SãO PAULO. Palmeiras snatched a late win Goiás 1-0 after B. Lopes scored just 1 goal (90′). Palmeiras was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Allianz Parque stadium in São Paulo on Friday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Savio Pereira Sampaio with the assistance of Rodrigo Figueiredo Henrique Correa and Alessandro Álvaro Rocha de Matos. The 4th official was Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araujo. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 28.21 degrees Celsius or 82.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 29%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Palmeiras was in firm control of the ball 67% while Goiás was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Palmeiras was more pushing with 65 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Palmeiras won the match​.

Palmeiras shot 18 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Goiás shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Palmeiras received 3 yellow cards (Rony, José López and Kevin). Talking about the opposition, Goiás received 2 yellow cards (Willian Oliveira and Raphael Guzzo).

Standings

After playing this match, Palmeiras will have 44 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Goiás will stay with 25 points like Bahia to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Palmeiras will host Athletico PR on the 31st of October with a 17-11 head to head statistic in favor of Palmeiras (13 draws).

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

Palmeiras – Formation

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

The manager Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira decided to play with the following team: Weverton (7.5), Marcos Rocha (7.8), Gustavo Gómez (8.1), Luan (7.8), Joaquín Piquerez (7.5), Gabriel Menino (7.1), Zé Rafael (7.1), Mayke (6.4), José López (6.7), Artur (7.0) and Rony (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Vanderlan, Endrick (6.4), Breno Lopes (7.7), Raphael Veiga (7.1), Richard Rios (7.0), Jailson, Gustavo Garcia, Kaiky Naves, Fabinho, Kevin (6.6), Jhon Jhon and Marcelo Lomba.

Substitutions

Palmeiras made 5 changes: Marcos Rocha for Kevin (60′), Artur for Richard Rios (68′), José López for Raphael Veiga (59′), Gabriel Menino for Endrick (68′) and Zé Rafael for Breno Lopes (88′).

Best player: Gustavo Gómez​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Palmeiras was Gustavo Gómez even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 78 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Goiás – Formation

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

Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas played with: Tadeu (7.9), Bruno Santos (7.0), Sidimar (7.0), Bruno Melo (7.0), Hugo (7.0), Everton Morelli (6.7), Raphael Guzzo (6.0), Willian Oliveira (7.3), Allano (6.7), João Magno (7.0) and Anderson Oliveira (7.0).

They had on the bench: Vinícius (6.3), Matheus Babi, Julián Palacios (6.6), Luis Mina, Apodi, Alesson (6.8), Edu (6.4), Denzel, Luís Oyama, Marcelo Rangel, Matheus Alves and Vinicius Rodrigues.

Goiás could not rely on the presence of Vinícius (injured).

Substitutions

Goiás made 4 changes: Anderson Oliveira for Julián Palacios (78′), Allano for Vinícius (81′), João Magno for Alesson (78′) and Bruno Santos for Edu (87′).

Best player: Tadeu​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Goiás was the goalkeeper: Tadeu. His rating is 7.85. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Palmeiras – Goiás – 1-0
• Vasco da Gama – Fluminense – 4-2