Cruzeiro 0-2 Botafogo: result and report

Cruzeiro 0-2 Botafogo

Serie A · Sunday 11 September 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Cruzeiro · Botafogo · Serie A predictions

Cruzeiro were beaten by Botafogo 0-2 in Serie A on Sunday 11 September 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Gustavo Canales opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Cruzeiro did not score. Botafogo scored through Gustavo Canales (66') and Camilo (80').

Discipline: Cruzeiro received 4 yellow cards; Botafogo received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cruzeiro were 11th on 31 points from 23 and Botafogo 19th on 23 points from 23. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 6th with 53 points, and Botafogo 11th with 50.

Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Botafogo in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Victor Luís of Botafogo (8.2), level with Alexandro Silva de Sousa (8.2).

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

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