Flamengo 2-1 Fortaleza: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 5 September 2020
Result
Flamengo 2-1 Fortaleza
Serie A · Saturday 5 September 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Flamengo 2-1 Fortaleza: match report
Flamengo beat Fortaleza 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 5 September 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Éverton Ribeiro opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Flamengo's goals came from Éverton Ribeiro (6') and Gabriel Barbosa (87'). Fortaleza scored through Juninho Valoura (14', penalty).
Discipline: Flamengo received 1 yellow card; Fortaleza received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Flamengo were 6th on 11 points from 7 and Fortaleza 10th on 8 points from 7. Flamengo went on to finish that season 1st with 71 points, and Fortaleza 16th with 41.
Flamengo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fortaleza in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Everton Ribeiro of Flamengo (7.7), ahead of Gabriel Barbosa (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Flamengo wins, 0 draws and 0 for Fortaleza.
Going into the match Flamengo's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Fortaleza's L-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Éverton Ribeiro
- 6'Goal · Éverton Ribeiro
- 14'Penalty goal · Juninho Valoura
- 62'Yellow card · Carlinhos
- 87'Goal · Gabriel Barbosa
Head-to-head
Team news
Flamengo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gabriel Batista, Mauricio Isla, Rodrigo Caio, Gustavo Henrique, Filipe Luís, Willian Arão, Gerson, Everton Ribeiro, Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Michael, Pedro
Fortaleza line-up (4-2-3-1)
Felipe Alves, Gabriel Dias, Juan Quintero, Paulão, Carlinhos, Ronald, Juninho Valoura, Marlon, David, Osvaldo, Éderson