Brazilian Serie B

FT Friday, September 18, 2026
Novorizontino WWWWD 1
–
Ceará WLWLD 2
1st2ndT
NOV101
CEA022
Arena Castelão

Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
9
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
8
54.6
Possession
45.4
24
SHOTS
8
9
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
302
Accurate Passes
242
384
Passes
335
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
3
32
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.3
33
Long Balls
51
14
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
12
21
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
12
35
Effective Clearances
37
35
Clearances
37

Head to Head

NOV leads series 3-2

Lineups

CEA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1RichardG
  2. 13Luiz OtavioCD-L
  3. 4Luiz OtávioCD-R
  4. 12SanchezLB
  5. 31BryanRB
  6. 40MelkAM
  7. 18Júlio CésarLM
  8. 81João GabrielRM
  9. 73SauloF
  10. 11Nicolás FerreiraAM-L
  11. 60EnzoAM-R

NOV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 93JordiG
  2. 4PatrickCD-L
  3. 26GabrielCD-R
  4. 5SanderLB
  5. 2MádsonRB
  6. 10Rômulo SimãoAM
  7. 6LuisLM
  8. 17Matheus BianquiRM
  9. 11RobsonF
  10. 30Nicolas CarecaAM-L
  11. 41Francisco Reidiney Duarte GomesAM-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Delay in match because of an injury Saulo Mineiro (Ceará).
  2. 3'
  3. 4' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  4. 4'
  5. 9' Júlio César (Ceará) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 10' Patrick (Novorizontino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 31'
  8. 31'
  9. 45'+2' Bryan (Ceará) is shown the yellow card for handball.
  10. 45'+4' Goal! Ceará 0, Novorizontino 1. Matheus Bianqui (Novorizontino) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Madson with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  11. 45' Substitution, Ceará. Rian Santana replaces Nicolás Ferreira.
  12. 45' Substitution, Ceará. Matheus Araújo replaces Júlio César.
  13. 48' Goal! Ceará 1, Novorizontino 1. Melk (Ceará) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  14. 54' Delay in match because of an injury Saulo Mineiro (Ceará).
  15. 54'
  16. 54' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  17. 54'
  18. 55' João Gabriel (Ceará) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 61' Goal! Ceará 2, Novorizontino 1. Rian Santana (Ceará) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Enzo with a cross.
  20. 67' Substitution, Novorizontino. Juninho replaces Reidiney.
  21. 67' Substitution, Novorizontino. Diego Galo replaces Nicolas Careca.
  22. 78' Substitution, Novorizontino. Carlão replaces Luís Oyama.
  23. 79' Substitution, Novorizontino. Vinícius Paiva replaces Rômulo.
  24. 80' Substitution, Ceará. Richardson replaces Enzo.
  25. 82' Matheus Bianqui (Novorizontino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  26. 86' Delay in match because of an injury João Gabriel (Ceará).
  27. 86'
  28. 86' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  29. 86'
  30. 87' Substitution, Novorizontino. Tavinho replaces Matheus Bianqui.
  31. 87' Substitution, Ceará. Lucas Mugni replaces João Gabriel because of an injury.
  32. 90'+4'
  33. 90'+5'
  34. 90'+6' Robson (Novorizontino) is shown the yellow card.
  35. 90'+7' Substitution, Ceará. Vina replaces Melk.
  36. 90'+9' Richardson (Ceará) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  37. 90'+10' Juninho (Novorizontino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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