Match Report
General Caballero JLM (3rd, 4 pts) visited Ceará (1st, 18 pts) with 14 points between them. General Caballero JLM had been under-performing their position — 25th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Ceará 2.83 scored and 0.17 conceded per game, General Caballero JLM 0.33 and 2.5, with the league averaging 1.3.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on General Caballero JLM. Recent form was uneven: 7/15 points for Ceará, 1/15 for General Caballero JLM.
The venue was Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in Fortaleza, with room for 63,903 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Ceará led 3-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 6-0.