July 24th features a match where Juventude hosts Ceará at Estádio Alfredo Jaconi in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 20th placed Juventude, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Goiás. Juventude had 23 on net, and Goiás had 17, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Juventude looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while ceará is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Avaí. Vinicius Goes Barbosa de Souza struck first for Ceará in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Avaí couldn’t muster any offence and Ceará ran away with the shutout win. Ceará is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Ceará won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Ceará’s most prolific scorer has been Goes Barbosa de Souza. The Brazilian midfielder has netted three goals over the last five matches. Rodrigo and Juninho are the top scorers for Juventude in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.