Cruzeiro 2-1 Athletico PR: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 22 July 2018

Result

Cruzeiro 2-1 Athletico PR

Serie A · Sunday 22 July 2018, 22:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Cruzeiro · Athletico PR · Serie A predictions

Cruzeiro 2-1 Athletico PR: match report

Cruzeiro beat Athletico PR 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 22 July 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Guilherme opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Cruzeiro's goals came from Giorgian de Arrascaeta (66') and H. Barcos (81'). Athletico PR scored through Guilherme (40', penalty).

Discipline: Cruzeiro received 1 yellow card; Athletico PR received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Cruzeiro were 7th on 21 points from 13 and Athletico PR 19th on 10 points from 13. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Athletico PR 7th with 57.

Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Athletico PR in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Robinho of Cruzeiro (8.7), ahead of Giorgian de Arrascaeta (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Cruzeiro wins, 0 draws and 0 for Athletico PR.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · GuilhermeAthletico PR
  • 40'Penalty goal · GuilhermeAthletico PR · 0-1
  • 47'Yellow card · BérgsonAthletico PR
  • 66'Goal · Giorgian de ArrascaetaCruzeiro · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · EdílsonCruzeiro
  • 81'Goal · H. BarcosCruzeiro · 2-1
  • 86'Red card · Lucho GonzálezAthletico PR
  • 90'Yellow card · NikãoAthletico PR

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Cruzeiro 2, draws 0, Athletico PR 0.

Team news

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

Fábio, Léo, Edílson, Marcelo Hermes, Dedé, Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Lucas Silva, Robinho, Lucas Romero, Thiago Neves, Hernán Barcos

Athletico PR line-up (4-2-3-1)

Santos, Jonathan, Paulo André, Wanderson, Nicolas, Lucho González, Nikão, Guilherme, Bruno Guimarães, Pablo, Bergson