Cruzeiro 3-1 Paraná: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 28 October 2018

Result

Cruzeiro 3-1 Paraná

Serie A · Sunday 28 October 2018, 01:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Cruzeiro · Paraná · Serie A predictions

Cruzeiro 3-1 Paraná: match report

Cruzeiro defeated Paraná 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 28 October 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Giorgian de Arrascaeta opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Cruzeiro's goals came from Giorgian de Arrascaeta (10'), Fred (15') and Rafael Sóbis (48', penalty). Paraná scored through an own goal by Egídio (20').

Discipline: Cruzeiro received no yellow cards; Paraná received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cruzeiro were 9th on 40 points from 30 and Paraná 20th on 17 points from 30. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Paraná 20th with 23.

Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Paraná in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Giorgian de Arrascaeta of Cruzeiro (8.4), ahead of Federico Mancuello (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cruzeiro wins, 1 draw and 0 for Paraná.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Giorgian de ArrascaetaCruzeiro · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · FredCruzeiro · 2-0
  • 20'Own goal · EgídioParaná · 2-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Igor CariúsParaná
  • 48'Penalty goal · Rafael SóbisCruzeiro · 3-1
  • 62'Yellow card · RayanParaná

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Cruzeiro 0, draws 1, Paraná 0.

Team news

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

Fábio, Ezequiel, Dedé, Léo, Egídio, Lucas Romero, Lucas Silva, Federico Mancuello, Rafael Sóbis, Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Fred

Paraná line-up (4-3-3)

Richard Costa, Wesley Dias, Jesiel, Rayan Poltronieri, Igor Cariús, Jhonny Lucas, Leandro Vilela, Alex Santana, Andrey, Rafael Grampola, Juninho