Cruzeiro 2-0 Grêmio: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 18 April 2026
Result
Cruzeiro 2-0 Grêmio: match report
Cruzeiro beat Grêmio 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday 18 April 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Christian opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Cruzeiro's goals came from Christian (51') and Lucas Romero (66'). Grêmio did not score.
Discipline: Cruzeiro received 4 yellow cards; Grêmio received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cruzeiro were 17th on 10 points from 11 and Grêmio 13th on 13 points from 11. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 3rd with 57 points, and Grêmio 17th with 37.
Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Grêmio in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lucas Romero of Cruzeiro (7.9), ahead of Keny Arroyo (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cruzeiro wins, 1 draw and 0 for Grêmio.
Going into the match Cruzeiro's last five read W-L-W-D-L and Grêmio's D-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Fabrício Bruno
- 44'Yellow card · Lucas Villalba
- 44'Yellow card · Matheus Pereira
- 51'Goal · Christian
- 61'Yellow card · Erick Noriega
- 66'Goal · Lucas Romero
- 77'Yellow card
- 77'Yellow card · Gustavo Martins
- 85'Yellow card · Leonel Pérez
- 90+1'Yellow card · Lucas Silva
Head-to-head
Team news
Cruzeiro line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matheus Cunha, Fagner, Fabrício Bruno, Jonathan Jesus, Kaiki, Gerson, Lucas Romero, Keny Arroyo, Matheus Pereira, Christian, Kaio Jorge
Grêmio line-up (4-3-3)
Weverton, Cristian Pavón, Gustavo Martins, Wagner Leonardo, Pedro Gabriel, Juan Nardoni, Erick Noriega, Arthur Melo, José Enamorado, Carlos Vinícius, Francis Amuzu