📏 Form Guide

São Paulo

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São Paulo, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 2-0 Copa Libertadores victory against Cobresal.

For São Paulo, the goals were scored by André Silva (82') and Jonathan Calleri (88').

Their more recent scorelines reveal that not much more can be done by the São Paulo backline. São Paulo have kept it tight, with the total number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their past 6 outings standing at 4. That pattern might not be carried forward here, however.

Fortaleza

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Fortaleza will go into this game following a 5-0 Copa Sudamericana win over Nacional Potosí in their most recent fixture.

For Fortaleza, the goalscorers were Hércules (13'), Juan Lucero (16', 29'), Yago Pikachu (48') and Imanol Machuca (58').

A sequence of steadfast showings from the Fortaleza defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 1 from their last 6 outings overall. Over that same time, their forwards have scored 13.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 16/09/2021 shows us that São Paulo have won 0 of these games and Fortaleza 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

A total of 12 goals were produced between them in this period, with 4 for Tricolor Paulista and 8 being from Fortaleza. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The last league contest between the two was Serie A match day 24 on 21/09/2023 and the score finished São Paulo 1-2 Fortaleza.

In that match, São Paulo managed 73% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was James Rodríguez (79').

On the other side, Fortaleza had 7 shots on goal with 4 on target. José Welison (16') and Juan Lucero (53') scored.

The referee was Yuri Ferreira Da Cruz.

🗞️ Team News: São Paulo

Luiz Gustavo (Achilles tendon problems), João Moreira (Muscle injury), Rafinha (Tendon rupture) and Rodrigo Nestor (Knee injury) won’t be able to feature for São Paulo boss Thiago Carpini.

It’s our opinion that Tricolor Paulista will probably line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game with Rafael, Igor Vinícius, Diego Costa, Robert Arboleda, Welington, Pablo Maia, Alisson, Erick, Michel Araújo, Luciano and Jonathan Calleri.

ℹ️ Team News: Fortaleza

Thanks to a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Fortaleza manager Juan Vojvoda doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever before this game.

There’s a good chance that Fortaleza will likely play in a 4-2-3-1 system using João Ricardo, Tinga, Titi, Emanuel Brítez, Bruno Pacheco, Hércules, Ze Welison, Yago Pikachu, Tomas Pochettino, Moisés and Juan Martin Lucero.

⚡ Prediction

Our assessment here is that Fortaleza will need to push hard to see themselves scoring against this São Paulo outfit who should gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore tipping a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 advantage for São Paulo at the conclusion of the game.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 23:27 13/04/2024