LIMEIRA. Fortaleza defeats Avaí with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Gallardo (54′) and a goal from Hercules (90′). Avaí was much superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Estádio Comendador Agostinho Prada stadium in Limeira on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Luiz Flavio De Oliveira who was helped by Alex Ang Ribeiro and Luiz Alberto Andrini Nogueira. The 4th official was Luciano da Silva Miranda Filho.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Avaí was in firm control of the ball 65% while Fortaleza was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fortaleza had a more offensive attitude with 32 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fortaleza won the match​.

Fortaleza shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Avaí shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Fortaleza received 1 yellow card (Tinga). On the other side, Avaí received 1 yellow card (Bruno Silva).

Standings

After playing this contest, Fortaleza will have 41 points to sit in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Avaí will stay with 28 points like Atlético GO to remain in the 19th place.

Next matches

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

Avaí will play away agasint Flamengo on the 13th of November with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Flamengo (5 draws).

Fortaleza – Formation

Fortaleza started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Juan Pablo Vojvoda decided to play with the following team: Fernando Miguel (6.8), Tinga (7.3), Emanuel Brítez (6.9), Titi (6.8), Juninho Capixaba (7.3), Lucas Crispim (6.3), Lucas Sasha (6.6), Caio Alexandre (7.1), Moisés (6.6), Rómulo Otero (7.3) and Thiago Galhardo (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Lucas Lima, Anthony Landázuri, Romarinho, Ronald, Matheus Vargas, Pedro Rocha (6.7), Marcelo Boeck, Sammuel, Robson (6.6), Hércules (6.6), Zé Welison and Habraão.

Substitutions

Fortaleza made 5 changes: Lucas Crispim for Pedro Rocha (46′), R. Otero for Hercules (65′), Moises for Robson (66′), Thiago Gallardo for Romarinho (84′) and Lucas Sasha for Jose Welison (88′).

Best player: Thiago Galhardo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Fortaleza was Thiago Galhardo.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 18 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Avaí – Formation

Avaí started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Luiz Carlos Cirne Lima de Lorenzi played with: Vladimir (7.0), Kevin (6.5), Raniele (6.6), Raphael (6.8), Bruno Cortez (6.7), Lucas Ventura (6.9), Bruno Silva (7.1), Renato (7.4), Jean Pyerre (7.1), Marcinho (6.8) and Guilherme Bissoli (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Glédson, Jean Cleber (6.4), Natanael, Rafael Vaz, Pablo Dyego (6.8), Nathan Palafoz (6.2), Lucas Silva, Rodrigo Freitas, Rômulo (6.4), Thales, Sarará (6.2) and Eduardo Biasi.

Substitutions

Avaí made 5 changes: Kevin for Romulo (64′), Marcinho for Pablo Dyego (64′), Lucas Ventura for Mateus Sarara (68′), Bruno Silva for Jean Cleber (77′) and Jean Pyerre for Nathan (77′).

Best player: Renato​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Avaí was Renato.

His rating is (7.4) with 27 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Coritiba – Bragantino – 2-1
• Fortaleza – Avaí – 2-0
• Internacional – Goiás – 4-2
• Corinthians – Athletico PR – 2-1
• São Paulo – Botafogo – 0-1
• Fluminense – América Mineiro – 0-2
• Atlético Mineiro – Ceará – 0-0