Internacional 1-2 Cruzeiro: result and report
Serie A · Thursday 23 July 2026
Result
Internacional 1-2 Cruzeiro
Serie A · Thursday 23 July 2026, 00:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Internacional 1-2 Cruzeiro: match report
Internacional were beaten by Cruzeiro 1-2 in Serie A on Thursday 23 July 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Kaio Jorge opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Internacional's goal came from Johan Carbonero (83'). Cruzeiro scored through Kaio Jorge (11') and Matheus Pereira (64').
Discipline: Internacional received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Cruzeiro received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Internacional were 14th on 21 points from 18 and Cruzeiro 13th on 24 points from 18. Internacional went on to finish that season 14th with 38 points, and Cruzeiro 3rd with 57.
Internacional lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cruzeiro in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fagner of Cruzeiro (7.9), ahead of Matheus Pereira (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Internacional wins, 1 draw and 1 for Cruzeiro.
Going into the match Internacional's last five read L-L-W-D-W and Cruzeiro's D-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Kaio Jorge
- 16'Yellow card · Gerson
- 18'Yellow card · Fagner
- 33'Yellow card · Matheus Pereira
- 35'Yellow card · Alexandro Bernabei
- 45+3'Yellow card · Jonathan Jesus
- 59'Red card · Victor Gabriel
- 64'Goal · Matheus Pereira
- 66'Yellow card · Matheus Henrique
- 83'Goal · Johan Carbonero
- 89'Yellow card · Lucas Silva
Head-to-head
Team news
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Internacional line-up (4-4-2)
Anthoni, Félix Torres, Gabriel Mercado, Guillermo Maripán, Luiz Felipe de Morais Francisco, Vitinho, Bruno Gomes, Rodrigo Villagra, Alexandro Bernabei, Johan Carbonero, Alerrandro
Cruzeiro line-up (4-2-3-1)
Otávio Costa, Fagner, Fabrício Bruno, Jonathan Jesus, Gabriel Rojas, Matheus Henrique, Gerson, Gabriel Pec, Matheus Pereira, Luis Sinisterra, Kaio Jorge