On Saturday Jun 4th, in week 9, Ceará hosts Coritiba at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, a perfect day for football. 19th placed Ceará is fresh off their 2-2 draw against São Paulo. Jonathan Calleri struck first for São Paulo in the 8th minute on a feed from Rafinha, then Bomfim de Jesus got the equalizer for Ceará in the 37th minute on a feed from Iury . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while coritiba is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Botafogo. Igor Paixão struck first for Coritiba in the 29th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Botafogo was frustrated by Coritiba’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Coritiba ended the match with the shutout victory. Coritiba is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Coritiba’s most prolific scorer has been Igor Paixão. The Brazilian attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches. For Ceará, their top scorers are Nino Paraíba and Stiven Mendoza, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.