Corinthians 2-0 Cruzeiro: result and report
Serie A · Thursday 26 July 2012
Result
Corinthians 2-0 Cruzeiro
Serie A · Thursday 26 July 2012, 00:50 UTC · half-time 1-0
Corinthians 2-0 Cruzeiro: match report
Corinthians beat Cruzeiro 2-0 in Serie A on Thursday 26 July 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Chicão opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Corinthians's goals came from Chicão (23', penalty) and Paulinho (90+4'). Cruzeiro did not score.
Discipline: Corinthians received 2 yellow cards; Cruzeiro received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Corinthians were 13th on 12 points from 11 and Cruzeiro 6th on 20 points from 11. Corinthians went on to finish that season 6th with 57 points, and Cruzeiro 10th with 52.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Corinthians wins, 1 draw and 5 for Cruzeiro.
Going into the match Corinthians's last five read D-W-W-L-D and Cruzeiro's W-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Sandro Silva
- 23'Penalty goal · Chicão
- 26'Yellow card · Ceará
- 40'Yellow card · Paulo André
- 45'Yellow card · Léo
- 58'Yellow card · Alessandro
- 90+4'Goal · Paulinho