Fortaleza vs CRB prediction 27.03.2025 | Copa do Nordeste

• Competition: Copa do Nordeste
• Date: 27th March 2025
• Kick-off: 00:30 UK / 01:30 CET
• Venue: Castelão

Fortaleza and CRB face in Ceará on Thursday morning, with both sides looking to end their Copa do Nordeste group stage campaign with a win.

The hosts have the advantage as they sit three points above CRB and currently occupy one of the four qualification places.

Fortaleza were last in action on Saturday morning, when they travelled to Ceara for the Campeonato Cearense final, looking to overturn a one-goal deficit from the first leg. A tense first half ended in a goalless draw before Lucas gave the visitors the lead on the hour mark. Ceara levelled over ten minutes later through Pedro and the game remained level as Fortaleza's title drought continued.

CRB, meanwhile, overcame ASA de Arapiraca 4-3 on aggregate to lift the Campeonato Alagoano title a week ago. However, the visitors have not been in the best of form in the Copa do Nordeste, losing their last two meetings 4-2 on aggregate.

Fortaleza vs CRB Betting Tips: Under 2.5 goals

While the hosts bring a run of three consecutive games without a clean sheet into Thursday’s fixture, they didn’t concede many goals and also have a solid defensive record against CRB.

The hosts conceded under one goal in all but one of their last six outings and all their two home games played in that spell ended with just one goal.

Meetings between Fortaleza and CRB are also known for being tight affairs, which is best explained by the fact that each of the last four meetings ended with less than three goals scored.

• Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals
• Fortaleza vs CRB prediction: 1-0