GOIâNIA. Goiás overcomes Juventude 1-0 after Nicolas scored just 1 goal (82′).

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 Edina Alves Batista with the help of Daniel Luis Marques and Gustavo Rodrigues de Oliveira. The 4th official was Jean Carlos da Silva Narciso. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25.8 degrees Celsius or 78.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Goiás was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Juventude that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Juventude had a more offensive attitude with 37 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Goiás managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Goiás shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Juventude shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Goiás received 4 yellow cards (Dieguinho, Auremir, Luan Dias and Hugo). On the opposite side, Juventude received 4 yellow cards (Moraes, Felipe Pires, Jean Irmer and Vitor Gabriel).

Standings

After this encounter, Goiás will have 46 points to remain in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Juventude will stay with 21 points to remain in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Goiás will host São Paulo on the 13th of November with a 14-10 head to head record in favor of São Paulo (3 draws).

Juventude will play away agasint Ceará on the 13th of November with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Ceará (4 draws).

Goiás – Formation

Goiás started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Jair Zaksauskas Ribeiro Ventura decided to play with the following team: Tadeu (7.0), Lucas Halter (6.9), Reynaldo (7.0), Hugo (7.8), Dadá Belmonte (6.9), Auremir (6.9), Caio Vinícius (6.5), Dieguinho (7.1), Marquinhos Gabriel (7.0), Pedro Raúl (7.0) and Vinicius (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Luan Dias (7.1), Renato Júnior (6.8), Sidimar, Fellipe Bastos (7.0), Apodi, Breno Herculano, Danilo Barcelos, Nicolas (7.5), Marcelo Rangel, Maguinho, Pedro Junqueira and Matheus Sales (6.2).

Substitutions

Goiás made 5 changes: Caio for Luan Dias (21′), Auremir for Fellipe Bastos (70′), Dada Belmonte for Renato Junior (71′), Marquinhos Gabriel for Nicolas (80′) and Luan Dias for Matheus Sales (81′).

Best player: Hugo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Goiás was Hugo even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 33 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

Juventude – Formation

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

Lucas Palavro Zanella played with: César (6.3), Paulo Henrique (7.0), Vitor Mendes (6.8), Paulo Miranda (6.8), Moraes Junior (6.6), Jean Irmer (6.4), Yuri (6.2), Jádson (6.6), Felipe Pires (6.3), Chico (7.4) and Vitor Gabriel (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Rodrigo Soares, Ygor Nogueira, Pegorari, Elton (6.3), Rafinha, Para, Ruan, Capixaba (6.6) and Gabriel Tota.

Substitutions

Juventude made 5 changes: Yuri Lima for Elton (76′), Chico Kim for Capixaba (81′), Felipe Pires for R. Pereira Duarte (88′), Moraes for Rodrigo Soares (88′) and Jadson for R. Rech (90′).

Best player: Chico​

The most impressive player for Juventude was Chico.

His rating is (7.4) with 24 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Goiás – Juventude – 1-0
• Santos – Avaí – 1-1
• Corinthians – Ceará – 1-0
• Bragantino – América Mineiro – 1-4
• Fluminense – São Paulo – 3-1