Cruzeiro 2-1 Santos: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 23 September 2018
Result
Cruzeiro 2-1 Santos
Serie A · Sunday 23 September 2018, 22:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Cruzeiro 2-1 Santos: match report
Cruzeiro defeated Santos 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 23 September 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Gabriel Barbosa opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Cruzeiro's goals came from Sassá (46') and Raniel (83'). Santos scored through Gabriel Barbosa (16').
Discipline: Cruzeiro received 2 yellow cards; Santos received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cruzeiro were 8th on 34 points from 25 and Santos 10th on 32 points from 24. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Santos 10th with 50.
Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Santos in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fábio of Cruzeiro (8.2), ahead of Gabriel Barbosa (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cruzeiro win, 0 draws and 0 for Santos.
Going into the match Cruzeiro's last five read D-D-D-D-W and Santos's D-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Gabriel Barbosa
- 34'Yellow card · Murilo
- 46'Goal · Sassá
- 73'Yellow card · Victor Ferraz
- 83'Goal · Raniel
- 83'Yellow card · Dodô
- 90+5'Yellow card · Egídio
Head-to-head
Team news
Cruzeiro line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fábio, Edílson, Manoel, Murilo, Egídio, Éderson, Ariel Cabral, Bruno Silva, Rafael Sóbis, David, Raniel
Santos line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vanderlei, Victor Ferraz, Robson Bambu, Luiz Felipe, Dodô, Alison, Diego Pituca, Rodrygo, Carlos Sánchez, Bruno Henrique, Gabriel Barbosa