📏 Form Guide

Ceará

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Ceará will be hoping for a better result following a 2-1 Serie A defeat in their last game at the hands of Juventude.

In that match, Ceará managed 42% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Ceará was Aylon (41'). Juventude had 17 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Mandaca (45') and Matheus Babi (68') scored for Juventude.

Leo Condé's Ceará have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 9 times in their past six outings. The number of goals that have been scored against them in those same games is 6.

Coming into this fixture, Ceará are undefeated in their previous 9 home league matches. They have been so resilient here.

Vasco da Gama

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Vasco da Gama come into this match following on from a 3-1 Serie A win to defeat Sport Recife in their most recent outing.

In that match, Vasco da Gama had 46% possession and 10 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Vasco da Gama, the goalscorers were Pablo Vegetti (32', 41'), Hugo Moura (55' Own goal) and Rayan (83'). On the other side, Sport Recife got 18 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Vasco da Gama, a minimum of three goals have gone in. The overall average number of goals per game in that spell is 3.17, with the average number of goals for Vasco da Gama equalling 2. However, we must now wait to see if such a trend shall be replicated in this match.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 20/08/2018 shows us that Ceará have won 1 of these and Vasco da Gama 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

A total of 13 goals were scored between them in this period, with 6 for Vovô and 7 for Vascão. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The previous league match featuring the two was Serie A match day 23 on 30/11/2020 which finished with the scoreline of Vasco da Gama 1-4 Ceará.

In that match, Vasco da Gama had 69% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Ribamar (65').

Ceará had 11 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Pedro Naressi (4'), Cléber (26'), Saulo Mineiro (79') and Vina (90') scored.

The referee was Luis Flávio de Oliveira.

ℹ️ Team News: Ceará

Luiz Otávio (Torn knee ligaments), Richard (Achilles tendon rupture), Lucas Mugni (Inflammation of pubic bone), Richardson (Heel spur), Pedro Henrique (Knee injury), Nicolas (Adductor injury), Matheus Bahia (Thigh problems), Bruno Tubarão (Thigh problems) and Fernandinho (Shoulder injury) will be missing for Ceará boss Leo Condé.

ℹ️ Team News: Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama boss Fábio Carille has multiple availability issues to deal with. Mauricio Lemos (Bone splintering), David (Cruciate ligament tear) and Guilherme Estrella (Knee problems) are not able to play.

✨ Prediction

Here is a game where Vasco da Gama will have to work hard as a team to score goals against this Ceará outfit who we think should gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought 1-0 winning margin for Ceará at the end of this game.

Looking forward to this.

Lucas Pereira, 00:05 16/04/2025