Atlético Mineiro 3-1 Cruzeiro: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 2 July 2017

Result

Atlético Mineiro 3-1 Cruzeiro

Serie A · Sunday 2 July 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Atlético Mineiro · Cruzeiro · Serie A predictions

Atlético Mineiro 3-1 Cruzeiro: match report

Atlético Mineiro won against Cruzeiro 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 2 July 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Thiago Neves opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Atlético Mineiro's goals came from Juan Cazares (45+3'), Fred (45+5') and Fred (79'). Cruzeiro scored through Thiago Neves (6').

Discipline: Atlético Mineiro received 4 yellow cards; Cruzeiro received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Atlético Mineiro were 13th on 13 points from 10 and Cruzeiro 10th on 14 points from 10. Atlético Mineiro went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and Cruzeiro 5th with 57.

Atlético Mineiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cruzeiro in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fred of Atlético Mineiro (8.7), ahead of Juan Cazares (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Atlético Mineiro wins, 2 draws and 3 for Cruzeiro.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Thiago NevesCruzeiro · 0-1
  • 8'Yellow card · Ramón ÁbilaCruzeiro
  • 12'Yellow card · Fábio SantosAtlético Mineiro
  • 38'Yellow card · RobinhoAtlético Mineiro
  • 38'Yellow card · Rafael SóbisCruzeiro
  • 45+3'Goal · Juan CazaresAtlético Mineiro · 1-1
  • 45+5'Goal · FredAtlético Mineiro · 2-1
  • 45+6'Yellow card · MarloneAtlético Mineiro
  • 51'Yellow card · Alejandro CabralCruzeiro
  • 53'Yellow card · Roger BernardoAtlético Mineiro
  • 74'Yellow card · Luis CaicedoCruzeiro
  • 79'Goal · FredAtlético Mineiro · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Atlético Mineiro 5, draws 2, Cruzeiro 3.

Team news

Atlético Mineiro line-up (4-2-3-1)

Victor, Leonardo Silva, Fábio Santos, Alex Silva, Gabriel, Robinho, Elias, Juan Cazares, Yago Henrique, Roger Bernardo, Fred

Cruzeiro line-up (4-2-3-1)

Fábio, Ezequiel, Léo, Luis Caicedo, Diogo Barbosa, Ariel Cabral, Alisson, Robinho, Lucas Romero, Thiago Neves, Rafael Sóbis