Serie A: América Mineiro clutches a 2-1 win against Ceará 2-1
FORTALEZA. América Mineiro overcome Ceará to win 2-1. A goal from Vina was decisive in the 90min.
FORTALEZA. América Mineiro overcome 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 with a goal. Eventually, Vina reduced the distance for Ceará with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Ceará was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
Jo missed a decisive penalty (64′). That would have allowed Ceará to draw the match.
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 around 29.1 degrees Celsius or 84.33 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 65%.
Match Statistics
Ceará was in firm control of the ball 61% while América Mineiro was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Ceará was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, América Mineiro managed to find the solution to win this match.
Ceará shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, 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 opposite side, América Mineiro received 5 yellow cards (Everaldo, Aloisio, V. Mancini, Matheus Cavichioli and Indio).
After playing this encounter, Ceará will stay with 31 points like Coritiba to stay in the 16th place. On the opposite side, América Mineiro will have 39 points to stay in the 8th place.
Match Events
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25'25'
Juninho
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35'35'
Everaldo
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37'37'
Aloisio
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42'42'
Fernando Sobral
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46'46'
Jo
Ze Roberto
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47'47'
J. Vasquez
Erick
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46'46'
Vina
Fernando Sobral
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57'57'
V. Mancini
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59'59'
Richard
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63'63'
Matheus Cavichioli
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64'64'
Jo
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66'66'
Stiven Mendoza
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68'68'
Felipe Azevedo
Aloisio
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67'67'
Matheusinho
Everaldo
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68'68'
Felipe Azevedo
Juninho
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72'72'
Marlon
Danilo Avelar
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76'76'
V. Lima
Stiven Mendoza
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76'76'
Diego
Richard
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88'88'
Indio
G. Mastriani
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88'88'
M. Benitez
Ale
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90'90'
Indio
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90'90'
Vina
Next match
In the upcoming Serie A match, Ceará will host Goiás on the 5th of October with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Goiás (7 draws).
América Mineiro will host São Paulo on the 6th of October with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of São Paulo (4 draws).
Ceará: Formation and Lineups
Ceará adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Luis Oscar González chose 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 .
Substitutes
Ceará made 5 changes: Ze Roberto for Jo (46′), Erick for J. Vasquez (47′), Fernando Sobral for Vina (46′), Stiven Mendoza for V. Lima (76′) and Richard for Diego (76′).
Top player: Nino Paraíba
The player who no doubt impressed Ceará the most 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 and Lineups
Also América Mineiro adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Vágner Carmo Mancini played with: Matheus Cavichioli , Patric , Ricardo Silva , Germán Conti , Danilo Avelar , Juninho , Alê , Lucas Kal , Everaldo , Gonzalo Mastriani and Aloisio .
Substitutes
América Mineiro made 5 changes: Aloisio for Felipe Azevedo (68′), Everaldo for Matheusinho (67′), Danilo Avelar for Marlon (72′), G. Mastriani for Indio (88′) and Ale for M. Benitez (88′).
Top player: Juninho
The player who no doubt impressed América Mineiro the most 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
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