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Ceara vs Santos Prediction & Betting tips
The Brazilian Fortaleza is not only a popular holiday destination, it is also the home of football club Ceara. The black and white are celebrating their 105th anniversary this weekend, and hope to be able to reinforce their party with a victory over Santos.
Ceara:
Ceara has a great start to the competition and, thanks in part to two victories in a row, is in the left row. Trainer Enderson Moreira likes to let his team play football forward, and that fight is therefore accompanied by results. Last week, Ceara visited PhD student Avai at halftime to face a 1-0 deficit, but because the team started to play full on the attack after the tea, it managed to pull a nice 1-2 win out of the fire.
Forward player Thiago Galhardo took both goals and is therefore self-confident. “You can see that we can play nice football,” says Enderson. “We played a poor first half both against Avai and earlier against Goias, but we managed to make up for that well after the break.” For Ceara, the home match against Santos is a real party match, because the club celebrates its 105th anniversary on that very day. Enderson: “However, that is a party for the supporters. For us it is a normal working day. We want to grab as many points as possible before the competition comes to a halt because of the Copa America. ”
Santos:
Santos is in a small form for a moment, because after the 4-0 defeat in the derby against Palmeiras, the black and white again did not win against Internacional last week: 0-0. Yet that was a reasonable result. Trainer Jorge Sampaoli didn’t have the important midfielders Alison and Derlis Gonzalez, plus Internacional is a tough opponent.
Gonzalez and Alison will return to the base against Ceara, although Gustavo Henrique, Diego Pituca and Yeferson Soteldo are all suspended. In addition, Sampaoli welcomed the new purchases Marinho and Fernando Uribe this week, although it seems unlikely that they will be allowed to debut directly in the base. However, new attacking impulses are welcome. This is the last game in Santos black and white for prodigy child Rodrygo, who afterwards will move to Real Madrid. He will therefore be extra motivated to close his period with Santos with a victory.
Ceara vs Santos head to head matches
08.08.18 SA Ceara Santos 1 : 1
15.04.18 SA Santos Ceara 2 : 0
13.11.11 SA Ceara Santos 2 : 3
07.08.11 SA Santos Ceara 1 : 0
12.09.10 SA Ceara Santos 2 : 1