Atlético Mineiro 3-1 Ceará: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 9 October 2021

Result

Atlético Mineiro 3-1 Ceará

Serie A · Saturday 9 October 2021, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

Atlético Mineiro · Ceará · Serie A predictions

Atlético Mineiro 3-1 Ceará: match report

Atlético Mineiro defeated Ceará 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday 9 October 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Hulk opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Atlético Mineiro's goals came from Hulk (32'), Hulk (45+10', penalty) and Diego Costa (87'). Ceará scored through Gabriel Lacerda (90+2').

Discipline: Atlético Mineiro received 1 yellow card; Ceará received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Atlético Mineiro were 1st on 50 points from 23 and Ceará 13th on 29 points from 22. Atlético Mineiro went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Ceará 10th with 50.

Atlético Mineiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Ceará in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hulk of Atlético Mineiro (8.6), ahead of Jair (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Atlético Mineiro wins, 1 draw and 2 for Ceará.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · GeovaneCeará
  • 31'Red card · Tiago NunesCeará
  • 32'Goal · HulkAtlético Mineiro · 1-0
  • 45+8'Yellow card · MessiasCeará
  • 45+10'Penalty goal · HulkAtlético Mineiro · 2-0
  • 47'Yellow card · JairAtlético Mineiro
  • 87'Goal · Diego CostaAtlético Mineiro · 3-0
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Bruno PachecoCeará
  • 90+2'Goal · Gabriel LacerdaCeará · 3-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Atlético Mineiro 4, draws 1, Ceará 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Vitor JacaréCeará · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • BuenoAtlético Mineiro · injury (Adductor problems)

Atlético Mineiro line-up (4-2-3-1)

Everson, Guga, Nathanael Ananias da Silva, Réver, Dodô, Allan, Jair, Dylan Borrero, Matías Zaracho, Keno, Hulk

Ceará line-up (4-2-3-1)

Richard Costa, Igor Inocêncio, Messias, Luiz Otávio, Bruno Pacheco, Geovane, Fernando Sobral, Airton, Vina, Lima, Cléber