Fortaleza vs Ceara Predictions

• Only four of Fortaleza’s last 15 matches have contained more than two goals
• There have been fewer than three strikes in eight of Ceara’s last nine games
• Fortaleza have won just once in their eight most recent home fixtures

Fortaleza searching for wins

They are proving tough to beat, but Fortaleza are also finding wins hard to come by, managing just two in their last seven games.

One of the reasons behind their struggles is a lack of firepower in attack that has seen them fail to score more than once in eight successive home games, all of which have contained fewer than three goals.

They are reasonably strong defensively at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo though, keeping clean sheets in their last two outings there.

Can Ceara keep run going?

This may be a cup game, but Ceara are six points and six positions better off in the Serie A table than Fortaleza, a standing that would be improved if they too could score more goals.

Marquinhos Santos’ side have kept seven clean sheets in their last ten outings, but have netted two or more goals on only four occasions during that run.

Eight of those outings have contained fewer than three strikes, as have nine of their last 10 on the road, while they are undefeated in a dozen fixtures in all competitions.

I predict there will be fewer than three goals in this match, but I suspect the two teams will cancel each other out in a cagey 1-1 draw.