Botafogo 2-2 Cruzeiro: result and report

Botafogo 2-2 Cruzeiro

Serie A · Sunday 3 December 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Botafogo · Cruzeiro · Serie A predictions

Botafogo drew with Cruzeiro 2-2 in Serie A on Sunday 3 December 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Brenner opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Botafogo's goals came from Brenner (26') and Ezequiel (69'). Cruzeiro scored through Thiago Neves (38') and Giorgian de Arrascaeta (50').

Discipline: Botafogo received 1 yellow card; Cruzeiro received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Botafogo were 8th on 52 points from 37 and Cruzeiro 5th on 56 points from 37. Botafogo went on to finish that season 10th with 53 points, and Cruzeiro 5th with 57.

Botafogo lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Cruzeiro in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to L. Valencia of Botafogo (8.6), level with Brenner (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Botafogo wins, 1 draw and 0 for Cruzeiro.

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