Cruzeiro 1-0 Botafogo: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 6 May 2018
Result
Cruzeiro 1-0 Botafogo
Serie A · Sunday 6 May 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Cruzeiro 1-0 Botafogo: match report
Cruzeiro defeated Botafogo 1-0 in Serie A on Sunday 6 May 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Dedé of Cruzeiro in the 72nd minute.
Discipline: Cruzeiro received 1 yellow card; Botafogo received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cruzeiro were 19th on 1 point from 3 and Botafogo 8th on 5 points from 3. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Botafogo 9th with 51.
Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Botafogo in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marcinho of Botafogo (7.8), level with Dedé (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cruzeiro wins, 2 draws and 0 for Botafogo.
Going into the match Cruzeiro's last five read D-L-L and Botafogo's W-D-D.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Rodrigo Lindoso
- 51'Yellow card · Gilson
- 55'Yellow card · Luiz Fernando
- 72'Goal · Dedé
- 90+1'Yellow card · Henrique
- 90+2'Yellow card · Matheus Fernandes
Head-to-head
Team news
Cruzeiro line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fábio, Léo, Egídio, Dedé, Lucas Romero, Henrique, Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Lucas Silva, Rafinha, Thiago Neves, Sassá
Botafogo line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jefferson, Igor Rabello, Joel Carli, Marcinho, Gil Guerreiro, Rodrigo Lindoso, Rodrigo Pimpão Vianna, Matheus Fernandes, L. Valencia, Renatinho, Brenner