In the Serie B game on 20 September 2026, Fortaleza beat Londrina 1:2. Match numbers: shots on target 4:2, corners 7:2.
Match report
Fortaleza claimed a 2:1 victory over Londrina at the Estádio Vitorino Juncalvis Dias on Sunday evening, moving further clear of the relegation zone. The match formed part of the twenty-ninth round of Brazil's second tier, and the result left the visitors in fourth place with forty-eight points.
Londrina took an unexpected lead when Heron turned the ball into his own net in the thirty-fourth minute. Igor Ruan Sousa dos Santos restored the advantage for the hosts with a goal in the seventy-fourth minute, but Neris stepped in to secure the result for Fortaleza with an eighty-eighth minute strike.
The visitors made two changes in the sixty-fifth minute, bringing on Ronald Falkoski and Chico da Costa, while Londrina responded with a double substitution of their own in the sixty-eighth. Both sides continued to reshuffle as the game wound down, with Fortaleza introducing Maílton in the ninetieth minute alongside William Pottker.
Londrina dominated possession at forty-six per cent and registered fourteen shots off target, but their expected goals total of 1.42 did not translate into a second goal. Fortaleza kept their shots on target to just two, yet their efficiency proved decisive, and they held on grimly after Neris's late arrival.
The win consolidates Fortaleza's position in the top half of the table, while Londrina remain grounded in eighteenth place with twenty-eight points. The gap between the sides has widened, and the hosts now face a difficult task if they are to avoid the drop.
