Match Report
9 points and 9 places separated them: Goiás 11th with 42, Fortaleza 2nd with 51. Recent form flatters Goiás's table spot — 7th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 11th. Against a league average of 1.17 goals per team per game, Goiás ran at 1.03 scored and 1.21 conceded, Fortaleza at 1.14 and 0.83.
Fortaleza had not lost in 6 games.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Goiás 1, draws 2, Fortaleza 6, at 2.33 goals per meeting. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 33% of meetings.
Estádio de Hailé Pinheiro, capacity 14,450, hosted the game. Fortaleza led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Fortaleza: Vitinho (45')
Key stats
Possession: Goiás 48% · Fortaleza 52% · Total shots: 9-10 · On target: 3-3 · Corners: 5-2