FORTALEZA. Fortaleza manages to recover against Botafogo with an own goal from E. Brítez 20′ and a goal on the D. Barbosa 78′. Botafogo was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (69%)
The match was played at the Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo stadium in Fortaleza on Thursday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Flavio Rodrigues De Souza with the support of Luanderson Lima dos Santos and Marcelo Carvalho Van Gasse. The 4th official was Luis César De Oliveira Magalhães. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.05 degrees Celsius or 86.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Botafogo had a strong ball possession 69% while Fortaleza was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fortaleza was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Fortaleza to win the match.
Fortaleza shot 15 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Botafogo shot 9 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Fortaleza received 2 yellow cards (Titi and Bruno Pacheco). On the opposite side, Botafogo received 4 yellow cards (Diego Costa, Tchê Tchê, Hugo and Júnior Santos).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Fortaleza will have 44 points like Corinthians to remain in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Botafogo will have 61 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Fortaleza will play away against Bragantino on the 24th of November with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Bragantino (0 draws).
Botafogo will play away agasint Internacional on the 2nd of December with a 16-10 head to head statistic in favor of Internacional (4 draws).
Fortaleza – Formation
Fortaleza
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Fortaleza adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Juan Pablo Vojvoda decided to play with the following team: João Ricardo , Tinga , Emanuel Brítez , Titi , Bruno Pacheco , Zé Welison , Caio Alexandre , Yago Pikachu , Calebe , Guilherme and Juan Martín Lucero .
The home team had on the bench: Tobias Figueiredo, Marcelo Benevenuto, Tomás Pochettino , Lucas Crispim, Marinho , Fernando Miguel, Silvio Romero, Dudu, Gonzalo Escobar , Imanol Machuca, Lucas Sasha and Thiago Galhardo .
Fortaleza could not rely on the presence of Thiago Galhardo (injured), Tomás Pochettino (injured) and Marinho (injured).
Substitutions
Fortaleza made 5 changes: Juan Martín Lucero for Thiago Galhardo (46′), Tiquinho Soares for Gonzalo Escobar (81′), Júnior Santos for Lucas Sasha (68′), Adryelson for Tomás Pochettino (68′) and Marçal for Marinho (85′).
Player of the match: Calebe
The most impressive player for Fortaleza was Calebe.
His rating is with 10 passes (70% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
Botafogo – Formation
Botafogo
Also Botafogo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Tiago Retzalff Nunes played with: Lucas Perri , L. Di Plácido , Adryelson , V. Cuesta , Marçal , Marlon Freitas , Tchê Tchê , Júnior Santos , Eduardo , Victor Sá and Tiquinho Soares .
The following players were sitting on the bench: R. Fernández, Danilo Barbosa , M. Segovia, Luis Henrique , Gabriel Pires , Hugo , Lucas Fernandes, Diego Costa , Bastos, Carlos Alberto, Janderson and Philipe Sampaio.
Botafogo could not rely on the presence of Hugo (injured), Danilo Barbosa (injured) and Gabriel Pires (injured).
Substitutions
Botafogo made 5 changes: Marçal for Hugo (24′), Adryelson for Danilo Barbosa (75′), L. Di Plácido for Gabriel Pires (60′), Júnior Santos for Luis Henrique (60′) and Tiquinho Soares for Diego Costa (60′).
Player of the match: Danilo Barbosa
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Botafogo was Danilo Barbosa.
His rating is with 1 goal, 18 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 4.
His performance was fantastic also because he began the encounter from the bench before entering in the 75′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
