at Estádio Municipal Presidente Getúlio Vargas (capacity 63,903). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Ceará: Dieguinho (85')
Key stats
Possession: Ceará 59% · CSA 41% · Total shots: 16-8 · On target: 7-0 · Corners: 10-3