América Mineiro overcomes Fortaleza 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

CONTAGEM. América Mineiro beat Fortaleza to win 2-1.

May 21, 2023

CONTAGEM. América Mineiro bested Fortaleza to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was América Mineiro to strike first with an early goal of Breno Cascardo Lemos at the 2′. Then it was a goal in the 26′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Felipe Azevedo gave the win to América Mineiro in the 33′ minute with a goal. Fortaleza was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (73%).

The match was played at the Centro de Treinamento Flávio Pentagna Guimarães stadium in Contagem on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Luiz Flavio De Oliveira with the collaboration of Fabrini Bevilaqua Costa and Gustavo Rodrigues de Oliveira. The 4th official was Murilo Francisco Misson Junior.

Match Statistics

América Mineiro

2 - 1

Fortaleza

! 28 Ball Possession 72

Shots

9 Total 16
3 On Target 6
7 Off Target 10
1 Shots blocked 5

66 Attack 122
46 Dangerous attack 105
77 Ball safe 97

0 Penalties 0
1 Corners 2

Fouls

14 Total 8
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Fortaleza had a superior ball possession 73% while América Mineiro was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fortaleza was more pushing with 105 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Still, América Mineiro was capable to find the solution to win this contest.

América Mineiro shot 9 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Fortaleza shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

América Mineiro received 4 yellow cards (Danilo Avelar, Renato Marques, Marcinho and Lucas Kal). On the opposite side, Fortaleza received 2 yellow cards (Brayan Ceballos and Moisés).

Match Timeline

Danilo Avelar- Yellow

16'

23'

26'

Tomás Pochettino(goal)

Felipe Azevedo(goal)

33'

45'

Moisés- Yellow

46'

Renato Marques- Yellow

53'

60'

Aloísio- sub ->Renato Marques

62'

Nicolas- sub ->Danilo Avelar

62'

69'

70'

Yago Pikachu- sub ->Juan Martín Lucero

Juninho - sub ->Felipe Azevedo

72'

74'

Ricardo Silva- sub ->Breno Cascardo Lemos

75'

Alê- sub ->Breno Cascardo Lemos

75'

80'

Hércules - sub ->Tomás Pochettino

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, América Mineiro will have 4 points like Cuiabá to hold in the 19th place. Talking about the opposition, Fortaleza will stay with 10 points like Atlético Mineiro, Santos and Bragantino to move up in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, América Mineiro will host Athletico PR on the 11th of June with a 6-4 head to head statistic in favor of América Mineiro (2 draws).

Fortaleza will play away agasint Flamengo on the 30th of June with a 9-5 head to head record in favor of Flamengo (3 draws).

América Mineiro – Formation

América Mineiro

Mateus Pasinato 14.Brazil

7.1

Danilo Avelar 22.Brazil

6.6

62'

16'

Wanderson 4.Brazil

6.7

Iago Maidana 3.Brazil

6.6

Marcinho 25.Brazil

6.9

60'

Lucas Kal 21.Brazil

6.8

89'

Emmanuel Martínez 5.Argentina

6.8

Breno Cascardo 28.Brazil

6.9

75'

Felipe Azevedo 11.Brazil

6.4

72'

33'

Everaldo 37.Brazil

6.8

Renato Marques 78.Brazil

7.0

62'

53'

Substitutes

Matheus Cavichioli 1.Brazil

Nicolas 30.Brazil

6.8

62'

Ricardo Silva 45.Brazil

6.7

75'

Éder 33.Brazil

Juninho 8.Brazil

6.2

72'

Mateus Henrique 36.Brazil

Martín Benítez 10.Argentina

Alê 16.Brazil

6.6

75'

Rodrigo Varanda 20.Brazil

Wellington Paulista 9.Brazil

Gonzalo Mastriani 17.Uruguay

Aloísio 99.Brazil

7.1

62'

América Mineiro adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Vágner Carmo Mancini decided to play with the following team: Mateus Pasinato (7.1), Marcinho (6.9), Wanderson (6.7), Iago Maidana (6.6), Danilo Avelar (6.6), Breno Cascardo (6.9), Lucas Kal (6.8), Everaldo (6.8), Emmanuel Martínez (6.8), Felipe Azevedo (6.4) and Renato Marques (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Rodrigo Varanda, Nicolas (6.8), Wellington Paulista, Ricardo Silva (6.7), Gonzalo Mastriani, Juninho (6.2), Mateus Henrique, Martín Benítez, Éder Ferreira, Alê (6.6), Matheus Cavichioli and Aloísio (7.1).

Substitutions

América Mineiro made 5 changes: Renato Marques for Aloisio (62′), Danilo Avelar for Nicolas Vichiatto (62′), Felipe Azevedo for Juninho (72′), Breno Cascardo Lemos for Ricardo Silva (75′) and Breno Cascardo Lemos for Alê (75′).

Best player: Mateus Pasinato

The player that probably impressed the most for América Mineiro was the goalkeeper: Mateus Pasinato. His rating is 7.14. He performed 4 saves.

Fortaleza – Formation

Fortaleza

João Ricardo 1.Brazil

5.9

Emanuel Brítez 19.Argentina

7.4

Tinga 2.Brazil

7.2

B. Ceballos 3.Colombia

7.0

23'

Lucas Crispim 10.Brazil

7.0

Lucas Sasha 88.Brazil

7.3

Tomás Pochettino 7.Argentina

7.8

80'

26'

Calebe 27.Brazil

6.6

69'

Caio Alexandre 8.Brazil

7.0

46'

Moisés 21.Brazil

7.0

74'

45'

Juan Martín Lucero 9.Argentina

6.8

70'

Substitutes

Mauricio Kozlinski 30.Brazil

Bernardo Schappo 14.Brazil

Alix Vinicius 37.Brazil

Dudu 20.Brazil

Lucas Esteves 13.Brazil

Zanocelo 25.Brazil

Hércules 35.Brazil

7.1

80'

Yago Pikachu 22.Brazil

6.7

70'

Zé Welison 17.Brazil

Silvio Romero 18.Argentina

6.4

69'

Romarinho 11.Brazil

7.0

46'

Guilherme 29.Brazil

7.1

74'

Also Fortaleza adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Juan Pablo Vojvoda played with: João Ricardo (5.9), Tinga (7.2), Emanuel Brítez (7.4), Brayan Ceballos (7.0), Lucas Crispim (7.0), Caio Alexandre (7.0), Lucas Sasha (7.3), Calebe (6.6), Tomás Pochettino (7.8), Moisés (7.0) and Juan Martín Lucero (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Silvio Romero (6.4), Vinicius Zanocelo, Bernardo Schappo, Hércules (7.1), Yago Pikachu (6.7), Alix Vinicius de Souza Sampaio, Dudu, Romarinho (7.0), Mauricio Kozlinski, Guilherme (7.1), Zé Welison and Lucas Esteves.

Substitutions

Fortaleza made 5 changes: Caio Alexandre for Romarinho (46′), Calebe for Silvio Romero (69′), Juan Martín Lucero for Yago Pikachu (70′), Moisés for Guilherme Augusto (74′) and Tomás Pochettino for Hércules Pereira do Nascimento (80′).