Ceará and Palmeiras face off in Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, in a match for the 11 th round of Serie A. There is no record of direct confrontations between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last match was played on 23-11-2013 and ended with the score: Palmeiras (4-1) Ceará. In this game the home factor may be decisive, since both teams present considerable differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Ceará:
The home team is currently in the 20 th position of the league, with 4 points won, after 4 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Cruzeiro, by (0-1). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Botafogo by (0-0). This is a team that, oddly enough, has had better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses in away matches; against 6 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats in his stadium. For the championship, Ceará won 2 points out of 15 possible points, after 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 5 matches played at their stadium.
For this competition, he does not win 10 games ago. The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, and its attack needs to improve, as it has not scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that usually feels very difficult to score first. In fact, he only opened the scoring once in the last 10 games for the Serie A. In 10 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 7 times and never got the comeback. In the last 20 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 12 of their 32 goals between minutes (31′-45 ‘).
The Ceará is making a terrible campaign in Serie A, is the only one of the 20 participants who has not yet won and is looking for a recovery to try to leave the last position of the national championship. The local team presents serious problems, both in the offensive and in the defensive sector, as they scored only 4 goals, being the worst attack of the competition, and suffered 14 goals, having the third worst defense. These numbers help explain the disastrous performance so far. Playing in his stadium, the Ceará has the worst campaign of the championship and it should be noted that it is the team that scored the least goals and the second most goals suffered in this type of situation, showing that even in its stadium has not achieved good performances . For the difficult match against Palmeiras, the new coach Lisca has no problems in the team considered as a starter and goes to the field with what he has better.
Palmeiras:
The away team is currently in the 3 rd position, with 17 points won, after 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against São Paulo, by (3-1). In the last match, they won in an away match against Grêmio, by (0-2). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in away matches, with 24 goals scored and 8 conceded; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 26 goals scored and 13 conceded. In the last 5 away matches for the championship, Palmeiras has 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, so they have won 7 points out of 15 possible. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition.
The Palmeiras is doing a good campaign in the national championship, comes from 2 great consecutive victories, even ending the invincibility of 15 games of the Gremio at home on the last day and now goes in search of another 3 points to try to reach the leader Flamengo . The team has a good balance between offensive and defensive sectors, as it scored 15 goals, being the third best attack of the competition, and suffered 8 goals, having the fifth best defense, being a team that creates several scoring opportunities, but manages to stay firm in its defense, without leaving many spaces. Playing as a visitor, as in Sunday’s game, Palmeiras has acted somewhat irregularly, has accumulated 2 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, but comes from an excellent victory over the very strong Grêmio, when he acted collectively well and deserved the 3 points. For the confrontation with Ceará, coach Roger Machado will not be able to count on Felipe Melo and Bruno Henrique, both on account of the accumulation of yellow cards.
PREDICTION: Palmeiras to win @ 1.71
