FORTALEZA. Botafogo defeats Fortaleza 3-1. Botafogo was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with C. Eduardo (19′), C. Eduardo (36′) and Fernando Marcal (64′). Fortaleza reduced the distance with a goal (70′) by Moises, but there was not much to do for them. Fortaleza lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).
Robson missed a decisive penalty (54′). That would have allowed Fortaleza to draw the match.
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 Ramon Abatti with the support of Fabricio Vilarinho Da Silva and Thiago Americano Labes. The 4th official was Adriano Barros Carneiro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 28.1 degrees Celsius or 82.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Fortaleza was in firm control of the ball 57% while Botafogo was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fortaleza had a more offensive attitude with 45 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Botafogo was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Fortaleza shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Botafogo shot 17 times, 9 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Fortaleza received 1 yellow card (Juninho Capixaba). Talking about the opposition, Botafogo received 2 yellow cards (Fernando Marcal and C. Eduardo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Fortaleza will stay with 30 points like Botafogo to hold in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Botafogo will have 30 points like Fortaleza to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Fortaleza will play away with Santos on the 12th of November with a 2-2 head to head stats.
Botafogo will play away agasint Athletico PR on the 12th of November with a 15-11 head to head stats in favor of Athletico PR (5 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: Fernando Miguel , Emanuel Brítez , Marcelo Benevenuto , Titi , Juninho Capixaba , Zé Welison , Lucas Sasha , Romarinho , Thiago Galhardo , Moisés and Robson .
The home team had on the bench: Matheus Vargas, Marcelo Boeck, V. Depietri, Caio Alexandre, Hércules , Ronald, Habraão, Pedro Rocha , Silvio Romero , Tinga, Lucas Lima and Rómulo Otero .
Substitutions
Fortaleza made 5 changes: Romarinho for Hercules (46′), Jose Welison for Pedro Rocha (46′), Titi for R. Otero (67′), Robson for Silvio Romero (67′) and Lucas Sasha for Lucas Lima (78′).
Best player: Thiago Galhardo
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fortaleza was Thiago Galhardo.
His rating is with 25 passes (52% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.
Botafogo – Formation
Botafogo
Also Botafogo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro played with: Gatito Fernández , Rafael , Adryelson , Víctor Cuesta , Marçal , Lucas Fernandes , Tchê Tchê , Victor Sá , Eduardo , Jeffinho and Tiquinho Soares .
These were the players on the bench: Philipe Sampaio, Douglas, Gabriel Pires , Júnior Santos , Lucas Piazón , Lucas Perri, Luis Henrique, Douglas Borges, Daniel Borges, Lucas Mezenga , Kanu and Matheus Nascimento.
Botafogo could not rely on the presence of L. Mezenga (injured).
Substitutions
Botafogo made 5 changes: Rafael for L. Mezenga (18′), C. Eduardo for Gabriel (69′), Tiquinho Soares for Junior Santos (77′), Jeffinho for Lucas Piazon (78′) and Victor Sa for Kanu (78′).
Best player: Marçal
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Botafogo was Marçal.
His rating is with 1 goal, 31 passes (70% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Cuiabá – São Paulo – 1-1
- Atlético GO – Atlético Mineiro – 0-2
- Fortaleza – Botafogo – 1-3
- Corinthians – Internacional – 2-2
- Flamengo – Ceará – 1-1
