Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Palmeiras 2nd with 76 points, Ceará 17th with 43, 33 apart. Palmeiras had been under-performing their position — 7th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Ceará were scoring 0.89 and conceding 1.05, Palmeiras 1.74 and 0.87, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
GioScore's database holds 16 meetings between the two: 4 for Ceará, 10 for Palmeiras and 2 drawn, at 2.63 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 63% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 63% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 56%.
Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 63,908. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Ceará: Pedro Raul (12') · Palmeiras: Ramón Sosa (60'), José Manuel López (65'), Facundo Torres (17')
Key stats
Possession: Ceará 43% · Palmeiras 57% · Total shots: 18-14 · On target: 5-7 · Corners: 7-7