Atlético Mineiro 3-1 Fortaleza: result and report

Serie A · Thursday 2 November 2023

Result

Atlético Mineiro 3-1 Fortaleza

Serie A · Thursday 2 November 2023, 00:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Atlético Mineiro · Fortaleza · Serie A predictions

Atlético Mineiro 3-1 Fortaleza: match report

Atlético Mineiro beat Fortaleza 3-1 in Serie A on Thursday 2 November 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Paulinho opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Atlético Mineiro's goals came from Paulinho (16'), Paulinho (56') and Hulk (61', penalty). Fortaleza scored through Juan Martín Lucero (44').

Discipline: Atlético Mineiro received no yellow cards; Fortaleza received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Atlético Mineiro were 6th on 49 points from 30 and Fortaleza 9th on 42 points from 28. Atlético Mineiro went on to finish that season 3rd with 66 points, and Fortaleza 10th with 54.

Atlético Mineiro lined up in a 4-4-2 and Fortaleza in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Hulk of Atlético Mineiro (8.5), ahead of Paulinho (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Atlético Mineiro wins, 3 draws and 3 for Fortaleza.

Going into the match Atlético Mineiro's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Fortaleza's L-L-W-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · PaulinhoAtlético Mineiro · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Juan Martín LuceroFortaleza · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Gonzalo EscobarFortaleza
  • 56'Goal · PaulinhoAtlético Mineiro · 2-1
  • 61'Penalty goal · HulkAtlético Mineiro · 3-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Pedro RochaFortaleza

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Atlético Mineiro 3, draws 3, Fortaleza 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • HérculesFortaleza · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
  • ZanoceloFortaleza · injury (Unknown Injury)

Atlético Mineiro line-up (4-4-2)

Everson, Renzo Saravia, Mauricio Lemos, Jemerson, Guilherme Arana, Matías Zaracho, Alan Franco, Otávio, Rubens, Hulk, Paulinho

Fortaleza line-up (4-3-3)

João Ricardo, Tinga, Marcelo Benevenuto, Tobias Figueiredo, Gonzalo Escobar, Zé Welison, Caio Alexandre, Yago Pikachu, Tomás Pochettino, Thiago Galhardo, Juan Martín Lucero