On Sunday Apr 10th, Palmeiras plays host to Ceará in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. Palmeiras has not played yet this season, while 8th placed Ceará is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Tuna Luso. Vinícius Machado scored the first goal for Ceará in the 70th minute, then Vinicius Goes Barbosa de Souza added another in the 70th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tuna Luso couldn’t manage to score, and Ceará took the shutout win. Ceará is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 18th of November, Ceará hosted Palmeiras in their last match together. Ceará and Palmeiras battled to a 2-2 draw. Raphael Veiga scored the first goal for Palmeiras in the 28th minute on a penalty kick, then Raphael Veiga added another in the 5th minute of the first half’s stoppage time.
Ceará’s most prolific scorer has been Bomfim de Jesus. The Brazilian attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Deyverson and Wesley are the top scorers for Palmeiras in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.