Serie A · 2025Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto

Cruzeiro 1–2 Ceará · Serie A

1–2Historical match

Ceará

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Ceará won 1–2.

Shots
169
Shots on target
43
Possession
64%36%

Full time

What the match recorded

Ceara beat Cruzeiro 2–1. Recorded in this match (Cruzeiro – Ceara): shots 16–9, shots on target 4–3, possession 64%–36%, corners 10–3. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Ceara's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Ceara's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1 goal/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for0.6 goals/match1 goal/match1.07 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

weak

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Cruzeiro, Ceara.

3.85 days ▲Rest daysCruzeiro · Ceara3.88 days
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

MetricCruzeiroCearaBaseline
Rest days3.85 days3.88 days—
Matches last 14 days4 matches4 matches—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots16 shots9 shotsCruzeiro 16 shots, Ceará 9 shots
  • Shots on target4 shots3 shotsCruzeiro 4 shots, Ceará 3 shots
  • Possession64%36%Cruzeiro 64%, Ceará 36%
  • Corners10 corners3 cornersCruzeiro 10 corners, Ceará 3 corners
  • Fouls8 fouls11 foulsCruzeiro 8 fouls, Ceará 11 fouls
  • Yellow cards0 cards2 cardsCruzeiro 0 cards, Ceará 2 cards
  • Passes511 passes289 passesCruzeiro 511 passes, Ceará 289 passes
  • Pass accuracy85%79%Cruzeiro 85%, Ceará 79%
  • Shots inside box8 shots5 shotsCruzeiro 8 shots, Ceará 5 shots
  • Blocked shots5 blocks3 blocksCruzeiro 5 blocks, Ceará 3 blocks
  • Goalkeeper saves1 save3 savesCruzeiro 1 save, Ceará 3 saves
  • Offsides0 offsides4 offsidesCruzeiro 0 offsides, Ceará 4 offsides

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Cruzeiro favored in 7 of 11 directional metrics · Ceará in 1 · 3 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Cruzeiro17 matchesCeará16 matches
1.65 goals/match ▲Goals scored17/161 goal/match
0.65 goals/match ▲Goals allowed17/161 goal/match
14.2 shots/match ▲Shots17/1612 shots/match
4.88 shots/match ▲Shots on target17/163.81 shots/match
46.2% ●Possession17/1642.1%
5.71 corners/match ●Corners17/164.5 corners/match
2.41 cards/matchCards17/162.25 cards/match
14.5 fouls/matchFouls17/1613.6 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples17 / 16home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 27 Jul 2025, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4

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