FORTALEZA. Fortaleza tops Ceará 1-0 after M. scored just 1 goal (17′). Ceará was much better in terms of ball possession (65%).
The match was played at the Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo stadium in Fortaleza on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Jean Pierre Goncalves Lima with the support of Jorge Eduardo Bernardi and Lúcio Beiersdorf Flor. The 4th official was Luciano da Silva Miranda Filho. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.1 degrees Celsius or 80.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Ceará was in firm control of the ball 65% while Fortaleza was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fortaleza was more pushing with 44 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fortaleza won the match.
Ceará shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fortaleza shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Ceará received 3 yellow cards (Nino Paraiba, Gabriel Lacerda and Stiven Mendoza). On the other side, Fortaleza received 4 yellow cards (Thiago Gallardo, Marcelo Benevenuto, Robson and Jose Welison).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Ceará will host Juventude on the 12th of November with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Ceará (4 draws).
Fortaleza will play away agasint Santos on the 12th of November with a 2-2 head to head statistic.
Ceará – Formation
Ceará
35'
86'
Ceará adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Marcos Vinícius dos Santos Gonçalves decided to play with the following team: João Ricardo , Nino Paraíba , Marcos Victor , Gabriel Lacerda , Victor Luis , Richard Coelho , Richardson , Vina , Guilherme Castilho , Stiven Mendoza and Matheus Peixoto .
The home team had on the bench: Geovane, Bruno Pacheco , Lucas Ribeiro , Erick , Michel Macedo, Jael, Iury Castilho, Lima , Richard, Dentinho, Fernando Sobral and Jhon Vásquez .
Ceará could not rely on the presence of Lucas Ribeiro (injured) and Bruno Pacheco (injured).
Substitutions
Ceará made 5 changes: Richardson for Erick (46′), Matheus Peixoto for J. Vasquez (60′), Vina for V. Lima (61′), Marcos Victor for Lucas Ribeiro (69′) and Victor Luis for Bruno Pacheco (86′).
Best player: Nino Paraíba
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ceará was Nino Paraíba.
His rating is with 51 passes (66% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 6 crosses.
Fortaleza – Formation
Fortaleza
17'
Also Fortaleza adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Juan Pablo Vojvoda played with: Fernando Miguel , Emanuel Brítez , Marcelo Benevenuto , Titi , Juninho Capixaba , Lucas Sasha , Zé Welison , Ronald , Robson , Moisés and Thiago Galhardo .
They had on the bench: Hércules , Rómulo Otero, Marcelo Boeck, Sammuel, Fabricio Baiano , Valentin Depietri , Silvio Romero, Matheus Vargas, Brayan Ceballos, Lucas Lima, David and Habraão.
Substitutions
Fortaleza made 4 changes: Ronald for Hercules (72′), Moises for V. Depietri (72′), Thiago Gallardo for Baiano Fabricio (89′) and Robson for Matheus Vargas (90′).
Best player: Juninho Capixaba
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fortaleza was Juninho Capixaba even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 27 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 14. He performed 9 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Coritiba – Atlético Mineiro – 0-1
- Ceará – Fortaleza – 0-1
- Botafogo – Atlético GO – 0-0
- América Mineiro – Santos – 1-0
- Internacional – Fluminense – 3-0
- São Paulo – Bragantino – 3-0
- Flamengo – Athletico PR – 5-0
