Botafogo 1-1 Cruzeiro: result and report

Serie A · Wednesday 5 September 2018

Result

Botafogo 1-1 Cruzeiro

Serie A · Wednesday 5 September 2018, 22:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Botafogo · Cruzeiro · Serie A predictions

Botafogo 1-1 Cruzeiro: match report

Botafogo drew with Cruzeiro 1-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 5 September 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Luiz Fernando opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Botafogo's goal came from Luiz Fernando (11'). Cruzeiro scored through Edílson (37').

Discipline: Botafogo received 3 yellow cards; Cruzeiro received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Botafogo were 14th on 25 points from 22 and Cruzeiro 7th on 31 points from 22. Botafogo went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Cruzeiro 8th with 53.

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 Marcinho of Botafogo (8.1), ahead of Moisés (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Botafogo wins, 2 draws and 1 for Cruzeiro.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Luiz FernandoBotafogo · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · HenriqueCruzeiro
  • 37'Goal · EdílsonCruzeiro · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · EdílsonCruzeiro
  • 40'Yellow card · Luiz FernandoBotafogo
  • 41'Yellow card · Jean IrmerBotafogo
  • 47'Yellow card · Bruno SilvaCruzeiro
  • 67'Yellow card · Joel CarliBotafogo

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Botafogo 0, draws 2, Cruzeiro 1.

Team news

Botafogo line-up (4-1-4-1)

Saulo, Igor Rabello, Joel Carli, Marcinho, Moisés, Rodrigo Lindoso, Gustavo Bochecha, Jean Irmer, Luiz Fernando, Erik, Kieza

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

Fábio, Léo, Murilo, Edílson, Marcelo Hermes, Ariel Cabral, Henrique, Rafinha, Bruno Silva, Thiago Neves, Raniel