RIO DE JANEIRO. Fluminense and Corinthians played an incredible match before drawing 3-3. Fluminense was truly better in terms of ball possession (70%)
The match was played at the Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Paulo Cesar Zanovelli with the assistance of Guilherme Dias Camilo and Felipe Alan Costa de Oliveira. The 4th official was Felipe da Silva Gonçalves. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.17 degrees Celsius or 70.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 24 Total 7
- 10 On Target 3
- 8 Off Target 4
- 6 Shots blocked 0
- 170 Attack 53
- 103 Dangerous attack 14
- 114 Ball safe 76
- 0 Penalties 1
- 15 Corners 1
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 13
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 2 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Fluminense had a superior ball possession 70% while Corinthians was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fluminense was more aggressive with 103 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 10 were on target. However, that was not enough Fluminense to win the match.
Fluminense shot 24 times, 10 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Corinthians shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Fluminense received 6 yellow cards (Fernando Diniz, Germán Cano, Thiago Santos, Lima, Marcelo and Felipe Melo). Talking about the opposition, Corinthians received 3 yellow cards (Yuri Alberto, Maycon and Pedro Henrique).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Fluminense will have 42 points like Fortaleza to hold in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Corinthians will have 32 points like Internacional to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Fluminense will play away with Bragantino on the 22nd of October with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Fluminense (2 draws).
Corinthians will play away agasint Bragantino on the 31st of October with a 4-4 head to head.
Fluminense – Formation
Fluminense
82'
29'
22', 56'
Fluminense adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Fernando Diniz Silva decided to play with the following team: Fábio , Samuel Xavier , Marlon , Felipe Melo , Marcelo , Matheus Martinelli , André , Lima , Ganso , Keno and Germán Cano .
The home team had on the bench: Alexsander, Felipe Andrade, Yony González , Diogo Barbosa, Leonardo Fernández, Lelê, Jhon Arias , Pedro Rangel, Guga, Thiago Santos, Giovanni and Daniel.
Substitutions
Fluminense made 3 changes: Felipe Melo for Jhon Arias (46′), Samuel Xavier for Yony González (82′) and Matheus Martinelli for Leonardo Fernández (90′).
Best player: Lima
The most impressive player for Fluminense was Lima.
His rating is with 2 goals, 67 passes (91% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 16. He performed 6 crosses.
Corinthians – Formation
Corinthians
Also Corinthians adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Luiz Antônio Venker de Menezes played with: Cássio , Fágner , Gil , Caetano , Fábio Santos , Ruan Oliveira , F. Vera , Giuliano , Maycon , Pedro Henrique and Yuri Alberto .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Rafael Ramos, Renato Augusto , M. Rojas, Á. Romero , Gustavo Silva , Matheus Bidu, Carlos Miguel, V. Cantillo, B. Méndez, Roni , Wesley Gassova and Felipe Augusto .
Corinthians could not rely on the presence of Gustavo Silva (injured) and Roni (injured).
Substitutions
Corinthians made 5 changes: Pedro Henrique for Á. Romero (46′), Yuri Alberto for Felipe Augusto (65′), Ruan Oliveira for Renato Augusto (61′), Giuliano for Gustavo Silva (61′) and Maycon for Roni (72′).
Best player: Yuri Alberto
The player that probably impressed the most for Corinthians was Yuri Alberto.
His rating is with 2 goals, 11 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Fluminense – Corinthians – 3-3
