Serie A: Ceará stops Athletico PR with a 0-0 draw
FORTALEZA. Ceará 0-0 Athletico PR ended up goalless.
FORTALEZA. Athletico PR didn’t concede much to Ceará to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Saturday. Ceará couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo stadium in Fortaleza on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araujo with the help of Fabrini Bevilaqua Costa and Daniel Paulo Ziolli. The 4th official was Luis César De Oliveira Magalhães. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot around 26.1 degrees Celsius or 78.93 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 83%.
Match Statistics
Ceará was in firm control of the ball 59% while Athletico PR was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Ceará was more aggressive with 85 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Ceará to win the match.
Ceará shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Athletico PR shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Ceará. On the opposite side, Athletico PR received 1 yellow card (Nicolas Hernandez).
After playing this encounter, Ceará will have 27 points like Fortaleza and Botafogo to stay in the 15th place. On the other side, Athletico PR will have 39 points like Corinthians and Internacional to move down in the 5th place.
Match Events
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40'40'
Nicolas Hernandez
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46'46'
Jo
Matheus Peixoto
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46'46'
Pablo
Vitor Roque
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64'64'
Leo Cittadini
Vitor Bueno
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64'64'
T. Cuello
Vitinho
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66'66'
Messias
Marcos Victor
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66'66'
V. Lima
J. Vasquez
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80'80'
Erick
Richardson
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90'90'
B. Garcia
L. Orejuela
Next match
In the upcoming Serie A match, Ceará will play away against Flamengo on the 4th of September with a 6-4 head to head statistic in favor of Flamengo (5 draws).
Athletico PR will host Fluminense on the 3rd of September with a 18-12 head to head stats in favor of Fluminense (7 draws).
Ceará: Formation and Lineups
Ceará adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Marcos Vinícius dos Santos Gonçalves chose to play with the following team: João Ricardo , Nino Paraíba , Marcos Victor , Lucas Ribeiro , Bruno Pacheco , Richard Coelho , Richardson , Jhon Vásquez , Vina , Stiven Mendoza and Matheus Peixoto .
Substitutes
Ceará made 4 changes: Matheus Peixoto for Jo (46′), Marcos Victor for Messias (66′), J. Vasquez for V. Lima (66′) and Richardson for Erick (80′).
Top player: Stiven Mendoza
The player who no doubt impressed Ceará the most was Stiven Mendoza.
His rating is with 35 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Athletico PR: Formation and Lineups
Also Athletico PR adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Luiz Elena Felipe Scolari played with: Anderson , Luis Orejuela , Matheus Felipe , Nicolás Hernández , Pedrinho , Erick , Matheus Fernandes , Rômulo , Vitor Bueno , Vitinho and Vitor Roque .
Substitutes
Athletico PR made 4 changes: Vitor Roque for Pablo (46′), Vitor Bueno for Leo Cittadini (64′), Vitinho for T. Cuello (64′) and L. Orejuela for B. Garcia (90′).
Top player: Matheus Fernandes
Probably the most impressive player in Athletico PR was Matheus Fernandes.
His rating is with 25 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A
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