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Fortaleza vs Atletico GO Prediction & Betting tips
Fortaleza and Atlético GO meet at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, in a match for the 15th round of Serie B. There is no recent record of direct confrontations between these two teams, who have not played any matches in the last 3 years. The last time they met was on 21-10-2009, in a match that ended with the final score: Fortaleza (0-1) Atlético GO.
Fortaleza:
The home team is currently in the 1 st position of the league, with 29 points won, after 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Paysandu, by (0-1). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Ponte Preta, by (2-0). For the championship, Fortaleza won 18 points out of 21 possible, after 6 wins and 1 loss in the last 7 home matches. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, as 26 of the last 30 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 14 matches in this competition, they only got 1 comeback in the 5 matches in which they suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 18 home matches for all competitions: they have suffered 6 of their 15 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
The Fortaleza is a club that never won the title of the Brazilian Championship of the Serie B. Its best campaigns in the competition were in 2002 and 2004, when it was the runner-up. In the current season of 2018, the team was runner-up in Cearense and in the Brazilian Championship of the B series comes surprising everyone and leading with four points ahead of the second, the CSA. When analyzing the seven matches that the Fortaleza played at home, the team scored goals in all and starred in six of these games with more than 1.5 goals, that is, we can expect a game in which the Fortaleza will score goals. We can also consider that it will be an open game, because Atletico Goianiense has a tendency to make open games in search of goals.
Atlético GO:
After 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, the away team is currently in the 7 th position of the league, with 22 points won. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Pelotas, by (2-1). In the last match, they won in a home match against Boa, by (2-0). In the last away game in this competition, they have won by (2-3) against Sampaio Corrêa. In the last 6 away league matches Atlético GO has a record of 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 8 points out of 18 possible.
For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 4 away matches. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 14 matches in this tournament, they suffered the first goal 5 times, but got the comeback in 2.
Atletico Goianiense is a club that was already the champion of the Brazilian Championship of Serie B, a title was recent, in the 2016 season, which gave it the right to compete in the elite division of Brazilian football. But in the 2017 season he did not manage to stay in Serie A and was downgraded again. Now, in 2018, the team is doing its part and is in the eighth position, alternating between victories, defeats and draws. When analyzing the performance of Atletico Goianiense as a visitor, we see that the team has been conquering important points. In fact, in the last five games away from home, in fifteen points played he won eight, with two wins, two draws and only one defeat. In addition, in four of these last five games as a visitor there were goals for both teams.
Fortaleza vs Atletico GO head to head matches
21.10.09 SB Fortaleza Atletico GO 0 : 1
18.07.09 SB Atletico GO Fortaleza 3 : 1