Corinthians 1-0 Cruzeiro: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 23 August 2015
Result
Corinthians 1-0 Cruzeiro
Serie A · Sunday 23 August 2015, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Corinthians 1-0 Cruzeiro: match report
Corinthians defeated Cruzeiro 1-0 in Serie A on Sunday 23 August 2015. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Vágner Love opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Corinthians's goals came from Vágner Love (15'), Jadson (44') and Vágner Love (48'). Cruzeiro did not score.
Discipline: Corinthians received 2 yellow cards; Cruzeiro received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Corinthians were 2nd on 34 points from 19 and Cruzeiro 17th on 20 points from 19. Corinthians went on to finish that season 1st with 73 points, and Cruzeiro 8th with 52.
Corinthians lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cruzeiro in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Corinthians wins, 0 draws and 0 for Cruzeiro.
Going into the match Corinthians's last five read W-D-D-W-D and Cruzeiro's D-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Vágner Love
- 21'Yellow card · Fabricio
- 44'Goal · Jadson
- 48'Goal · Vágner Love
- 59'Yellow card · Bruno Henrique
- 77'Yellow card · Gil
Head-to-head
Team news
Corinthians line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cássio, Gil, Uendel, Fagner, Felipe Augusto de Almeida Monteiro, Elias, Renato Augusto, Jadson, Bruno Henrique, Malcom, Vágner Love
Cruzeiro line-up (4-3-2-1)
Fábio, Paulo André, Eugenio Mena, Mayke, Manoel, Fabricio, Henrique, Alisson, Charles, Marquinhos, Leandro Damião