Match Report
The table read 1st (Ferroviário, 18 pts) against 6th (FC Atlético Cearense, 7 pts), 11 points apart. FC Atlético Cearense ranked just 71st in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Per game in the league, Ferroviário were scoring 1.56 and conceding 0.78, FC Atlético Cearense 0.44 and 1.22, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
Across 6 recorded meetings, Ferroviário have 4 wins to FC Atlético Cearense's 1, with 1 draw, at 3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 83%.
Estádio Presidente Vargas staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,600. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Ferroviário: Tiago Santana (55'), Jan Zimmermann (68')
Key stats
Possession: Ferroviário 51% · FC Atlético Cearense 49% · Total shots: 16-5 · On target: 6-1 · Corners: 4-3