FORTALEZA. América Mineiro topped Ceará to win 2-1. A goal from Vina was decisive in the 90min. It was América Mineiro to strike first with a goal of Juninho at the 25′. Then Felipe Azevedo scored again for América Mineiro in the 68′ minute. Eventually, Vina reduced the distance for Ceará (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Ceará was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo stadium in Fortaleza on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Edina Alves Batista who had the assistance of Neuza Ines Back and Evandro de Melo Lima. The 4th official was Adriano Barros Carneiro. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 29.1 degrees Celsius or 84.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 17 Total 9
- 4 On Target 4
- 13 Off Target 5
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 125 Attack 90
- 53 Dangerous attack 35
- 68 Ball safe 70
- 1 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 4
Fouls
- 15 Total 23
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
Ceará had a superior ball possession 61% while América Mineiro was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ceará was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, América Mineiro found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Ceará shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, América Mineiro shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Ceará received 3 yellow cards (Fernando Sobral, Richard and Stiven Mendoza). On the other side, América Mineiro received 5 yellow cards (Everaldo, Aloisio, V. Mancini, Matheus Cavichioli and Indio).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Ceará will stay with 31 points like Coritiba to sit in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, América Mineiro will have 42 points to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Ceará will host Juventude on the 13th of November with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Ceará (4 draws).
América Mineiro will host Atlético GO on the 13th of November with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Atlético GO (6 draws).
Ceará – Formation
Ceará adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Luis Oscar González decided to play with the following team: João Ricardo
, Nino Paraíba , Luiz Otávio , Gabriel Lacerda , Victor Luis , Richard Coelho , Guilherme Castilho , Fernando Sobral , Erick , Zé Roberto and Stiven Mendoza .The home team had on the bench: Diego Rigonato
, Jô , Iury Lirio Freitas de Castilho, Marcos Victor Ferreira da Silva, Lima , Richard de Oliveira Costa, Geovane da Silva de Souza, Jhon Vásquez , Lucas Ribeiro dos Santos, David Ricardo Loiola da Silva, Vina and Míchel Macedo Rocha Machado.Substitutions
Ceará made 6 changes: Ze Roberto for Jo (46′), Erick for J. Vasquez (47′), Fernando Sobral for Vina (46′), Stiven Mendoza for V. Lima (76′), Richard for Diego (76′) and Richard for Diego (76′).
Best player: Nino Paraíba
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ceará was Nino Paraíba.
His rating is
with 27 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 12 crosses.América Mineiro – Formation
Also América Mineiro adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Vágner Carmo Mancini played with: Matheus Cavichioli
, Patric , Ricardo Silva , Germán Conti , Danilo Avelar , Juninho , Alê , Lucas Kal , Everaldo , Gonzalo Mastriani and Aloisio .The following players were sitting on the bench: Marlon Lopes
, Índio Ramírez, José Ricardo Barbosa Ribeiro Drumond, Airton Moraes Michellon, Róbson Luiz dos Santos Nascimento, Gustavo César Mendonça Gravino, Martín Benítez, Luan Patrick Wiedthauper, Arthur Augusto de Matos Soares, Felipe Azevedo and Matheusinho .Substitutions
América Mineiro made 4 changes: Aloisio for Felipe Azevedo (68′), Everaldo for Matheusinho (67′), G. Mastriani for Indio (88′) and Ale for M. Benitez (88′).
Best player: Juninho
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for América Mineiro was Juninho.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 22 passes (59% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Athletico PR – Juventude – 2-0
- Avaí – Atlético GO – 1-2
- Goiás – Fortaleza – 0-1
- Ceará – América Mineiro – 1-2
- Flamengo – Bragantino – 4-1
- Internacional – Santos – 1-0
- Atlético Mineiro – Fluminense – 2-0