📏 Form Guide

Ceará

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Ceará will be looking for a repeat result of a 2-1 Copa do Brasil triumph vs Atlético Mineiro.

In that match, Ceará managed 53% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Ceará was Silva (8'). For their opponents, Atletico Mineiro had 4 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Everson (23' Own goal) and Pascini (90') scored for Atlético Mineiro. Atlético Mineiro ran out winners after a 2-4 penalty shootout.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Ceará have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Ceará have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 9 goals in the process. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this match, however.

A look at their previous results shows us that Ceará:

• are unbeaten in the league by Fortaleza in their previous 2 games.
• are without a home win in the past 2 matches in the league.

Fortaleza

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In their previous game, Fortaleza drew 0-0 in the Copa do Brasil tie with CRB.

In that game, Fortaleza managed 38% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target. On the other side, CRB had 16 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

A succession of dependable performances from the Fortaleza defensive players has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their past 6 outings in total. Over that same time, their own forwards have managed to score 10.

Analysis of their past results shows that Fortaleza:

• haven't been defeated by Ceará in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head clashes going back to 01/06/2022 tells us that Ceará have won 3 of these and Fortaleza 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.

An aggregate of 8 goals were scored between them in these games, with 4 for Vovô and 4 coming from Fortaleza. The average goals per game has been 1.33.

The last league contest between these clubs was Serie A match day 32 on 06/11/2025 which ended up with the score at Ceará 1-1 Fortaleza.

On that occasion, Ceará managed 62% possession and 13 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Raul (90').

On the other side, Fortaleza had 7 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Adam Bareiro (37') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Wilton Pereira Sampaio.

📋 Team News: Ceará

The Ceará boss Mozart Santos will be grateful to have no fitness concerns to speak of before this match thanks to a completely healthy squad ready to go.

ℹ️ Team News: Fortaleza

Due to a fully healthy squad available for selection, the Fortaleza manager Thiago Carpini does not have any fitness worries to report coming into this match.

🔮 Prediction

We envisage that Fortaleza are dangerous enough to find the net against this Ceará outfit, however it might not quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We reckon that it will be a narrow 2-1 victory for Ceará by the conclusion of the game. Hopefully this is a good one.

Andre Moura, 21:06 17/05/2026