Soccer today, Oct. 17: Mirassol wins, 4 Série A games

Mirassol beat Internacional 2-0 on Friday night (Oct. 16) at the José Maria de Campos Maia stadium in Brazil's top division, Série A (the Brasileirão). Both goals came in the second half, and Inter played almost the entire match a man down. In Série B, the second tier, Fortaleza won away at Sport, and Ponte Preta drew with Atlético Goianiense. Scores and match events come from ESPN and were compiled by RaisLife.

Friday's results (Oct. 16)

In Mirassol, the home side opened the scoring through Carlos Eduardo in the 48th minute, shortly after halftime, and made it 2-0 with a goal from André Luis in the 87th. Internacional lost Matheus Cunha Queiroz to a red card as early as the 15th minute. According to the match statistics, Mirassol had 62% of possession and took 24 shots, against 13 for Inter. The match summary has a minute-by-minute account.

In Série B, Fortaleza beat Sport 2-0 at the Ilha do Retiro stadium. Tomás Cardona scored in first-half stoppage time (45+3), and Rodriguinho added the second in the 69th minute. Each side had a player sent off: Marcelo, of Sport, in the 45th minute, and Jailson, of Fortaleza, in the 80th. See the Fortaleza-Sport page for the details.

At the Ítalo Mário Limongi stadium, Ponte Preta and Atlético Goianiense drew 1-1. David Conceição put Ponte Preta ahead in the 42nd minute, and João Pedro equalized for Atlético Goianiense in the 87th. Ponte Preta finished with ten men after Ryan Henrique Pereira Andrade was sent off in second-half stoppage time (90+3). A full recap is on the portal.

In Argentina's league, Boca Juniors came from behind to beat Talleres, of Córdoba, 2-1 at La Bombonera. Alejandro Galarza gave Talleres the lead in the 11th minute, Miguel Merentiel equalized in the 18th, and Leonel Flores scored the winner in the 49th. Earlier, Instituto, also of Córdoba, won 1-0 away at Defensa y Justicia, with a first-half goal from Jeremías Lázaro in the 23rd minute.

Today's matches (Saturday, Oct. 17)

Série A has four matches on Saturday, all listed in Brasília time (UTC-3):

• 6 p.m.: Botafogo vs. Chapecoense (match page);
• 6:30 p.m.: Atlético-MG vs. Coritiba (match page);
• 7:30 p.m.: Athletico-PR vs. Palmeiras (match page);
• 9 p.m.: São Paulo vs. Vasco da Gama (match page).

In Série B, Ceará hosts Juventude at 4:30 p.m., and América Mineiro faces Operário-PR at 6:30 p.m. The match pages update while the games are played.

In Europe, the weekend schedule starts early, again in Brasília time. Everton plays Chelsea at 8:30 a.m. in the Premier League. Manchester City vs. Ipswich Town and Brentford vs. Liverpool kick off at 11 a.m., Strasbourg vs. Paris Saint-Germain at 12:15 p.m. in Ligue 1, and Real Betis vs. Barcelona at 1 p.m. in LaLiga. At 1:30 p.m., Newcastle meets Aston Villa in the Premier League and Bayern Munich hosts RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga. In Italy, Bologna and Internazionale play at 1 p.m.

In Argentina's league, matches start at 3 p.m. with Banfield vs. Argentinos Juniors, and four more follow through the afternoon and evening.

Brasileirão: Palmeiras and Athletico meet

In the Série A table as updated on Thursday (Oct. 15), before this round, Flamengo leads with 64 points from 30 games, followed by Palmeiras with 63. Athletico Paranaense is third with 53 points. Saturday's 7:30 p.m. match pits second place against third. At the other end of the table, Chapecoense, with 18 points from 29 games, sits 20th and last before facing 13th-place Botafogo, which has 36. The full table, updated after the games, is on the portal's soccer page.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil (in Portuguese): soccer scores, goals and standings
• CBF, Brazil's soccer confederation and organizer of the Brasileirão (official schedule)
• RaisLife Futebol, matches and standings

Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/futebol.