Fortaleza beat Sport, first back-to-back home wins in Brasileirão | OneFootball

Fortaleza came out on top in the clash between the second-to-last and last place in the Brasileirão and defeated Sport 1-0 this Saturday, in the 25th round. Lucas Sasha scored the goal for Tricolor at Arena Castelão. With this, they achieved their second victory under coach Martín Palermo and won two consecutive home games for the first time in the national tournament.

The last time Leão do Pici won two consecutive home games was in May, when they defeated Juventude and Colo-Colo, in the Brazilian and Libertadores tournaments. In the previous round, Fortaleza lost to Palmeiras in São Paulo. But before that, they had beaten Vitória at Castelão.

Situation of Fortaleza and Sport in the Brasileirão

The result leaves Fortaleza with 21 points, in 19th position, seven more than the last place Sport, which remains with 14, in 20th place. Leão do Pici now has four points less than Atlético-MG, the first team outside the relegation zone of the Brasileirão.

📋 Match Summary

🔵🔴 FORTALEZA 1 x 0 SPORT 🔴⚫ 🏆 Competition: Brazilian Championship (25th round) 🏟️ Location: Arena Castelão, Fortaleza (CE) 📅 Date: September 27, 2025 (Saturday) ⏰ Time: 4 PM (Brasília time)

🟨 Yellow cards: Mancuso and Bruno Pacheco (Fortaleza); Derick Lacerda and Luan Cândido (Sport) 🟥 Red cards: None

Refereeing

Referee: Davi De Oliveira Lacerda (ES) Assistants: Neuza Ines Back (SP) and Pedro Amorim de Freitas (ES) VAR: Daiane Muniz (SP)

Goal

⚽ Lucas Sasha, at 43′ of the 1st half (Fortaleza)

🔵🔴 Fortaleza João Ricardo; Eros Mancuso, Gastón Ávila, Lucas Gazal and Bruno Pacheco (Diogo Barbosa); Matheus Pereira, Lucas Sasha, Lucas Crispim (Guzmán), Yago Pikachu (Kuscevic); Breno Lopes (Herrera) and Deyverson (Lucero). Coach: Martín Palermo

🔴⚫ Sport Gabriel Vasconcelos; Aderlan, Rafael Thyere (João Silva), Ramon and Luan Cândido; Lucas Kal (Hyoran), Rivera, Matheusinho (Ramírez); Lucas Lima (Romarinho), Léo Pereira (Chrystrian Barletta), Derik Lacerda Coach: Daniel Paulista

How was the game?

Fortaleza and Sport had a rather lively first half. Deyverson had two chances to score for Leão, but headed wide. Meanwhile, on the other side, Sport threatened with a shot from Derik Lacerda, forcing João Ricardo to make a good save at 39 minutes.

Fortaleza responded and scored only at 43 minutes of the first half. Gazal found Mancuso on the right, he passed to Lucas Crispim, who controlled the ball at the edge of the box, dribbled past the defender, and shot at Gabriel Vasconcelos' goal to put Leão ahead.

Sport returned for the second half pressing Fortaleza and gave João Ricardo a hard time, who prevented Rubro-Negro's equalizer at 15 minutes, in Hyoran's first participation in the game. Fortaleza gradually managed to escape the pressure and threatened Sport's defense again.

At 23 minutes, Gabriel made a good save from a cross shot by Herrera. About ten minutes later, Luan Cândido saved Deyverson's shot on the line. Subsequently, Gabriel blocked Guzmán's attempt from inside the box. In injury time, João Ricardo saved Fortaleza from a precise free-kick by Hyoran.

Upcoming games

Fortaleza

Game: Fortaleza vs. São Paulo Competition: Brazilian Championship (26th round) Date and time: October 2, at 7:30 PM (Brasília time) Location: Arena Castelão, in Fortaleza (CE)

Sport

Game: Sport vs. Fluminense Competition: Brazilian Championship (26th round) Date and time: October 1, at 7 PM (Brasília time) Location: Ilha do Retiro, in Recife (PE)

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