Under Palermo, Fortaleza surpass winning record set by Vojvoda and Paiva | OneFootball

The Fortaleza defeated Juventude, last Sunday, in the 27th round of the Brazilian Championship, at Alfredo Jaconi. With the result, in just five games, the Lion of Pici has more victories under the command of coach Mártin Palermo than with the two previous coaches.

With the Argentine, there were three victories and two defeats, with a 60% win rate. According to data from Sofascore, during this period, Fortaleza scored six goals and needed 11.3 shots to score. On the other hand, they conceded seven goals, ten shots until they were scored against, and had two games without conceding a goal. The team also had an average of 52.2% ball possession in these matches.

Thus, Palermo surpassed the number of victories of Juan Pablo Vojvoda (two victories in 13 games) and Renato Paiva (one victory in eight games) with Fortaleza in the Brazilian Championship.

Victories in direct confrontations

With Palermo as coach, Fortaleza won three direct confrontations in the fight against relegation. The team from Ceará beat Vitória (2-0), Sport (1-0) and, finally, won against Juventude (2-1), last Sunday.

The defeats were against Palmeiras (4-1) and São Paulo (2-0).

Fortaleza is in the 18th position, within the relegation zone, with 25 points earned in 26 games. The Lion of Pici is four points behind Santos, the first team outside of the Z4.

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