On Saturday May 14th, Ceará hosts Flamengo at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, a perfect day for football. Ceará is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Athletico PR. Abner Vinicius Da Silva Santos struck first for Athletico PR in the 49th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Ceará was frustrated by Athletico PR’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Athletico PR ended the match with the shutout victory. Ceará looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while 14th placed Flamengo is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Botafogo. Erison struck first for Botafogo in the 51st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Flamengo couldn’t muster any offence and Botafogo ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Flamengo won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Flamengo’s most prolific scorer has been Pedro. The Brazilian attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Vinícius Machado has been the most prolific scorer on Ceará in the last 5 matches with two goals.