Corinthians 1-2 Cruzeiro: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 16 August 2026

Result

Corinthians 1-2 Cruzeiro

Serie A · Sunday 16 August 2026, 22:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Corinthians · Cruzeiro

Corinthians 1-2 Cruzeiro: match report

Corinthians lost to Cruzeiro 1-2 in Serie A on Sunday 16 August 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Bruno Rodrigues opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Corinthians's goal came from Gustavo Henrique (58'). Cruzeiro scored through Bruno Rodrigues (36') and Wanderson (82').

Discipline: Corinthians received 1 yellow card; Cruzeiro received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Corinthians were 8th on 32 points from 22 and Cruzeiro 6th on 33 points from 22. Corinthians went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Cruzeiro 3rd with 57.

Corinthians lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cruzeiro in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gustavo Henrique of Corinthians (8.0), ahead of Rodrigo Garro (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Corinthians win, 2 draws and 2 for Cruzeiro.

Going into the match Corinthians's last five read W-D-D-W-W and Cruzeiro's W-W-L-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Bruno RodriguesCruzeiro · 0-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Felipe MoraisCruzeiro
  • 58'Goal · Gustavo HenriqueCorinthians · 1-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Jonathan JesusCruzeiro
  • 82'Goal · WandersonCruzeiro · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Luciano RodríguezCruzeiro
  • 90'Yellow card · Lucas VillalbaCruzeiro
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Rodrigo GarroCorinthians

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Corinthians 1, draws 2, Cruzeiro 2.

Team news

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Corinthians line-up (4-2-3-1)

Hugo Souza, Matheuzinho, Gabriel Paulista, Gustavo Henrique, Matheus Bidu, André Carrillo, Allan, Kaio César, Rodrigo Garro, Breno Bidon, Pedro Raul

Cruzeiro line-up (4-4-2)

Otávio Costa, Fagner, João Marcelo, Jonathan Jesus, Lucas Villalba, João Costa, Zé Lucas, Lucas Romero, Felipe Morais, Kaio Jorge, Bruno Rodrigues