Fortaleza vs Juventude Prediction: With Fortaleza Playing at Home Can Make a Difference?

Fortaleza and Juventude meet in an exciting fixture at Arena Castelao. With Fortaleza playing at home, they can certainly take advantage of their home conditions and crowd to win over Juventude. Juventude stands 18th with only 6 points from 7 games played, whereas Fortaleza stands rock bottom at the 20th spot with just 1 point from 6 games played. With both these teams in the relegation, they are likely to put up a decent show to win the game and move up the table standings.

Though Fortaleza are the bottom of the Serie A table, they are doing quite well in overall gameplay. Going in the game, Fortaleza are likely to take confidence from their win against Colo Colo (3-4). Pikachu, Fortaleza’s top scorer, will be in action, leading the attack against Juventude defenders. When the last time Fortaleza played against Juventude, they won 1-0. Statistics show that Fortaleza isn’t likely to score any goal in the upcoming game, as they are averaging just 0.5 goals per game.

Boeck; Tinga, Titi, Ceballos; Pikachu, Felipe, Lima, Welison, Crispim; Moises, Romero

Going in the game, Juventude will be desperate to win as they had a denting defeat against Palmeiras (0-3). All eyes will be on their key players, including Ruiz, who leads the charts with most goals in Serie A for Juventude. Juventude averages about 1 goal per game, and they are likely to score one or more goals against Fortaleza.

Reis; Soares, Mendes, Forster, Matheus; Yuri, Irmer, Darlan; Guilherme, Ruiz, Pitta

Despite the fact that Fortaleza has yet to register a win in the league this season, they enter the weekend in great spirits after reaching the Copa Libertadores knockout stages. Meanwhile, Juventude is trying to make it three wins in a row on the road, but after losing three of their past four competitive encounters with Fortaleza, we believe the visitors will depart Castelao empty-handed. I would predict that the game will go down to the last second, and the scoreline will be around 1-2. 

• Both Teams to Score - Yes for 2.15
• Correct Score 1-2 for 15
• Esporte Clube Juventude to Win for 4.96