FORTALEZA. Ceará overcame Corinthians to win 2-1. A goal from Y. Gonzalez was decisive in the 87min. It was Ceará to strike first with an early goal of Vinicius at the 6′. Then it was a goal in the 84′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Y. Gonzalez gave the win to Ceará in the 87′ minute with a goal. Corinthians was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo stadium in Fortaleza on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Paulo Roberto Alves Júnior who had the assistance of Fabricio Vilarinho Da Silva and Sidmar dos Santos Meurer. The 4th official was Luis César De Oliveira Magalhães. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 28.1 degrees Celsius or 82.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Corinthians had a superior ball possession 62% while Ceará was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Corinthians has a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, Ceará was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Ceará shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. Talking about the opposition, Corinthians shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Ceará received 3 yellow cards (Fernando Sobral, K. Ramos da Fonseca and Joao Ricardo). On the opposite side, Corinthians received 4 yellow cards (Cassio, Gabriel, D. Queiroz and Fagner).

Standings

After playing this contest, Ceará will have 49 points to lose in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Corinthians will stay with 53 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Ceará will play away with Flamengo on the 30th of November with a 5-4 head to head record in favor of Flamengo (4 draws).

Corinthians will host Athletico PR on the 28th of November with a 13-6 head to head statistic in favor of Corinthians (11 draws).

Ceará – Formation

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

The manager Tiago Retzalff Nunes decided to play with the following team: João Ricardo (7.1), Igor (7.1), Gabriel Lacerda (6.4), Luiz Otávio (6.8), Bruno Pacheco (6.4), Fernando Sobral (6.1), Fabinho (6.5), Lima (7.6), Vina (8.4), Stiven Mendoza (7.1) and Jael (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Willian, Cleber, Klaus, Rick (6.1), Richard, Jorginho (6.6), Marlon, Kelvyn (6.3), Geovane, Yony González (7.2), William Oliveira (6.6) and Airton.

Ceará could not rely on the presence of Jorginho (injured).

Substitutions

Ceará made 5 changes: Vinicius for Jorginho (52′), Jael for Y. Gonzalez (63′), V. Lima for R. Jhonatan (64′), Fernando Sobral for Willian Oliveira (75′) and S. Mendoza for K. Ramos da Fonseca (75′).

Best player: Vina​

The player that probably impressed the most for Ceará was Vina.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 28 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4.

Corinthians – Formation

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

Sylvio Mendes Campos Junior played with: Cássio (5.6), Fagner (7.4), João Victor (7.9), Gil (6.5), Lucas Piton (6.8), Du Queiroz (6.1), Gabriel (7.3), Gabriel Pereira (7.0), Luan (6.8), Róger Guedes (7.1) and Jô (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Gustavo Silva (6.8), Léo Santos, Vitinho (7.0), Xavier, Renato Augusto (6.8), João Pedro (6.4), Adson, Fábio Santos, Willian (7.2), Gustavo Mantuan, Matheus Donelli and Raul Bicalho.

Substitutions

Corinthians made 5 changes: Luan for R. Augusto (57′), D. Queiroz for Willian (58′), G. Pereira for Mosquito (69′), Gabriel for Vitinho (82′) and Fagner for J. Pedro (82′).

Best player: João Victor​

The most impressive player for Corinthians was João Victor.

His rating is (7.9) with 59 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 11.

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