Ferroviário and Fortaleza face each other on the night of this Wednesday, February 7, 2024, starting at 8:30 pm, in a game valid for the 4th round of the Cearense Championship.
Ferroviário
With the advantage of playing as home team in this match, the Ferroviário team arrives motivated to assert control of the field in their favor, especially after adding two consecutive victories that served to restore part of their squad’s confidence after the setbacks in the first games of the season.
After all, the team already suffered an early elimination in the preliminary phase of the Copa do Nordeste by losing at home to ASA, on penalties, in addition to also debuting with a defeat at home to Floresta, in the Campeonato Cearense.
Then, the team presented better performances to defeat Atlético-CE and Caucaia by the same score of 2-1, both as visitors.
Now the team will have a new opportunity to try to achieve their first home victory of the season.
There were 2 wins, 1 draw and only 1 defeat in the last 4 official matches played this season. During this period they beat Caucaia and Atlético-CE, drew with ASA and lost to Floresta.
Currently, the club is in third place on the leaderboard of Group B of the Cearense Championship, with 6 points achieved so far, only one less than Ceará, which leads the competition still undefeated.
Acting as home team, the Ferroviário team recorded a recent campaign with 7 wins, 2 draws and only 1 defeat in the last 10 matches played.
Fortaleza
Fortaleza, on the other hand, has a squad technically far superior to its opponent and arrives at this match very excited for being the current champion and also the only team to maintain 100% success so far.
Furthermore, Leão do Pici also showed themselves at a high level by defeating América-RN at the weekend, in the Copa do Nordeste.
Before that, Tricolor had already defeated Iguatu 3-1 without any major difficulties to pocket precious points for the Cearense Championship.
At the moment, the club is in first place on the Group A leaderboard, with 9 points achieved so far and aims to increase its advantage over other competitors.
In the 4 times they entered the field officially this year, 4 consecutive victories were recorded. In the meantime, Leão do Pici showed its strength by beating Iguatu, Horizonte, Barbalha and also América-RN.
Acting as a visitor, the Fortaleza team recorded a recent campaign with 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats in the last 10 matches played.
Conclusion:
Even away from home, the expectation is that Fortaleza will be able to stand out to maintain 100% success in the tournament and overcome an opponent that is theoretically much inferior in relation to the competitive level that Leão do Pici presents.