América Mineiro 0-1 Santa Cruz: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 17 July 2016
Result
América Mineiro 0-1 Santa Cruz
Serie A · Sunday 17 July 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
América Mineiro 0-1 Santa Cruz: match report
América Mineiro lost to Santa Cruz 0-1 in Serie A on Sunday 17 July 2016. The half-time score was 0-2.
Tiago Costa opened the scoring in the 9th minute. América Mineiro did not score. Santa Cruz scored through Tiago Costa (9'), Marcilio (16') and Arthur Caíke (56').
Discipline: América Mineiro received 2 yellow cards; Santa Cruz received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game América Mineiro were 18th on 12 points from 14 and Santa Cruz 14th on 17 points from 14. América Mineiro went on to finish that season 20th with 32 points, and Santa Cruz 18th with 36.
América Mineiro lined up in a 4-4-2 and Santa Cruz in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tiago Costa of Santa Cruz (8.4), ahead of Léo Moura (8.3).
Going into the match América Mineiro's last five read L-L-L-L-D and Santa Cruz's D-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Tiago Costa
- 14'Yellow card · Neris
- 15'Missed penalty · Osman
- 16'Goal · Marcilio
- 56'Goal · Arthur Caíke
- 69'Yellow card · Pablo
- 74'Yellow card · Grafite
- 90+2'Yellow card · Gilson
Team news
América Mineiro line-up (4-4-2)
João Ricardo, Roger Duarte, Adalberto, Bruno Teles, Pablo, Juninho, Osman, Leandro Guerreiro, Gil Guerreiro, Danilo Dias, Alan Mineiro
Santa Cruz line-up (4-4-2)
Tiago Cardoso, Léo Moura, Neris, Danny Morais, Tiago Costa, Uillian Correia, Arthur Caíke, Marcilio, João Paulo, Keno, Grafite