The fifteenth matchday of the 2025 Brazilian Serie A comes to an end today: six games are scheduled, while another midweek round, the second in a row, is on the horizon. Among the first teams to take the field is Ceará from Fortaleza, who are playing Internacional in Porto Alegre. The Bianconeri would like to raise the bar this year, aiming for something more important than a comfortable survival, but the problem they have to deal with is that of consistency.
After a narrow victory against their hated cousins from Fortaleza in the heated derby, Leo Condé’s men fell at home to Corinthians, suffering their third defeat in the last four league games. Now, a hard-fought match is on the cards against Internacional, another team that has not been consistent and needs points to move away from the relegation zone. Among the players who could end up in the sights of referee Davi de Oliveira Lacerda—who averages 5.4 cards in the Brasileirao—we highlight Ceará right-back Fabiano
(Fabiano Josué de Souza Silva). Since returning to Brazil a few months ago, he has been among the most penalized players with five yellow cards.
Botafogo will also take to the field this evening. After the Club World Cup, they have entrusted Davide Ancelotti with his first coaching experience. The son of a famous father made his debut a week ago against Vasco da Gama, winning an important derby, while in the midweek fixture, he could not go beyond a draw with Vitoria.
Fogao is now looking for its third clean sheet in a row in the match against Sport Recife. Former River Plate center back Alexander Barboza will once again have a lot of work to do and could pick up another card. It would be his fifth, as he also has a very high average number of fouls this year (almost two per game).
Staying with this match, on the other side of the pitch, Colombian Christian Rivera, a midfielder for Sport Recife, is also at risk. The 29-year-old midfielder, who played in the Mexican league with Club Tijuana until last February, is the second most foul-prone player in the tournament with a very high average of 2.4 fouls per game.