On the 5th of October, Ceará will host Goiás in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 16th placed Ceará, recorded a 0-1 loss against Coritiba. Fabrício Daniel struck first for Coritiba in the 30th minute on a feed from Alef Manga, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ceará couldn’t manage to score, and Coritiba took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while goiás is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Botafogo. R. Del Piage de Souza struck first for Botafogo in the 89th minute on a feed from J. Pereira dos Santos, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Goiás was frustrated by Botafogo’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Botafogo ended the match with the shutout victory. Goiás is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 12th of June, Goiás hosted Ceará at the Estádio De Hailé Pinheiro in their last match together. Goiás and Ceará battled to a 1-1 draw. Stiven Mendoza struck first for Ceará in the 9th minute, then Pedro Raúl tied it up for Goiás in the 85th minute earning Goiás a comeback draw.
Goiás’s top weapon lately has been Pedro Raúl, who has three goals in the last five matches. Jô and Zé Roberto are the top scorers for Ceará in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.