Palmeiras 0-0 Paranaense: Visitors blank Palmeiras on the road to victory

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Athletico Paranaense beated Palmeiras 2-0 on Sunday at Allianz Parque. Palmeiras were looking for a victory following a disappointing 2-2 draw with Avai in their previous game. Paranaense were coming from consecutive wins against Red Bull Bragantino and Coritiba. As the table looks today, Palmeiras and Paranaense currently occupy 1st and 2nd spots in the table, with 29 points and 27 points respectively after 15 matches.

Paranaense started strong and were rewarded for their efforts, when Vitor Roque found the net, 36 minutes in, which saw the first half end 1-0.

Paranaense continued to pile on the pressure in the second and were rewarded, when Vitor Bueno found the net, 58 minutes in so at full time it was 2-0 to Paranaense.

Substitutions for Palmeiras included Gabriel Veron, Eduard Atuesta, Rafael Navarro, Garcia and Gabriel Menino for Ze Rafael, Raphael Veiga, Rony, Mayke and Danilo, repectively. Paranaense brought on Pedrinho, Leo Cittadini, Christian, David Terans and Marcelo Cirino for Agustin Canobbio, Hugo Moura, Vitor Bueno, Vitor Roque and Romulo.

The referee booked four players. Joaquin Piquerez from Palmeiras, who saw yellow cards and Gabriel Menino, sent off with a red, as well as for Paranaense Pedro Henrique and Abner also seeing yellows.

Paranaense and Palmeiras will next play away to Goiás EC and Fortaleza EC respectively.

Technical card:
Palmeiras:Weverton, Mayke (Garcia, min.71), Gustavo Gomez, Murilo Cerqueira, Joaquin Piquerez, Dudu, Danilo (Gabriel Menino, min.71), Ze Rafael (Gabriel Veron, min.60), Gustavo Scarpa, Raphael Veiga (Eduard Atuesta, min.60) and Rony (Rafael Navarro, min.60)
Athletico Paranaense:Bento, Luis Orejuela, Pedro Henrique, Matheus Felipe, Abner, Romulo (Marcelo Cirino, min.87), Vitor Bueno (Christian, min.78), Erick, Hugo Moura (Leo Cittadini, min.73), Agustin Canobbio (Pedrinho, min.73) and Vitor Roque (David Terans, min.87)
Stadium:Allianz Parque
Goals:Vitor Roque (0-1, min. 36) and Vitor Bueno (0-2, min. 58)
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