América Mineiro 0-2 Cruzeiro: result and report
Serie A · Friday 9 September 2016
Result
América Mineiro 0-2 Cruzeiro
Serie A · Friday 9 September 2016, 00:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
América Mineiro 0-2 Cruzeiro: match report
América Mineiro were beaten by Cruzeiro 0-2 in Serie A on Friday 9 September 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Giorgian de Arrascaeta opened the scoring in the 21st minute. América Mineiro did not score. Cruzeiro scored through Giorgian de Arrascaeta (21') and Ramón Ábila (70').
Discipline: América Mineiro received 1 yellow card; Cruzeiro received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game América Mineiro were 20th on 17 points from 22 and Cruzeiro 13th on 28 points from 22. América Mineiro went on to finish that season 20th with 32 points, and Cruzeiro 6th with 53.
América Mineiro lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Cruzeiro in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Giorgian de Arrascaeta of Cruzeiro (8.0), ahead of Henrique (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 América Mineiro wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cruzeiro.
Going into the match América Mineiro's last five read D-L-L-W-L and Cruzeiro's W-D-D-W-D.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Giorgian de Arrascaeta
- 45'Yellow card · Ramón Ábila
- 51'Yellow card · Bill
- 53'Yellow card · Jonas
- 70'Goal · Ramón Ábila
Head-to-head
Team news
América Mineiro line-up (4-4-1-1)
João Ricardo, Jonas, Alison, Sueliton, Danilo Barcelos, Juninho, Osman, Claudinei, Pablo, Michael, Diego Lopes
Cruzeiro line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael, Bruno Rodrigo, Lucas, Manoel, Edimar, Ariel Cabral, Henrique, Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Robinho, Rafinha, Ramón Ábila