GOIâNIA. Fortaleza defeats Goiás 1-0 after L. Sasha scored just 1 goal (15′).

The match was played at the Estádio de Hailé Pinheiro stadium in Goiânia on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Raphael Claus with the help of Danilo Ricardo Simon Manis and Rodrigo Figueiredo Henrique Correa. The 4th official was Osimar Moreira da Silva Júnior. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 24.8 degrees Celsius or 76.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Goiás had a superior ball possession 55% while Fortaleza was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Goiás was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Fortaleza managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Fortaleza shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Goiás shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Fortaleza received 2 yellow cards (Titi and ). On the opposite side, Goiás received 3 yellow cards (, Dada Belmonte and Savio).

Standings

After this match, Fortaleza will have 37 points like Botafogo, Santos, Goiás and São Paulo to drop in the 9th place. On the other side, Goiás will stay with 37 points like Botafogo, Santos and São Paulo to move up in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Fortaleza will play away with Santos on the 13th of November with a 2-2 head to head statistic.

Goiás will host São Paulo on the 13th of November with a 14-10 head to head in favor of São Paulo (3 draws).

Fortaleza – Formation

Fortaleza adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jair Zaksauskas Ribeiro Ventura decided to play with the following team: Fernando Miguel (7.2), Tinga (6.9), Emanuel Brítez (7.4), Titi (6.5), Juninho Capixaba (7.3), Lucas Sasha (7.5), Caio Alexandre (6.8), Pedro Rocha (6.9), Rómulo Otero (6.9), Romarinho (6.1) and Silvio Romero (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Marcelo Benevenuto, Moisés (6.6), Ronald, Fabricio Baiano, Brayan Ceballos, Lucas Crispim, Marcelo Boeck, Robson (6.6), Matheus Vargas, Thiago Galhardo (6.4), Zé Welison and Hércules.

Substitutions

Fortaleza made 4 changes: Pedro Rocha for Moises (64′), Romarinho for Marcelo Boeck (65′), Silvio Romero for Lucas Crispim (72′) and R. Otero for Jose Welison (86′).

Best player: Lucas Sasha​

The most impressive player for Fortaleza was Lucas Sasha.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 46 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 8.

Goiás – Formation

Also Goiás adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Juan Pablo Vojvoda played with: Tadeu (7.0), Maguinho (7.1), Lucas Halter (7.1), Reynaldo (6.9), Sávio (7.1), Auremir (6.7), Matheus Sales (6.4), Dieguinho (7.0), Marquinhos Gabriel (7.2), Dadá Belmonte (6.8) and Pedro Raúl (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Henrique Lordelo, Pedro Junqueira (6.5), Renato Júnior (6.4), Apodi, Hugo, Luan Dias (7.0), Caio Vinícius, Matheus Alves, Marco Antônio, Nicolas (7.0), Danilo Cardoso and Yan Souto.

Substitutions

Goiás made 4 changes: Auremir for Pedrinho (46′), Matheus Sales for Luan Dias (46′), Marquinhos Gabriel for Nicolas (76′) and Dada Belmonte for Renato Junior (76′).

Best player: Marquinhos Gabriel​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Goiás was Marquinhos Gabriel.

His rating is (7.2) with 33 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

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