FORTALEZA. Palmeiras bested Ceará to win 2-1. A goal from C. was decisive in the 89min. It was Palmeiras to strike first with a goal of Ze Rafael at the 45′. Then Deyverson scored again for Palmeiras in the 72′ minute with a goal. Eventually, Cleber reduced the distance for Ceará with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo stadium in Fortaleza on Wednesday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was André Luiz de Freitas Castro who had the assistance of Cristhian Passos Sorence and Hugo Savio Xavier Correa. The 4th official was Antonio Magno Lima Cordeiro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27.1 degrees Celsius or 80.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was dominant in terms of ball possession. Ceará was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Palmeiras that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Ceará was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, Palmeiras was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Ceará shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Palmeiras shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Ceará received 4 yellow cards (L. Otavio, Erick, Vinicius and Igor). Talking about the opposition, Palmeiras received 3 yellow cards (Weverton, Deyverson and Ze Rafael).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Ceará will stay with 31 points to stay in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Palmeiras will have 46 points like Flamengo to move down in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Ceará will play away with Juventude on the 23rd of October with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Ceará (3 draws).
Palmeiras will host Sport Recife on the 26th of October with a 12-12 head to head statistic.
Ceará – Formation
Ceará
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89'Ceará adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Tiago Retzalff Nunes decided to play with the following team: Richard , Igor , Luiz Otávio , Gabriel Lacerda , Kelvyn , Fernando Sobral , Marlon , Erick , Vina , Lima and Gabriel Santos .
The home team had on the bench: João Ricardo, Geovane, Gabriel Dias, Jael , Jorginho , Stiven Mendoza , William Oliveira, Airton, Messias, Rick, Fabinho and Cléber .
Substitutions
Ceará made 5 changes: Marlon Adriano for Cleber (64′), Vinicius for Jorginho (78′), V. Lima for S. Mendoza (79′), Gabriel for Jael (85′) and Fernando Sobral for Fabinho (85′).
Best player: Vina
The player that probably impressed the most for Ceará was Vina.
His rating is with 33 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.
Palmeiras – Formation
Palmeiras
Also Palmeiras adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira played with: Weverton , Marcos Rocha , Gustavo Gómez , Luan , Joaquín Piquerez , Felipe Melo , Zé Rafael , Rony , Raphael Veiga , Dudu and Luiz Adriano .
These were the players on the bench: Wesley, Willian, Jailson, Deyverson , Danilo Barbosa , Breno Lopes , Matheus Fernandes, Gabriel Veron , Renan, Gustavo Scarpa , Benjamin Kuscevic and Patrick de Paula.
Substitutions
Palmeiras made 5 changes: L. Adriano for Deyverson (66′), Rony for Breno (66′), R. Veiga for Gustavo Scarpa (71′), Dudu for Gabriel Veron (86′) and Ze Rafael for Danilo (86′).
Best player: Gustavo Scarpa
The most impressive player for Palmeiras was Gustavo Scarpa even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 13 passes (92% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 71′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
