Ceará vs Goias Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Ceará

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Ceará will be wanting a better result here following a 1-3 Serie B defeat last time out to Juventude.

In that game, Ceará managed 57% possession and 13 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Ceará was Janderson (17'). At the other end, Juventude got 11 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Jádson (79') and Ruan (85') scored for Juventude.

It’s not been often in recent games where Ceará have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Ceará have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 10 goals during that time. We shall soon find out if that trend can be sustained here.

Goias

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Goias will go into this meeting following on from a 1-0 Serie A win against América Mineiro in their last outing.

In that match, Goias managed 42% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Goias was Luis Felipe Oyama (33'). America Mineiro had 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

Looking at their form, and Goias have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 7 goals in all. At the back, Goias can certainly do much better.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 12/05/2019 shows us that Ceará have won 1 of these games & Goias 2, with the tally of draws being 3.

In all, 16 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 9 of them for Vovô and 7 belonging to Verdão. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The previous league game between these sides was Serie A match day 30 on 05/10/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Ceará 1-1 Goias.

On that occasion, Ceará had 52% possession and 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Stiven Mendoza (47').

Goias had 16 shots on goal with 5 on target. Nicolas (93') scored.

The referee was Vinicius Gonçalves Dias.

📋 Team News: Ceará

The Ceará manager Vágner Mancini will be grateful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this game owing to a fully injury-free group available to select from.

ℹ️ Team News: Goias

Thanks to a fully healthy squad available to select from, the Goias manager Mario Henrique has no fitness worries to speak of before this match.

🔮 Prediction

When taking everything into account, Goias will have a tough ask to put one past this Ceará lineup who we think will gain the upper hand.

We’re going for a good tussle with a 1-0 winning margin for Ceará at full-time.

Little in this one.

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Andre Moura, 13:10 20/04/2024