Cruzeiro 2-1 Ponte Preta: result and report

Cruzeiro 2-1 Ponte Preta

Serie A · Saturday 7 October 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Cruzeiro · Ponte Preta · Serie A predictions

Cruzeiro beat Ponte Preta 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 7 October 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Danilo Barcelos opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Cruzeiro's goals came from Thiago Neves (73') and Manoel (76'). Ponte Preta scored through Danilo Barcelos (13', penalty).

Discipline: Cruzeiro received 5 yellow cards; Ponte Preta received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cruzeiro were 5th on 41 points from 26 and Ponte Preta 16th on 31 points from 26. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 5th with 57 points, and Ponte Preta 19th with 39.

Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Ponte Preta in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Thiago Neves of Cruzeiro (8.4), ahead of Manoel (7.8).

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

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