Fortaleza 0-0 Palmeiras: Stalemate at the Estadio Castelao
Monday’s fixture between Fortaleza and Palmeiras delivered a goalless draw at Estadio Castelao. With each team arriving on the back of a league defeat, they were both keen to pick up points. Fortaleza were looking forward to meeting again, following a previous defeat to Coritiba. Palmeiras lost 2-0 in the last match they played against Athletico Paranaense. As it stands, Fortaleza are currently 20th with 10 points from 16 matches, while Palmeiras sit in 1st, with 29 points from 16.
Both coaches used the full entitlement. Substitutions for Fortaleza included Hercules Pereira Do Nascimento and Valentin Depietri for Matheus de Vargas and Moises Vieira da Veiga, repectively, Palmeiras brought on Breno, Raphael Veiga, Gabriel Silva and Eduard Atuesta, to replace Wesley, Dudu, Rony and Ze Rafael.
The referee booked one player from Palmeiras, Rony.
Fortaleza will play away against Atlético Goianense, while Palmeiras will face Cuiaba at home.
| Technical card: | |
|---|---|
| Fortaleza EC: | Fernando Miguel, Zagueiro Habraao, Marcelo Benevenuto, Titi, Yago Pikachu, Felipe, Jose Welison, Lucas Crispim, Moises Vieira da Veiga (Valentin Depietri, min.82), Matheus de Vargas (Hercules Pereira Do Nascimento, min.65) and Romarinho |
| Palmeiras: | Weverton, Marcos Rocha, Luan Garcia, Murilo Cerqueira, Joaquin Piquerez, Dudu (Raphael Veiga, min.65), Gustavo Scarpa, Danilo, Ze Rafael (Eduard Atuesta, min.79), Wesley (Breno, min.65) and Rony (Gabriel Silva, min.79) |
| Stadium: | Estadio Castelao |
| Goals: | 0-0 |
