São Paulo 1-2 Fortaleza: result and report
Serie A · Thursday 21 September 2023
Result
São Paulo 1-2 Fortaleza
Serie A · Thursday 21 September 2023, 00:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
São Paulo 1-2 Fortaleza: match report
São Paulo lost to Fortaleza 1-2 in Serie A on Thursday 21 September 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.
Zé Welison opened the scoring in the 16th minute. São Paulo's goal came from James Rodríguez (79'). Fortaleza scored through Zé Welison (16') and Juan Martín Lucero (53', penalty).
Discipline: São Paulo received 3 yellow cards; Fortaleza received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game São Paulo were 13th on 28 points from 22 and Fortaleza 8th on 35 points from 23. São Paulo went on to finish that season 11th with 53 points, and Fortaleza 10th with 54.
São Paulo lined up in a 4-5-1 and Fortaleza in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to João Ricardo of Fortaleza (8.9), ahead of James Rodríguez (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 São Paulo wins, 3 draws and 2 for Fortaleza.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Zé Welison
- 18'Yellow card · Titi
- 21'Missed penalty · James Rodríguez
- 27'Yellow card · Zé Welison
- 53'Penalty goal · Juan Martín Lucero
- 53'Yellow card · Diego Costa
- 60'Yellow card · João Ricardo
- 67'Yellow card · Nathan Mendes
- 69'Yellow card · Marinho
- 79'Goal · James Rodríguez
- 88'Yellow card · Rodriguinho
- 90+3'Yellow card · Thiago Galhardo
- 90+8'Yellow card · Pedro Augusto
Head-to-head
Team news
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São Paulo line-up (4-5-1)
Jandrei, Nathan Mendes, Diego Costa, Alan Franco, Welington, Luan, Gabriel Neves, Luciano, James Rodríguez, Michel Araújo, Juan
Fortaleza line-up (4-3-3)
João Ricardo, Tinga, Emanuel Brítez, Titi, Bruno Pacheco, Zé Welison, Caio Alexandre, Marinho, Tomás Pochettino, Guilherme, Juan Martín Lucero