FORTALEZA. Cruzeiro overcomes Fortaleza 1-0 after B. Rodrigues scored just 1 goal (80′).

The match was played at the Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo stadium in Fortaleza on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Savio Pereira Sampaio who had the assistance of Bruno Raphael Pires and Alessandro Álvaro Rocha de Matos. The 4th official was Luciano da Silva Miranda Filho. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 29.67 degrees Celsius or 85.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Fortaleza was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Cruzeiro that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Fortaleza was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. Notwithstanding, Cruzeiro managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Fortaleza shot 18 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Cruzeiro shot 7 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Fortaleza received 1 yellow card (Zé Welison). On the opposite side, Cruzeiro received 3 yellow cards (Nikão, Nikão and Paulo Autuori de Mello).

Standings

After this contest, Fortaleza will stay with 43 points like Internacional to sit in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Cruzeiro will have 40 points like Vasco da Gama to sit in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Fortaleza will play away with Bragantino on the 24th of November with a 7-4 head to head in favor of Bragantino (0 draws).

Cruzeiro will host Athletico PR on the 24th of November with a 11-9 head to head statistic in favor of Athletico PR (12 draws).

Fortaleza – Formation

Fortaleza started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Juan Pablo Vojvoda decided to play with the following team: João Ricardo (6.3), Tinga (7.5), Emanuel Brítez (7.0), Titi (6.6), Bruno Pacheco (7.5), Zé Welison (6.4), Caio Alexandre (7.1), Yago Pikachu (7.0), Calebe (7.0), Imanol Machuca (7.3) and Juan Martín Lucero (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Marcelo Benevenuto, Tomás Pochettino (6.4), Lucas Crispim (6.8), Marinho (7.1), Fernando Miguel, Silvio Romero, Dudu, Pedro Augusto, Guilherme (6.7), Pedro Rocha, Lucas Sasha and Thiago Galhardo (6.8).

Substitutions

Fortaleza made 5 changes: Calebe for Thiago Galhardo (69′), Zé Welison for Tomás Pochettino (70′), Imanol Machuca for Marinho (78′), Caio Alexandre for Lucas Crispim (87′) and Titi for Guilherme (87′).

Best player: Tinga​

The player that probably impressed the most for Fortaleza was Tinga.

His rating is (7.5) with 45 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 15. He performed 7 crosses.

Cruzeiro – Formation

Cruzeiro started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Paulo Autuori de Mello played with: Rafael Cabral (9.1), William (6.8), Lucas Oliveira (7.0), Luciano Castán (7.3), Marlon (6.4), Filipe Machado (6.4), Ian Luccas (7.7), Mateus Vital (7.3), Nikão (6.7), Rafael Elias (6.4) and Bruno Rodrigues (8.1).

They had on the bench: Wesley Gasolina, Kaiki, Fernando Henrique (6.7), Arthur Gomes (6.6), H. Palacios, Henrique Rodrigues Cardoso, Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira, Paulo Vitor, João Marcelo (6.8), Japa (6.3), Matheus Pereira (6.7) and Anderson.

Cruzeiro could not rely on the presence of João Marcelo (injured) and João Marcelo (injured).

Substitutions

Cruzeiro made 5 changes: Rafael Elias for Arthur Gomes (46′), Nikão for Matheus Pereira (59′), Mateus Vital for Japa (62′), Bruno Rodrigues for João Marcelo (86′) and Bruno Rodrigues for João Marcelo (86′).

Best player: Rafael Cabral​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cruzeiro was the goalkeeper: Rafael Cabral. His rating is 9.08. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Fortaleza – Cruzeiro – 0-1