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Ceará SC vs EC Bahia, Serie A 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A · 2020-21
Ceará SC
2 – 0
Full Time
EC Bahia
Sun 23 Aug 2020 · 23:00 UTC Estadio Castelao HT 45' · FT 45'
William Oliveira 33' Y
Y 44' Gregore
Y 70' Ronaldo

Overview

Match Preview

Ceará SC vs EC Bahia — Serie A at Estadio Castelao.

Match Details

  • Referee Wagner do Nascimento Magalhaes
  • Referee Thiago Henrique Neto Correa Farinha
  • Referee Thiago Rosa de Oliveira
  • Referee Antonio Magno Lima Cordeiro
6 games this season 🟨 1.7/game ⚽ 7.8 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 CR Flamengo 34 76
2 SE Palmeiras 34 73
3 Cruzeiro EC 34 60
4 Fluminense FC 34 57
5 CA Paranaense 34 54
6 EC Bahia 34 53
7 CA Mineiro 34 50
8 RB Bragantino 34 47
9 Santos FC 34 47
10 São Paulo FC 34 44
11 Botafogo FR 34 42
12 Coritiba FBC 34 42
13 CR Vasco da Gama 33 41
14 Mirassol FC 34 40
15 SC Internacional 34 38
16 EC Vitoria 34 38
17 SC Corinthians Paulista 34 37
18 Gremio FBPA 34 37
19 Clube do Remo 34 29
20 Chapecoense AF 33 21

Head-to-Head

3
3
4
Ceará SC 10 games · Avg 2.0 goals EC Bahia
Last 5 meetings
2020-08-23 Ceará SC 2–0 EC Bahia 2019-10-21 EC Bahia 1–2 Ceará SC 2019-06-08 Ceará SC 0–0 EC Bahia 2018-11-14 EC Bahia 2–1 Ceará SC 2018-08-29 Ceará SC 0–2 EC Bahia

Recent Form

Ceará SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Aug EC Bahia H 2–0 W
20 Aug CR Vasco da Gama H 0–3 L
16 Aug CA Mineiro A 0–2 L
13 Aug Gremio FBPA H 1–1 D
09 Aug SC Recife A 2–3 L
08 Dec Botafogo FR A 1–1 D
EC Bahia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Aug Ceará SC A 0–2 L
20 Aug São Paulo FC A 1–1 D
16 Aug RB Bragantino H 2–1 W
12 Aug Coritiba FBC H 1–0 W
08 Dec Fortaleza EC A 1–2 L
05 Dec CR Vasco da Gama H 1–1 D

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
30% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
32% Clean Sheets
EC Bahia this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

EC Bahia
0-15
5/3
16-30
4/6
31-45
10/7
46-60
3/2
61-75
5/7
76+
9/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

EC Bahia
Luciano Juba 11 G 2 A
Jean Lucas 4 G 4 A
Erick 4 G
Everaldo 4 G
Willian Jose 3 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The wait is over. Ceará SC get us underway at Estadio Castelao.
  • 5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Ceará SC and EC Bahia are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 10' The home supporters are growing impatient. Ceará SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 12' What composure from Cleber! The Brazil international strokes it home. 0-1.
  • 17' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 22' EC Bahia come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 27' Zeca is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Ceará SC so far.
  • 32' Ceará SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined EC Bahia backline.
  • 33' Ceara SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 38' EC Bahia is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 43' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 44' Gregore is having his name booked by the referee on 44.
  • 46' The EC Bahia bench stirs into life. Gregore is withdrawn and Daniel gets his opportunity.
  • 51' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 56' EC Bahia fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 59' A tactical swap from Ceara SC — Fabinho on, William Oliveira off on 59 minutes.
  • 64' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Ceará SC and EC Bahia are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 65' EC Bahia make a change. Gilberto trudges off to be replaced by Fernandao on 65 minutes.
  • 70' Ronaldo picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 71' The crowd applauds Leandro Carvalho as he leaves the pitch. Mateus Goncalves steps in for Ceara SC.
  • 75' Mateus Goncalves does the damage! The net is bulging and Ceara SC surge ahead!
  • 80' EC Bahia is showing some good football. However, EC Bahia are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 85' Time for substitution for EC Bahia. Rossi is replaced by Saldanha.
  • 90' It looks surprising EC Bahia does not make any changes. Rodriguinho has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • With this win, Ceará SC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Ceará SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Guto Ferreira

EC Bahia Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Roger Machado

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Gilberto 3
Luiz Otavio 2
Lucas Fonseca 1
Vinicius 1
Gilberto 1
Saulo da Silva 1
Lucas Fonseca 1
Rodriguinho 1

Head to Head

2020-08-23 Ceará SC 2–0 EC Bahia 2019-10-21 EC Bahia 1–2 Ceará SC 2019-06-08 Ceará SC 0–0 EC Bahia 2018-11-14 EC Bahia 2–1 Ceará SC 2018-08-29 Ceará SC 0–2 EC Bahia

Ceará SC Form

2020-08-23 Ceará SC 2–0 EC Bahia W 2020-08-20 Ceará SC 0–3 CR Vasco da Gama L 2020-08-16 CA Mineiro 2–0 Ceará SC L 2020-08-13 Ceará SC 1–1 Gremio FBPA D 2020-08-09 SC Recife 3–2 Ceará SC L 2019-12-08 Botafogo FR 1–1 Ceará SC D

EC Bahia Form

2020-08-23 Ceará SC 2–0 EC Bahia L 2020-08-20 São Paulo FC 1–1 EC Bahia D 2020-08-16 EC Bahia 2–1 RB Bragantino W 2020-08-12 EC Bahia 1–0 Coritiba FBC W 2019-12-08 Fortaleza EC 2–1 EC Bahia L 2019-12-05 EC Bahia 1–1 CR Vasco da Gama D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.28 Ceará SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.03 EC Bahia xG
I would bet for: Ceará SC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Ceará SC43% Draw29% EC Bahia28%
Actual: Ceará SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes47% 0% No53%
Avg goals/match: 2.31
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 88%
12%
± 1.5 67%
33%
± 2.5 40%
60%
± 3.5 21%
79%
± 4.5 9%
91%

Double Chance

Ceará SC or Draw
72%
Draw or EC Bahia
57%
Ceará SC or EC Bahia
71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Ceará SC28% Draw51% EC Bahia21%
Actual: Ceará SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
14%
0 – 0
12.2%
1 – 0
11.6%
0 – 1
9%
2 – 1
8.1%
2 – 0
Actual
1 – 2
6.5%
0 – 2
5.1%
2 – 2
4.3%
3 – 1
3.5%
3 – 0
3.3%
1 – 3
2.2%

Asian Handicap — Ceará SC

Handicap Ceará SC covers Push EC Bahia covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 12% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 22% 59%
-0.5 41% — 59%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 17% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 8% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Ceará SC keeps clean sheet
36% ✗
EC Bahia keeps clean sheet
29% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.