Cruzeiro 2-1 Fluminense: result and report

Cruzeiro 2-1 Fluminense

Serie A · Sunday 26 August 2018, 00:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Cruzeiro · Fluminense · Serie A predictions

Cruzeiro won against Fluminense 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 26 August 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Raniel opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Cruzeiro's goals came from Raniel (14') and an own goal by Ayrton (73'). Fluminense scored through an own goal by Henrique (27').

Discipline: Cruzeiro received 4 yellow cards; Fluminense received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cruzeiro were 8th on 27 points from 20 and Fluminense 9th on 26 points from 20. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Fluminense 12th with 45.

Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fluminense in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Giorgian de Arrascaeta of Cruzeiro (8.6), ahead of Lucas Silva (7.5).

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

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