Fortaleza EC vs CA Mineiro, Serie A 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Fortaleza EC vs CA Mineiro — Serie A at Castelao.
- Fortaleza EC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
- CA Mineiro 16 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 SE Palmeiras 16 35 2 CR Flamengo 15 31 3 Fluminense FC 16 30 4 Sao Paulo FC 16 24 5 CA Paranaense 16 24 6 EC Bahia 15 23 7 Coritiba FBC 16 23 8 RB Bragantino 16 23 9 SC Internacional 16 21 10 Botafogo FR 15 21 11 CA Mineiro 16 21 12 CR Vasco da Gama 16 20 13 Cruzeiro EC 16 20 14 EC Vitoria 15 19 15 Gremio FBPA 16 18 16 Santos FC 16 18 17 SC Corinthians Paulista 16 18 18 Clube do Remo 16 15 19 Mirassol FC 15 13 20 Chapecoense AF 15 9 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Nov CA Mineiro H 1–0 W 26 Nov RB Bragantino A 1–0 W 20 Nov EC Bahia A 3–2 W 12 Nov CA Mineiro A 3–3 D 09 Nov Gremio FBPA H 2–2 D 06 Nov Ceara SC A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 30 Nov Fortaleza EC A 0–1 L 26 Nov CR Flamengo H 1–1 D 16 Nov RB Bragantino A 0–2 L 12 Nov Fortaleza EC H 3–3 D 08 Nov SC Recife A 4–2 W 05 Nov EC Bahia H 3–0 W Key Stats
71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history19% Clean Sheets
CA Mineiro this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
CA Mineiro0-152/216-304/–31-452/346-60–/161-752/176+3/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
CA MineiroVictor Hugo Gomes 3 G 1 A -
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Castelao that hosts another battle between Fortaleza EC and CA Mineiro.
- 5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 10' Fortaleza EC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 15' The travelling CA Mineiro supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 20' CA Mineiro is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 30' Brenno Costa has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 35' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Gaston Avila, as he is very good at scoring at Castelao with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 41' Tomas Pochettino puts Fortaleza EC on the lead.
- 46' It looks surprising CA Mineiro does not make any changes. Alan Franco has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 51' It’s high time Martin Palermo made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 56' Eros Mancuso needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 61' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 65' It is a substitution in CA Mineiro team. Hulk is replaced by Gabriel Teixeira on 65 minute.
- 67' Another change for Fortaleza EC made on 67 minute. Jose Herrera leaves to be changed by Yago Pikachu.
- 70' Gustavo Scarpa is replacing Alexsander Gomes for the CA Mineiro side.
- 75' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 76' The whistle greets Pierre as he departs to be replaced by Matheus Pereira.
- 77' Fortaleza EC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Moises is hanging Tomas Pochettino on the field on 77 minute.
- 82' That looks like a foul for a card for Junior Alonso.
- 84' The whistle greets Guilherme Arana as he departs to be replaced by Cadu.
- 89' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- The final score is 1-0.
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Fortaleza EC Lineups
Starting XI
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7
Tomas Pochettino ↓ Moises 77'
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27
Adam Bareiro ↓ Deyverson 67'
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26
Breno Lopes ↓ Lucas Crispim 67'
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30
Pierre ↓ Matheus Pereira 76'
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80
Jose Herrera ↓ Yago Pikachu 67'
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Bench
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22
Yago Pikachu ↑ 67'
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18
Deyverson ↑ 67'
- 23
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5
Matheus Pereira ↑ 76'
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- 9
- 2
- 36
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91
Lucas Crispim ↑ 67'
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96
Moises ↑ 77'
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Coach Martin PalermoCA Mineiro Lineups
Starting XI
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- 17
- 92
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11
Bernard ↓ Gabriel Menino 84'
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13
Guilherme Arana ↓ Cadu 84'
- 14
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16
Ruan ↓ Renzo Saravia 70'
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7
Hulk ↓ Gabriel Teixeira 65'
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Bench
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10
Gustavo Scarpa ↑ 70'
- 38
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26
Renzo Saravia ↑ 70'
- 8
- 18
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25
Gabriel Menino ↑ 84'
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77
Gabriel Teixeira ↑ 65'
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42
Cadu ↑ 84'
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Coach Jorge Sampaoli -
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Deyverson 3 Paulinho 3 Hulk 3 Gabriel Dias 2 Romarinho 2 Tomas Pochettino 2 Juninho 2 Eduardo Vargas 2 Head to Head
Fortaleza EC Form
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Prediction accuracy2 / 41.39 Fortaleza EC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.11 CA Mineiro xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.
Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Fortaleza EC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.5Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 45% 55% ± 3.5 25% 75% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Fortaleza EC or Draw 74%Draw or CA Mineiro 53%Fortaleza EC or CA Mineiro 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Fortaleza EC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.6%1 – 0 Actual0 – 0 10.2%2 – 1 8.5%0 – 1 8%2 – 0 7.7%1 – 2 6.8%0 – 2 4.9%2 – 2 4.8%3 – 1 4%3 – 0 3.5%1 – 3 2.5%Asian Handicap — Fortaleza EC
Handicap Fortaleza EC covers Push CA Mineiro covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 13% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 21% 58% -0.5 42% — 58% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 17% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Fortaleza EC keeps clean sheet 33% ✗CA Mineiro keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.