Avaí 2-2 Cruzeiro: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 11 August 2019
Result
Avaí 2-2 Cruzeiro
Serie A · Sunday 11 August 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Avaí 2-2 Cruzeiro: match report
Avaí drew with Cruzeiro 2-2 in Serie A on Sunday 11 August 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Pedro Castro opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Avaí's goals came from Pedro Castro (23') and Brenner (74', penalty). Cruzeiro scored through Pedro Rocha (62') and Sassá (90+3').
Discipline: Avaí received 4 yellow cards; Cruzeiro received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Avaí were 20th on 5 points from 13 and Cruzeiro 17th on 10 points from 13. Avaí went on to finish that season 20th with 20 points, and Cruzeiro 17th with 36.
Avaí lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cruzeiro in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pedro Rocha of Cruzeiro (8.0), ahead of Lourenço (7.7).
Going into the match Avaí's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Cruzeiro's L-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Pedro Castro
- 59'Yellow card · Robinho
- 62'Goal · Pedro Rocha
- 67'Yellow card · Edílson
- 74'Penalty goal · Brenner
- 80'Yellow card · Vladimir
- 82'Second yellow · Edílson
- 90+1'Yellow card · Léo
- 90+2'Yellow card · Julinho
- 90+3'Goal · Sassá
- 90+10'Yellow card · Douglas
Team news
Avaí line-up (4-3-3)
Vladimir, Betão, Paulinho, Léo, Marquinhos, Pedro Castro, João Paulo, Richard Franco, Brenner, Bruno Sávio, Lourenço
Cruzeiro line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fábio, Léo, Egídio, Dedé, Luis Orejuela, Ariel Cabral, Henrique, Robinho, Marquinhos Gabriel, Pedro Rocha, Sassá