SANTOS. Santos conquers Fortaleza 2-0 after M. Leonardo scores a double.
The match was played at the Estádio Urbano Caldeira stadium in Santos on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 9,000 spectators. The referee was Wagner do Nascimento Magalhaes who had the assistance of Michael Correia and Luiz Claudio Regazzone. The 4th official was Fabiano Monteiro dos Santos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25.2 degrees Celsius or 77.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Santos had a superior ball possession 56% while Fortaleza was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fortaleza has a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Santos succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Santos shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Fortaleza shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Santos received 3 yellow cards (M. Guilherme, M. Leonardo and V. Zanocelo). On the opposite side, Fortaleza received 2 yellow cards (Marcelo Conceicao and Y. Pikachu).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Santos will have 45 points like América Mineiro to lose in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Fortaleza will stay with 52 points like Bragantino to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Santos will play away against Internacional on the 28th of November with a 11-11 head to head record.
Fortaleza will host Juventude on the 3rd of December with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Fortaleza (4 draws).
Santos – Formation
Santos
90'
39'
71', 90'
Santos started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Fábio Carille decided to play with the following team: João Paulo , Kaiky , Luiz Felipe , Danilo Boza , Marcos Guilherme , Vinicius Zanocelo , Felipe Jonatan , Lucas Braga , Marinho , Diego Tardelli and Ângelo .
The home team had on the bench: Guilherme Camacho , Pará, Carlos Sánchez, Wagner Leonardo, Marcos Leonardo , Vinicius Balieiro , Gabriel Pirani , Raniel, Robson, Moraes, Sandry and Jandrei.
Substitutions
Santos made 5 changes: Marinho for G. Pirani (46′), D. Tardelli for M. Leonardo (46′), V. Zanocelo for Camacho (61′), A. Gabriel for Vinicius (80′) and Felipe Jonatan for Sandry (90′).
Best player: Marcos Leonardo
The most impressive player for Santos was Marcos Leonardo.
His rating is with 2 goals, 6 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 3.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Fortaleza – Formation
Fortaleza
Fortaleza started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Juan Pablo Vojvoda played with: Marcelo Boeck , Tinga , Marcelo Benevenuto , Titi , Yago Pikachu , Éderson , Ronald , Bruno Melo , Matheus Vargas , Robson and David .
They had on the bench: Nathan Mendes, Jackson, Wellington Paulista , Ángelo Henríquez, Valentin Depietri, Romarinho , Felipe Alves, Felipe, Igor Torres, Lucas Crispim , Lucas Lima and Edinho .
Substitutions
Fortaleza made 5 changes: M. de Vargas for Lima Lucas (72′), Y. Pikachu for L. Crispim (73′), Ronald for Edinho (80′), David for Romarinho (86′) and Robson for W. Paulista (86′).
Best player: Yago Pikachu
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fortaleza was Yago Pikachu.
His rating is with 17 passes (70% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- São Paulo – Athletico PR – 0-0
- Fluminense – Internacional – 1-0
- Santos – Fortaleza – 2-0
- Ceará – Corinthians – 2-1
