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 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.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Luiz Fernando
- 32'Yellow card · Henrique
- 37'Goal · Edílson
- 40'Yellow card · Edílson
- 40'Yellow card · Luiz Fernando
- 41'Yellow card · Jean Irmer
- 47'Yellow card · Bruno Silva
- 67'Yellow card · Joel Carli
Head-to-head
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