Ceará vs São Paulo Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Ceará

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Ceará enter this game following on from a 1-1 Serie A drawn result against Botafogo.

In that match, Ceará managed 60% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Ceará was Stiven Mendoza (49'). Botafogo had 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Víctor Cuesta (9') scored for Botafogo.

It’s not been often in recent games that Ceará haven’t conceded. The facts show that Ceará have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 6 goals in the process. That kind of pattern might not be carried forward into this game, though.

São Paulo

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Flamengo in Serie A competition, São Paulo will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, São Paulo had 54% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. At the other end, Flamengo had 20 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Lázaro (7') and Gabriel Barbosa (95') scored for Flamengo.

During their six most recent matches, Rogério Ceni's São Paulo have found the net a total of 8 times thus yielding them the goals per game average of 1.33.

👥 Head to head

There have been frequent draws between the two sides. In their head to head meetings dating back to 25/11/2020, fans have seen 5 of these. That’s a comparatively high 83% of games ending up tied.

An aggregate of 13 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 6 for Vovô and 7 for Tricolor Paulista. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

🗞️ Team News: Ceará

The Ceará manager Marquinhos Santos doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match thanks to a completely healthy group to choose from.

In all likelihood, Vovô should use a 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Joao Ricardo, Michel, Messias, Luiz Otavio, Victor Luis, Ze Roberto, Guilherme Castilho, Vinicius Lima, Vinicius, Richardson and Stiven Mendoza.

📋 Team News: São Paulo

São Paulo boss Rogério Ceni has some current player fitness concerns. André Anderson (Muscular problems), Jandrei (Fracture), Rafinha (Unknown Injury), Caio (Medial Collateral Ligament Tear), Walce (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Robert Arboleda (Ankle Fracture) can’t be considered.

We believe Tricolor Paulista appear most likely to elect for a 3-2-3-2 lineup, starting Felipe Alves, Diego, Miranda, Leo, Igor Vinicius, Reinaldo, Igor Gomes, Pablo Maia, Giuliano Galoppo, Nikao and Jonathan Calleri.

💭 Prediction

We believe that São Paulo and Ceará could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility, but we’ll see what happens. Our tip is therefore for a very even match with a 1-1 scoreline when all is said and done.

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Andre Moura, 01:05 06/08/2022