Brazil - Serie BData current as of 17 July 2026

Ceará vs Athletic Club: match statistics

Ceará crest
Ceará
0 : 0half-time 0:0
Athletic Club crest
Athletic Club

Ceará vs Athletic Club: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Ceará play Athletic Club in Serie B (Brazil). The match date is 14 July 2026 at 01:30. Final score: 0:0.

Current form

Ceará: 0-2-3, 0.40 points/match. Athletic Club: 1-2-2, 1.00 points/match.

Goal statistics

Ceará scores 0.88 and concedes 1.18 goals per match. Athletic Club scores 0.94 and concedes 0.94. League average: 2.29 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Ceará 47%, Athletic Club 59%. Over 2.5: Ceará 29%, Athletic Club 24%. League level: BTTS 47%, Over 2.5 42%.

xG, shots and style

Ceará has higher xG: 1.50 vs 1.25. Ceará: 13.5 shots per match, Athletic Club: 12.0.

Match halves

Ceará: half-time lead 24%, second-half goals 0.41. Athletic Club: half-time lead 29%, second-half goals 0.53.

Goals by minute

Ceará: 31-45+ (5 goals). Athletic Club: 76-90+ (4 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Serie B: 2.29 goals per match, BTTS 47%, Over 2.5 42%.

Head-to-head

No aligned head-to-head sample is available in the database.

Match description

I back the home win because Ceará clearly outcreates chances — at home they average 16.13 shots and 5.5 on target per game with xG 1.81, while Athletic on the road averages 7.86 shots, 2.43 on target and xG 0.87. Although Athletic is more efficient with shots (16% conversion vs 8% for Ceará), the home side’s numerical superiority and higher possession (52% vs 39%) indicate Ceará will control the tempo. Defensively the visitors appear vulnerable — average away xG against for Athletic is 1.97 with 1.43 goals conceded, whereas Ceará concedes 1.25 goals at home and records 13% clean sheets (visitors 0%). Form over the last 5 matches gives Athletic a slight points edge (1.0 ppg vs 0.8 for Ceará), but both teams have scored 3 goals in that run while Ceará has conceded 7 versus 5 for Athletic. Considering home xG 1.81 vs away xG 0.87, substantially more shots on target (5.5 vs 2.43) and possession advantage, I assess probabilities as: Ceará 60%, draw 25%, Athletic 15%.

Half-by-half

0 : 0
1st half
0 : 0
2nd half

Match statistics

64Possession (%)36
CearáAthletic Club
12Shots13
CearáAthletic Club
2Shots on target1
CearáAthletic Club
1.37xG1.1
CearáAthletic Club
7Corners6
CearáAthletic Club
67Dangerous attacks30
CearáAthletic Club
11Fouls12
CearáAthletic Club
0Cards4
CearáAthletic Club

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

CearáAthletic Club
0.88Goals scored / match0.94
CearáAthletic Club
1.18Goals conceded / match0.94
CearáAthletic Club
51%Average possession44%
CearáAthletic Club
4.06Shots on target / match3.24
CearáAthletic Club

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

13.53Shots per match12
CearáAthletic Club
4.06Shots on target3.24
CearáAthletic Club
6.5%Shot conversion7.8%
CearáAthletic Club
51%Possession44%
CearáAthletic Club
1.5xG for1.25
CearáAthletic Club
1.32xG against1.53
CearáAthletic Club

Shooting quality

Ceará: BalancedAthletic Club: Balanced
CearáAthletic Club
Accuracy (shots on target)30%27%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.110.10
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.220.29

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Athletic Club is 150% better for: last-5 form.

0.4 pts / match - Ceará · 1 pts / match - Athletic Club

Ceará
DLLLD
No win in the last 5 matches
Season result split
24% W35% R41% P
Season (W-D-L)
4-6-7
1.06 pts / match · goal difference -5
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-2-3
0.40 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
3-3-3
Last 5 at home
2-1-2
WLWLD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.2Goals conceded: 1.2xG: 1.34Opponent xG: 1.30BTTS: 20%Over 2.5: 0%
Athletic Club
DLWLD
Season result split
29% W47% R24% P
Season (W-D-L)
5-8-4
1.35 pts / match · goal difference 0
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-2-2
1.00 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
2-4-2
Last 5 away
1-3-1
DWDLD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.4Goals conceded: 0.8xG: 1.65Opponent xG: 1.10BTTS: 20%Over 2.5: 0%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Athletic Club is 7% better for: goals scored per match.

0.88 goals / match - Ceará · 0.94 goals / match - Athletic Club

Athletic Club is 26% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.18 goals / match - Ceará · 0.94 goals / match - Athletic Club

Ceará scoring profile: strong

Ceará scores in 59% of matches (10 of 17 matches), while Athletic Club keeps a clean sheet in 24% (4 of 17 matches).

Athletic Club scoring profile: very strong

Athletic Club scores in 71% of matches (12 of 17 matches), while Ceará keeps a clean sheet in 24% (4 of 17 matches).

15Goals scored (season)16
CearáAthletic Club
20Goals conceded (season)16
CearáAthletic Club
2.06Average goals in match1.88
CearáAthletic Club
1Goals scored (last 5)2
CearáAthletic Club
6Goals conceded (last 5)4
CearáAthletic Club

How often they score at least...

59%1 goal71%
CearáAthletic Club
24%2 goals18%
CearáAthletic Club
6%3 goals6%
CearáAthletic Club
0%4 goals0%
CearáAthletic Club

How often they concede at least...

76%1 goal76%
CearáAthletic Club
35%2 goals18%
CearáAthletic Club
6%3 goals0%
CearáAthletic Club
0%4 goals0%
CearáAthletic Club

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

47%
League average

Goal patterns

12%BTTS at half-time12%
CearáAthletic Club
0%BTTS in both halves0%
CearáAthletic Club
0%Scored in both halves6%
CearáAthletic Club

BTTS and goal count

29%Min. 3 goals and BTTS24%
CearáAthletic Club
0%Min. 3 goals without BTTS0%
CearáAthletic Club
20%BTTS - last 520%
CearáAthletic Club

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

59%Min. 1 goal before half-time47%
CearáAthletic Club
24%Min. 2 goals before half-time18%
CearáAthletic Club
6%Min. 3 goals before half-time6%
CearáAthletic Club

2nd half

76%Min. 1 goal after half-time82%
CearáAthletic Club
35%Min. 2 goals after half-time29%
CearáAthletic Club
0%Min. 3 goals after half-time6%
CearáAthletic Club

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Athletic Club is 25% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.18 pts / match - Ceará · 1.47 pts / match - Athletic Club

Ceará - half-time state
24% leading47% draw29% trailing
Athletic Club - half-time state
29% leading59% draw12% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.18Points per match (1st half)1.47
CearáAthletic Club
0.47Goals scored (1st half)0.41
CearáAthletic Club
0.47Goals conceded (1st half)0.29
CearáAthletic Club
0.94Average goals (1st half)0.71
CearáAthletic Club
59%Clean sheet before half-time76%
CearáAthletic Club
71%No goal before half-time65%
CearáAthletic Club

After half-time (2nd half)

1Points per match (2nd half)1.06
CearáAthletic Club
0.41Goals scored (2nd half)0.53
CearáAthletic Club
0.71Goals conceded (2nd half)0.65
CearáAthletic Club
1.12Average goals (2nd half)1.18
CearáAthletic Club
47%Clean sheet after half-time41%
CearáAthletic Club
71%No goal after half-time59%
CearáAthletic Club

Ceará - second-half results

24% W29% R47% P
20
Half-time points
8
Half-time goals
0
Goal difference (1st half)
17
Second-half points
-5
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.18
PPG before half-time
Lead holding100%

Leads at half-time in 24% of matches and wins 24%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.2

Concedes 0.2 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Athletic Club - second-half results

24% W35% R41% P
25
Half-time points
7
Half-time goals
+2
Goal difference (1st half)
18
Second-half points
-2
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.47
PPG before half-time
Lead holding100%

Leads at half-time in 29% of matches and wins 29%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.4

Concedes 0.4 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Ceará - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match0.401.00
Goals scored / match0.00.2
Goals conceded / match0.80.4
Average goals in match0.80.6
1 goal60%60%
2 goals20%0%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet40%60%
No goal100%80%
Goal difference-4-1
Half-time: 0% leading - 40% draw - 60% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 40% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 0
Athletic Club - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match0.801.40
Goals scored / match0.00.4
Goals conceded / match0.20.6
Average goals in match0.21.0
1 goal20%80%
2 goals0%20%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet80%60%
No goal100%60%
Goal difference-1-1
Half-time: 0% leading - 80% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 20% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 0

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Ceará
ScoredConceded
2
3
0-15
1
4
16-30
5
1
31-45
2
6
46-60
2
3
61-75
3
3
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (5 goli). Concedes most in 46-60 (6). Late-goal balance (76-90): 0.

Athletic Club
ScoredConceded
1
1
0-15
3
1
16-30
3
3
31-45
2
3
46-60
3
4
61-75
4
4
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (4 goli). Concedes most in 61-75 (4). Late-goal balance (76-90): 0.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

1.97
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
0.9 : 1.1
Estimated goal split
home : away
86%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
53%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-100%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
42%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
12%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 8 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Ceará

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.18
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.48
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-0.4 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.62
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.14
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
69%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
116%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.66
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.1
Late goals
20% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 13% come in the first quarter-hour.
20%

Athletic Club

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.28
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.28
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-2.5 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.31
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.59
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
92%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
74%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.35
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.1
Late goals
25% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 6% come in the first quarter-hour.
25%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Serie B).

Teams vs league

CearáLigaAthletic Club
Average goals in match 2.062.29 1.88
Both teams scored 47%47% 59%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 29%42% 24%
Clean sheets 24%31% 24%
Goal before half-time 59%65% 47%
Goal after half-time 76%74% 82%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.29
Average goals per match
47%
Both teams scored
42%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
31%
Clean sheets
1.27
Home goals / match
1.02
Away goals / match
+25%
Home attack advantage
+20%
Home defence advantage
+14%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
65%
1 goal
28%
2 goals
6%
3 goals
2%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
74%
1 goal
38%
2 goals
11%
3 goals
4%
4 goals

FAQ

What was the result of Ceará vs Athletic Club?

The Serie B match finished Ceará 0:0 Athletic Club. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Ceará vs Athletic Club?

Ceará score 0.88 goals per game on average and Athletic Club 0.94. The Serie B average is 2.29 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 42% of games. Both teams score in 47% of Ceará's matches and 59% of Athletic Club's.

What form are Ceará and Athletic Club in?

Over the last 5 games Ceará have a 0-2-3 record (0.40 points per game) and Athletic Club 1-2-2 (1.00 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Ceará vs Athletic Club?

This page shows the full statistical context — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under. The tip, value assessment and full reasoning are in the NoFluffPicks app.