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 · Fortaleza · Serie A predictions

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 0 São Paulo wins, 2 draws and 1 for Fortaleza.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Zé WelisonFortaleza · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · TitiFortaleza
  • 21'Missed penalty · James RodríguezSão Paulo
  • 27'Yellow card · Zé WelisonFortaleza
  • 53'Penalty goal · Juan Martín LuceroFortaleza · 0-2
  • 53'Yellow card · Diego CostaSão Paulo
  • 60'Yellow card · João RicardoFortaleza
  • 67'Yellow card · Nathan MendesSão Paulo
  • 69'Yellow card · MarinhoFortaleza
  • 79'Goal · James RodríguezSão Paulo · 1-2
  • 88'Yellow card · RodriguinhoSão Paulo
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Thiago GalhardoFortaleza
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Pedro AugustoFortaleza

Head-to-head

3 meetings: São Paulo 0, draws 2, Fortaleza 1.

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