📏 Form Guide

Fortaleza

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Fortaleza will be looking for another win after the 4-0 Copa Libertadores victory versus Colo-Colo.

In that game, Fortaleza managed 45% possession and 18 shots at goal with 12 of them on target. For Fortaleza, goals were scored by Breno Lopes (25'), Marinho (30'), Deyverson (39') and Juan Lucero (85'). On the other side, Colo-Colo got 15 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target.

Their latest results show that much solidity has been shown by the Fortaleza defence. Fortaleza have been mean at the back, with the number of goals that have gone in at their end during their past six outings standing at 4.

Pre-game facts show that Fortaleza:

• are unbeaten in the league by Juventude in their last 8 games. A long run without a loss.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Juventude

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Since being beaten in their last game against Atlético Mineiro in Serie A action, Juventude and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Juventude had 45% possession and 13 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Atletico Mineiro got 26 shots at goal with 7 on target. Gustavo Scarpa (30') scored for Atlético Mineiro.

Showing their partiality to action-packed encounters, goals have been seen as many as 20 times in the last six games in which Juventude have taken to the pitch, making it a mean average of 3.33 goals each meeting. Opposition teams have got 15 of these goals. That kind of pattern might not follow through into this match, of course.

Coming into this clash, Juventude haven’t won away from home in the past 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head meetings going back to 22/08/2021 shows that Fortaleza have won 3 of these games and Juventude 0, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.

A combined total of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 9 from Fortaleza and 4 coming from Juve. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The previous league match featuring these clubs was Serie A match day 32 on 02/11/2024 when it ended Juventude 0-3 Fortaleza.

That day, Juventude had 60% possession and 17 shots at goal with 6 of them on target.

Fortaleza got 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Moisés (44'), Eros Mancuso (45') and Benjamín Kuscevic (71') scored.

The match was refereed by Raphael Claus.

📋 Team News: Fortaleza

Rodrigo Santos (Fitness), Moisés (Thigh problems), Gastón Ávila (Hand injury), Tinga (unknown injury) and Diogo Barbosa (unknown injury) will be missing for Fortaleza boss Juan Vojvoda.

We think that Fortaleza may well employ a 4-3-3 formation this time, utilising João Ricardo, Eros Mancuso, Benjamin Kuscevic, Gustavo Mancha, Bruno Pacheco, Lucas Sasha, Matheus Rossetto, Emmanuel Martinez, Marinho, Deyverson and Breno Lopes.

🗞️ Team News: Juventude

Juventude boss Fábio Matias has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Daniel Peixoto (Cruciate ligament injury), Cipriano (Hamstring injury), Matheus Babi (Muscle injury) and Nenê (muscular problems) will miss out on this game.

It’s our belief that Juve might play in a 4-4-2 system, starting Marcão, Ewerthon, Rodrigo Sam, Wilker Angel, Felipinho, Jadson, Daniel Giraldo, Luis Mandaca, Jean Carlos, Gilberto Oliveira and Sebastião Enio.

🔮 Prediction

Fortaleza will most probably get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

In contrast, Juventude will not find it easy to get a goal of their own although we do see them hitting back at some stage here, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a controlled 3-1 margin for Fortaleza when all’s said and done.

Andre Moura, 18:10 10/05/2025