Match Report
The table gap was wide: 21 points between Fluminense (5th, 64 pts) and Ceará (17th, 43 pts). The last five rounds placed Fluminense 1st in the league for form — higher than their 5th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Ceará 0.89 scored and 1.05 conceded per game, Fluminense 1.32 and 1.03, with the league averaging 1.26.
Ceará arrived off three straight defeats.
13 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Ceará 3, draws 4, Fluminense 6, at 2 goals per meeting. Where history says 2 goals per meeting, the last five say 1.2.
The venue was Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, with room for 63,908 spectators. Ceará led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Ceará: Antonio Galeano (38'), Pedro Raul (72')
Key stats
Possession: Ceará 44% · Fluminense 56% · Total shots: 14-4 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 4-5




