Avai will take a trip to Arena Castelao for a head to head encounter with their hosts Ceará. Showdown scheduled for July 20, 2022 03:30 EAT.
The home side currently sits fourteenth on the table with 21 points from 17 matches played. In their last five fixtures they’ve recorded one win, three draws and one win. Four wins, nine draws and four wins have also been recorded. They’ve totted up the amount of 11 during that period and have conceded a total of 5. They are unbeaten in 11 consecutive home matches in all competitions.
Marquinhos Santos’s men will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 3-1 Serie A triumph against Corinthians. In that game, Ceará managed 45% possession, 18 shots with 7 on target and goals scored by Bruno Pacheco (28′), Vina (33′) and Cléber (76′). Corinthians had 11 shots with 4 on target and a goal scored by Róger Guedes (4′).
Meanwhile, the visitors are 12th in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A table with 21 points from 17 matches played. They’ve recorded one win, one draw and three losses. They have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 12 goals in all.
Eduardo Barroca’s side will hope for a similar result following on from a 1-0 Serie A wins with the defeat of Santos in their most recent game. In that match, Avaí had 41% possession, 14 shots with 4 on target and a goal scored by Bissoli (10′). Santos had 6 shots with 2 of them on target.
Ceara vs Avai head to head
These two teams have had 16 encounters since 2008; Ceara has 5 wins while Avai has 6 wins and 5 games have ended all square.
- Ceara 1-0 Avai 13/10/19
- Avai 1-2 Ceara 28/05/19
- Ceara 0-0 Avai 05/09/16
- Avai 4-2 Ceara 28/05/16
- Ceara 2-2 Avai 20/09/14
Home
- Ceara 3-1 Corinthians
- Ceara 1-0 Fortaleza
- Fluminense 2-1 Ceara
- Ceara 3-0 The Strongest
- Ceara 1-1 Internacional
Away
- Avai 1-0 Santos
- Bragantino 4-0 Avai
- Avai 1-2 Cuiaba
- Avai 2-2 Palmeiras
- Fluminense 2-0 Avai
Ceará team news
Marquinhos Santos will have a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
Avai team news
Eduardo Barroca will miss the service of Jean Pyerre due to injury.
Prediction and Odds
Ceará have not lost a league tie with Avaí in their previous 3 matches while Avaí haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.
- Ceara win
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5
