Match Report
Fortaleza went into the game 18th in the table on 43 points; São Paulo sat 8th on 51 — an 8-point gap. Fortaleza had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Per game in the league, Fortaleza were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.53, São Paulo 1.13 and 1.24, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
São Paulo entered with four losses in a row.
13 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Fortaleza 5, draws 4, São Paulo 4, at 1.77 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 23% of the wins in this fixture. Only 31% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, capacity 63,908, hosted the game. São Paulo led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
São Paulo: Gonzalo Tapia (11'), Luciano (85')
Key stats
Possession: Fortaleza 75% · São Paulo 25% · Total shots: 24-8 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 8-6