SãO PAULO. Goiás and Corinthians draw 1-1. Guilherme scored the first goal (59′) for Goiás. Maycon made it even (82′). Corinthians was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (65%)​

The match was played at the Arena Corinthians stadium in São Paulo on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 37,316 spectators.​ The referee was Paulo Cesar Zanovelli with the support of Guilherme Dias Camilo and Felipe Alan Costa de Oliveira. The 4th official was Fabiano Monteiro dos Santos. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.91 degrees Celsius or 53.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Corinthians had a superior ball possession 65% while Goiás was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Corinthians was putting more pressure with 79 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Corinthians to win the match​.

Corinthians shot 20 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Goiás shot 19 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Corinthians received 3 yellow cards (Lucas Veríssimo, B. Méndez and Léo Mana). Talking about the opposition, Goiás received 1 yellow card (Anderson Oliveira).

Standings

After playing this match, Corinthians will have 25 points like Cruzeiro and Internacional to sit in the 13th place. On the other side, Goiás will have 24 points to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Corinthians will play away against Bragantino on the 31st of October with a 4-4 head to head record.

Goiás will host Bragantino on the 27th of October with a 4-4 head to head record.

Corinthians – Formation

Corinthians adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva decided to play with the following team: Cássio (7.0), Léo Mana (7.3), Lucas Veríssimo (7.0), Caetano (7.0), Matheus Bidu (6.7), Giuliano (6.7), Gabriel Moscardo (6.7), Ruan Oliveira (6.7), Á. Romero (7.3), Yuri Alberto (7.0) and Wesley Gassova (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Gil, F. Vera, Fábio Santos, Maycon (7.5), Renato Augusto (7.5), M. Rojas (7.0), Gustavo Silva (6.8), Carlos Miguel, B. Méndez (6.7), Biro, Murillo and Felipe Augusto.

Substitutions

Corinthians made 5 changes: Wesley Gassova for Gustavo Silva (55′), Gabriel Moscardo for Maycon (55′), Léo Mana for B. Méndez (67′), Ruan Oliveira for M. Rojas (67′) and Giuliano for Renato Augusto (67′).

Best player: Maycon​

The most impressive player for Corinthians was Maycon.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 28 passes (97% accurate) and 0 key passes.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 55′.

Goiás – Formation

Also Goiás adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas played with: Tadeu (6.8), Maguinho (7.0), Lucas Halter (7.1), Bruno Melo (7.0), Hugo (7.7), Everton Morelli (7.0), Guilherme (8.1), Willian Oliveira (7.0), Allano (7.7), João Magno (7.9) and Anderson Oliveira (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Raphael Guzzo, Vinícius, Higor Meritão, Matheus Babi (6.6), Julián Palacios, Bruno Santos, Apodi, Alesson, Ezequiel, Edu and Luís Oyama.

Goiás could not rely on the presence of Raphael Guzzo (injured) and Matheus Babi (injured).

Substitutions

Goiás made 3 changes: Guilherme for Raphael Guzzo (88′), João Magno for Matheus Babi (66′) and Allano for Vinícius (83′).

Best player: Guilherme​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Goiás was Guilherme.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 40 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Athletico PR – Fluminense – 2-2
• Bragantino – Cuiabá – 2-0
• América Mineiro – São Paulo – 2-1
• Fortaleza – Coritiba – 3-1
• Grêmio – Cruzeiro – 3-0
• Atlético Mineiro – Santos – 2-0
• Corinthians – Goiás – 1-1
• Palmeiras – Vasco da Gama – 1-0
• Botafogo – Bahia – 3-0