Serie A: Goiás steals a draw versus Ceará

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FORTALEZA. Goiás was capable to clinch a late draw against Ceará with a late goal from Nicolas.

FORTALEZA. Goiás managed to clinch a draw against Ceará with a late goal from Nicolas scored in the (90′) after Ceará got a lead with a goal from S. Mendoza (47′).

The match was played at the Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo stadium in Fortaleza on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot around 26.8 degrees Celsius or 80.22 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 82%.​

Match Statistics

There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Ceará was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Goiás that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Ceará was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Ceará to win the match​.

Ceará shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Goiás shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Ceará received 4 yellow cards (Richardson, Gabriel Lacerda, Vina and Stiven Mendoza). On the other side, Goiás received 3 yellow cards (Dieguinho, Hugo and Luan Dias).

Vina (Ceará) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (61′).

Match Events

  • 11'
    11'

    Richardson

  • 23'
    23'

    Dieguinho

  • 37'
    37'

    Luan Dias

    Marquinhos Gabriel

  • 44'
    44'

    Gabriel Lacerda

  • 46'
    46'

    Hugo

    Savio

  • 47'
    47'

    Stiven Mendoza

  • 52'
    52'

    David Loiola

    Lucas Ribeiro

  • 59'
    59'

    Vina

  • 61'
    61'

    Vina

  • 64'
    64'

    Nicolas

    Dieguinho

  • 66'
    66'

    Stiven Mendoza

  • 71'
    71'

    Fernando Sobral

    Guilherme Castilho

  • 71'
    71'

    Ze Roberto

    Jo

  • 81'
    81'

    V. Lima

    Stiven Mendoza

  • 81'
    81'

    G. da Silva

    Guilherme Castilho

  • 83'
    83'

    Hugo

  • 84'
    84'

    Pedrinho

    Dada Belmonte

  • 85'
    85'

    Fellipe Bastos

    Vinicius

  • 90'
    90'

    Nicolas

  • 90'
    90'

    Luan Dias

Next match

In the upcoming Serie A match, Ceará will play away against Atlético Mineiro on the 9th of October with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Atlético Mineiro (4 draws).

Goiás will play away with Internacional on the 9th of October with a 13-8 head to head in favor of Internacional (4 draws).

Ceará: Formation and Lineups

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

The manager Luis Oscar González chose to play with the following team: João Ricardo (7.3), Gabriel Lacerda (6.4), Luiz Otávio (7.4), Lucas Ribeiro (7.0), Nino Paraíba (6.9), Richardson (7.0), Guilherme Castilho (7.0), Victor Luis (7.3), Vina (7.1), Stiven Mendoza (7.3) and (6.7).

Substitutes

Ceará made 5 changes: Lucas Ribeiro for David Loiola (52′), Guilherme Castilho for Fernando Sobral (71′), Jo for Ze Roberto (71′), Stiven Mendoza for V. Lima (81′) and Guilherme Castilho for G. da Silva (81′).

Top player: Luiz Otávio

Probably the most impressive player in Ceará was Luiz Otávio.

His rating is (7.4) with 39 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 9.

Goiás: Formation and Lineups

Goiás started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

On the opposite side, Jair Zaksauskas Ribeiro Ventura played with: Tadeu (7.7), Maguinho (6.5), Lucas Halter (6.7), Reynaldo (7.3), Sávio (7.3), Auremir (7.4), Dadá Belmonte (6.2), Dieguinho (6.5), Marquinhos Gabriel (6.1), Vinicius (6.9) and Pedro Raúl (6.2).

Substitutes

Goiás made 5 changes: Marquinhos Gabriel for Luan Dias (37′), Savio for Hugo (46′), Dieguinho for Nicolas (64′), Dada Belmonte for Pedrinho (84′) and Vinicius for Fellipe Bastos (85′).

Best player: Tadeu

The player that probably impressed the most for Goiás was the goalkeeper: Tadeu. His rating is 7.65. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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