On the 10th of December, in this week 38 match, Palmeiras will host Ceará at Allianz Parque in a meeting of these two mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 3rd placed Palmeiras is fresh off their 3-1 win against Cuiabá. Silva Vieira scored the first goal for Palmeiras in the 4th minute, then Pedro Bicalho added another in the 30th minute. Palmeiras should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while ceará is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against América Mineiro. Neither Ceará nor América Mineiro could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 18 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Ceará should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Palmeiras was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Jose Rafael Vivian scored the first goal for Palmeiras in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Deyverson added another in the 72nd minute.
Vinicius Goes Barbosa de Souza has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Ceará. Dudu and Deyverson are the top scorers for Palmeiras in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.