Grêmio held by Fortaleza, miss chance to move clear of drop zone | OneFootball

This Sunday, Grêmio drew 2-2 with Fortaleza at Arena Castelão in the 33rd round of the Brazilian Championship, missing the chance to distance themselves from the relegation zone.

Standings Situation

With the result, Fortaleza reaches 30 points and appears in the second-to-last position in the standings. Grêmio, on the other hand, remains in 14th place with 40 points.

📋 Match Summary

🔴🔵FORTALEZA 2 X 2 GRÊMIO🔵⚪️

🏆 Competition: 33rd round of the Brazilian Championship 🏟️ Location: Arena Castelão, in Fortaleza 📅 Date: November 9, 2025 (Sunday) ⏰ Time: 8:30 PM (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow Cards: Brítez, Bruno Pacheco, and Matheus Rosseto (Fortaleza); Noriega, Kannemann, Edenílson, and Cuellar (Grêmio) 🟥 Red Card: Matheus Pereira (Fortaleza)

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Goals

🔴🔵FORTALEZA

Brenno, Mancuso, Brítez, Gastón Ávila, Bruno Pacheco, Pierre (Matheus Rosseto), Lucas Sasha (Matheus Pereira), Pochettino (Herrera), Lucas Crispim (Moisés), Breno Lopes (Deyverson), and Bareiro

🔵⚪️GRÊMIO

Thiago Volpi, João Lucas, Noriega, Kannemann, Marlon, Cuellar (Dodi), Arthur Melo, Edenílson, Alysson (Cristaldo), Carlos Vinícius (André), and Amuzu (Aravena)

How the Game Was

Fortaleza opened the scoring just five minutes into the game. Bareiro took advantage of Kannemann's mistake in Grêmio's ball exit and finished from the edge of the area to find the net.

However, the home team's lead didn't last long. At 13 minutes, Brenno released the ball inside the area to restart the game but didn't see Carlos Vinicius, who took advantage of the goalkeeper's distraction to score the equalizer.

Grêmio's comeback came at 31 minutes of the first half, with Marlon. The left-back received from Carlos Vinícius inside the area and made a beautiful individual play to finish past goalkeeper Brenno.

Matheus Pereira equalized for Fortaleza. At 18 minutes of the second half, the midfielder took a direct free kick to the goal, lobbing over Thiago Volpi. In the last minute of the game, Matheus Pereira fouled Cristaldo and received a red card.

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