Match Report
The table gap was wide: 16 points between Fortaleza (2nd, 51 pts) and Ceará (15th, 35 pts). Recent form flatters Ceará's table spot — 10th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 15th. Scoring rates set the scale: Fortaleza 1.14 scored and 0.83 conceded per game, Ceará 1.07 and 1.28, with the league averaging 1.17.
Fortaleza had not lost in 8 games.
27 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Fortaleza 3, draws 10, Ceará 14, at 2.19 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 26% of the meetings went to the host. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
With 100 matches recorded and 2.6 yellow cards per game, M. de Lima Henrique was the man in the middle. The venue was Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, with room for 63,908 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Fortaleza led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Fortaleza: Vitinho (30') · Ceará: Melk (87')
Key stats
Possession: Fortaleza 48% · Ceará 52% · Total shots: 11-15 · On target: 3-5 · Corners: 3-4