In a weekend match on Sat Jun 18th, in week 13, Cuiabá and Ceará will play a match in Cuiabá in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Cuiabá is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Bragantino. Artur struck first for Bragantino in the 17th minute, but André got the equalizer for Cuiabá in the 5th minute of the first half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Cuiabá. Cuiabá looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while ceará is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Goiás. Stiven Mendoza struck first for Ceará in the 9th minute, but Pedro Raúl got the equalizer for Goiás in the 85th minute earning Goiás a comeback draw. Ceará is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Ceará won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Ceará is glad to have Stiven Mendoza in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals. André has been the most prolific scorer on Cuiabá in his last 5 matches with two goals.