PitchMath
Serie A · 2025Estádio São Januário

Vasco da Gama 2–2 Ceará · Serie A

2–2Historical match

Ceará

DLWDL

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

Match at a glance

Vasco da Gama and Ceará drew 2–2.

Shots
1612
Shots on target
57
Possession
63%37%

Full time

What the match recorded

Vasco DA Gama and Ceara drew 2–2. Recorded in this match (Vasco DA Gama – Ceara): shots 16–12, shots on target 5–7, possession 63%–37%, corners 3–3. 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.

Vasco DA Gama's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Vasco DA Gama's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

2.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.45 goals/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 for2.6 goals/match1.45 goals/match1.18 goals/match

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

The teams have contrasting possession records

strong

Vasco DA Gama have recorded the higher season possession share.

55.9% ●PossessionVasco DA Gama · Ceara41.8%
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 14.1 percentage points.

Window: season

MetricVasco DA GamaCearaBaseline
Possession55.9%41.8%49.8%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots16 shots12 shotsVasco da Gama 16 shots, Ceará 12 shots
  • Shots on target5 shots7 shotsVasco da Gama 5 shots, Ceará 7 shots
  • Possession63%37%Vasco da Gama 63%, Ceará 37%
  • Corners3 corners3 cornersVasco da Gama 3 corners, Ceará 3 corners
  • Fouls19 fouls10 foulsVasco da Gama 19 fouls, Ceará 10 fouls
  • Yellow cards3 cards2 cardsVasco da Gama 3 cards, Ceará 2 cards
  • Passes506 passes294 passesVasco da Gama 506 passes, Ceará 294 passes
  • Pass accuracy91%79%Vasco da Gama 91%, Ceará 79%
  • Shots inside box10 shots8 shotsVasco da Gama 10 shots, Ceará 8 shots
  • Blocked shots3 blocks0 blocksVasco da Gama 3 blocks, Ceará 0 blocks
  • Goalkeeper saves5 saves3 savesVasco da Gama 5 saves, Ceará 3 saves
  • Offsides1 offside2 offsidesVasco da Gama 1 offside, Ceará 2 offsides

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0Vasco da Gama
0Draws
1Ceará
Ceará — Vasco da Gama · Serie A2–1

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Vasco da Gama favored in 6 of 11 directional metrics · Ceará in 4 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Vasco da Gama22 matchesCeará22 matches
1.45 goals/match ▲Goals scored22/220.95 goals/match
1.5 goals/matchGoals allowed22/22▲ 1 goal/match
13.5 shots/match ▲Shots22/2211.7 shots/match
4.95 shots/match ▲Shots on target22/224.14 shots/match
55.9% ●Possession22/2241.8%
4.36 corners/match ●Corners22/224.05 corners/match
2.27 cards/matchCards22/222.27 cards/match
13.5 fouls/matchFouls22/2213.9 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples22 / 22home / 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: Mon, 15 Sept 2025, 03:30 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Serie A

Goals per match rankingShots per match rankingShots on target per match ranking
TeamsVasco da GamaCeará
CompetitionSerie ASerie A 2025
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

Make a graphic from this match

Creator Studio builds a branded post from this match's recorded data, with its evidence grade and source cutoff carried into the export.

Turn this match into a graphicReady-made from PitchMath data · No sign-up required