Corinthians 2-0 Cruzeiro: result and report
Serie A · Thursday 26 July 2018
Result
Corinthians 2-0 Cruzeiro
Serie A · Thursday 26 July 2018, 00:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Corinthians 2-0 Cruzeiro: match report
Corinthians defeated Cruzeiro 2-0 in Serie A on Thursday 26 July 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Ángel Romero opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Corinthians's goals came from Ángel Romero (62') and Ángel Romero (80'). Cruzeiro did not score.
Discipline: Corinthians received no yellow cards; Cruzeiro received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Corinthians were 9th on 19 points from 14 and Cruzeiro 5th on 24 points from 14. Corinthians went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Cruzeiro 8th with 53.
Corinthians lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cruzeiro in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cássio of Corinthians (8.4), ahead of Ángel Romero (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Corinthians win, 1 draw and 0 for Cruzeiro.
Going into the match Corinthians's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Cruzeiro's W-W-D-L-D.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Lucas Romero
- 38'Yellow card · Lucas Silva
- 62'Goal · Ángel Romero
- 80'Goal · Ángel Romero
Head-to-head
Team news
Corinthians line-up (4-2-3-1)
Cássio, Henrique, Léo Santos, Fagner, Danilo Avelar, Gabriel, Jadson, Ángel Romero, Clayson, Douglas Augusto, Jonathas
Cruzeiro line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fábio, Léo, Egídio, Manoel, Lucas Romero, Henrique, Lucas Silva, Rafinha, Bruno Silva, Thiago Neves, Hernán Barcos