Match Report
Goiás (10th, 36 pts) visited Fortaleza (5th, 41 pts) with 5 points between them. The last five rounds placed Fortaleza no better than 10th for form, against 5th in the standings. In league terms the two rates read 1.12/0.88 for Fortaleza and 1/1.2 for Goiás (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.14.
Fortaleza had won three straight. Recent form was uneven: 13/15 points for Fortaleza, 5/15 for Goiás.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Fortaleza 5, draws 2, Goiás 1, at 2 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 38% of the wins in this fixture. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, capacity 63,908, hosted the game. A. Skettino Policarpo Bento officiated: 57 games logged, averaging 2.7 yellow cards each. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Goiás led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 4-1.
Goal scorers
Fortaleza: Vitinho (54'), Vitinho (61'), Juan Miritello (78'), Juan Miritello (90') · Goiás: Gegê (24')
Key stats
Possession: Fortaleza 43% · Goiás 57% · Total shots: 17-10 · On target: 9-4 · Corners: 3-3