Fortaleza Esporte Clube beat Sport 2-1 at Arena Castelão, in the 15th round of the Brazilian Série B Championship. The Leão do Pici earns three more points and reaches 25 in the national competition.

What happened?

Fortaleza Esporte Clube started the match pressuring the opponent, using pass exchanges in the middle to finish from outside the area. The first goal of the match came after a cross from Rodrigo, where the ball passes through everyone and dies in the back of the goal.

The winning goal

In the final stage, Sport equalized after a beautiful worked play. In search of victory, coach Thiago Carpini changed the team to score the second goal. The turnaround came after Lucca Prior won the marking, passed to Miritello who found Welliton free.

Next match

Fortaleza Esporte Clube returns to the field this Thursday (2), at 21h, at Arena Castelão, against Ponte Preta, in the 16th round of the Brazilian Série B Championship.

DateOpponentScore
28/06/2026Sport2-1

Technical sheet

Fortaleza 2x1 Sport 28/06/2026 - 18h30 - Arena Castelão Referee: Anderson Daronco (RS) Goals: Rodrigo and Welliton (Fortaleza); Perotti (Sport) Yellow cards: Miritello, Mucuri and Vitinho (Fortaleza); Felipinho and Benevenuto (Sport) Red cards: None Fortaleza: João Ricardo; Mucuri, Britez (Gazal), Luan Freitas and Fuentes; Sasha (Ryan), Rodrigo (Crispim) and Pierre (Lucca Prior); Vitinho (Welliton), Luiz Fernando and Miritello. Coach: Thiago Carpini Sport: Thiago Couto; Madson, Benevenuto, Zé Marco and Felipinho; Fábio Matheus (Yago Felipe), Zé Lucas (Pedro Martins), Biel (Zé Gabriel), Iury Castilho (Claysson) and Barletta (Marlon); Perotti. Coach: Márcio Goiano