On the 28th of August, in this week 24 match, Fortaleza will travel to São Paulo to battle São Paulo in a clash of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. In their last match, 12th placed São Paulo, recorded a 0-1 loss against Santos. Lucas Braga struck first for Santos in the 33rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, São Paulo couldn’t muster any offence and Santos ran away with the shutout win. São Paulo is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed Fortaleza, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Corinthians. Moises scored the first goal for Fortaleza in the 65th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Corinthians couldn’t muster any offence and Fortaleza ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Fortaleza should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Fortaleza and São Paulo battled to a 1-1 draw. Luciano scored the first goal for São Paulo in the 57th minute, but Yago Pikachu got the equalizer for Fortaleza in the 69th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Fortaleza.
Both Robson Fernandes and Moises have been the hottest scorers for Fortaleza in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Luciano has been the most effective weapon for São Paulo lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches.