SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BAHIA. Ceará and Bahia draw 1-1. S. Mendoza scored the first goal (54′) for Ceará. G. settled the score 1-1 (57′).

The match was played at the Estádio Governador Roberto Santos (Salvador de Bahia, Bahia) stadium in Salvador de Bahia, Bahia on Wednesday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Dib Moraes de Sousa who was helped by Rogerio De Oliveira Braga and Mauro Cezar Evangelista de Souza. The 4th official was Josué Reis de Jesus Júnior.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. Bahia was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Ceará that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Bahia was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Bahia to win the match​.

Bahia shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ceará shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Bahia received 3 yellow cards (Paraiba Nino, M. Bahia and L. Araujo de Oliveira). On the other side, Ceará received 2 yellow cards (Bruno Pacheco and Cleber).

Also, Ceará didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after Cleber (Ceará) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (83′).

Standings

After playing this match, Bahia will have 32 points like Ceará to stay in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Ceará will have 33 points to stay in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Bahia will play away against Juventude on the 30th of October with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Bahia (1 draw).

Ceará will host Fluminense on the 31st of October with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Fluminense (4 draws).

Bahia – Formation

Bahia started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Augusto Sérgio Ferreira decided to play with the following team: Danilo Fernandes (7.0), Nino Paraíba (7.2), Germán Conti (6.7), Luiz Otávio (6.4), Matheus Bahia (5.7), Jonas (7.2), Raí Nascimento (6.8), Danielzinho (6.8), Patrick de Lucca (6.8), Juninho Capixaba (7.3) and Gilberto (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Douglas Borel, Ronaldo (6.6), Rodriguinho, Gustavo Henrique, Hugo Rodallega (6.7), Índio Ramírez (6.6), Mateus Claus, Eugenio Isnaldo, Edson (6.8), Lucas Araujo (6.1), Ligger and Renan Guedes.

Substitutions

Bahia made 5 changes: Jonas for L. Araujo de Oliveira (46′), Daniel for J. Ramirez (71′), Capixaba Juninho for Ronaldo (71′), Gilberto for H. Rodallega (75′) and L. Araujo de Oliveira for E. Gomez (75′).

Best player: Gilberto​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bahia was Gilberto.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 24 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

Ceará – Formation

Ceará started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the opposite side, Tiago Retzalff Nunes played with: João Ricardo (7.4), Gabriel Dias (7.0), Messias (7.0), Luiz Otávio (6.8), Bruno Pacheco (6.5), Erick (7.3), Fernando Sobral (6.5), Fabinho (7.6), Stiven Mendoza (7.1), Jael (7.2) and Vina (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: William Oliveira (6.5), Rick (6.7), Lima, Richard, Gabriel Lacerda, Airton, Cléber (5.8), Marlon, Kelvyn (6.6), Geovane, Gabriel Santos and Jorginho.

Substitutions

Ceará made 4 changes: Jael for Cleber (71′), Erick for R. Jhonatan (79′), Vinicius for K. Ramos da Fonseca (87′) and S. Mendoza for Willian Oliveira (88′).

Best player: Fabinho​

The most impressive player for Ceará was Fabinho.

His rating is (7.6) with 41 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Santos – Fluminense – 2-0
• Bahia – Ceará – 1-1