Brazil – Serie A
Date: Thursday, 13 August 2020
Kick-off at 23:15 UK/ 00:15 CET
Venue: Estádio do Morumbi.
Team News
Sao Paulo tend to go with the same lineup that is intended to launch against Goias on Sunday.
It will see Pato drops to the bench, Lizeiro drafted into midfield and Pablo lead the line.
Walce, Toro and Hernanes will miss the game due to injury and Sara remains in doubt.
New loan signing Ronald could feature has been registered in time, but chances are if he does not play that part will come off the bench.
Juan Quintero was suspended following a red card in the last match against Athletico PR.
Jackson will likely start in his place.
Head to head
Checking their last meeting head-to-head record stretching back to 08/14/2005 show that São Paulo has won three of them and Fortaleza 2, with the number of results drawn into one.
In all, 13 goals were scored between them in this period, with 7 of them for the Tricolor Paulista and 6 belong to Fortaleza. Average number of goals per game worked to 2.17.
Previous league meetings to show this side is the Serie A match-day 23 on 05/10/2019 and finished score 2-1 Fortaleza São Paulo.
In that game, São Paulo has 61% possession and 19 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Scorers Pablo (14 ') and Igor Gomes (79').
On the other hand, Fortaleza had seven attempts on goal with two on target. Wellington Paulista (39 ') scored.
The referee was Diego Pombo Lopez.
Sao Paulo vs Fortaleza: Predictions
Rogerio Ceni men are in the two-game losing run, and they also have lost three of the former six games overall on the road. Happen, they also won in 13 of 20 road trip of their past as well.
On the other hand, their counterparts are unbeaten in 15 of their last 20 appearances in the home, and they were on two winning run against this opponent. In addition, they are unbeaten against them in the past 14 years, and have a 100% winning record at home in clashes h2h, except for the draw.
Chances are, the amount of the Sao Paulo won this Thursday.
However, men Ceni has won eight of the previous ten games overall, and they have scored a total of ten goals last three away games-ups. In addition, 100% of the h2h meetings in this place had goals from both teams.
For that reason, expect both teams to score at Morumbi Stadium.
Sao Paulo vs Fortaleza: Betting Tips
Sao Paulo to Win @ 1.44 (4/9)
Both Teams Score @ 2.40 (7/5).
