Cruzeiro 2-0 Sport Recife: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 13 May 2018
Result
Cruzeiro 2-0 Sport Recife
Serie A · Sunday 13 May 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cruzeiro 2-0 Sport Recife: match report
Cruzeiro won against Sport Recife 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 13 May 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Dedé opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Cruzeiro's goals came from Dedé (45+2') and Giorgian de Arrascaeta (56'). Sport Recife did not score.
Discipline: Cruzeiro received 2 yellow cards; Sport Recife received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cruzeiro were 14th on 4 points from 4 and Sport Recife 8th on 7 points from 4. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Sport Recife 17th with 42.
Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sport Recife in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Giorgian de Arrascaeta of Cruzeiro (9.3), ahead of Dedé (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cruzeiro wins, 4 draws and 0 for Sport Recife.
Going into the match Cruzeiro's last five read W-D-L-L and Sport Recife's W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Sassá
- 44'Yellow card · Ronaldo Alves
- 45+2'Goal · Dedé
- 52'Yellow card · Gabriel
- 56'Goal · Giorgian de Arrascaeta
- 59'Yellow card · Sander
- 90+2'Yellow card · Dedé
Head-to-head
Team news
Cruzeiro line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fábio, Léo, Egídio, Dedé, Lucas Romero, Henrique, Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Lucas Silva, Rafinha, Robinho, Sassá
Sport Recife line-up (4-1-4-1)
Magrão, Cláudio Winck, Ronaldo Alves, Ernando, Sander, Fellipe Bastos, Anselmo, Marlone, Neto Moura, Gabriel, Rogério