Cruzeiro 5-1 Figueirense: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 6 September 2015
Result
Cruzeiro 5-1 Figueirense
Serie A · Sunday 6 September 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Cruzeiro 5-1 Figueirense: match report
Cruzeiro won against Figueirense 5-1 in Serie A on Sunday 6 September 2015. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Willian opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Cruzeiro's goals came from Willian (4'), Willian (28'), Vinícius Araújo (61'), Willian (72') and Willian (75'). Figueirense scored through Marcos Pedroso (66').
Discipline: Cruzeiro received no yellow cards; Figueirense received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cruzeiro were 18th on 22 points from 22 and Figueirense 15th on 26 points from 22. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 8th with 52 points, and Figueirense 16th with 43.
Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-3-3 and Figueirense in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Willian Bigode of Cruzeiro (10.0), ahead of Bruno Rodrigo (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cruzeiro win, 1 draw and 1 for Figueirense.
Going into the match Cruzeiro's last five read D-D-L-D-L and Figueirense's L-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Willian
- 5'Yellow card · Alex Muralha
- 28'Goal · Willian
- 39'Yellow card · Thiago Heleno
- 52'Yellow card · Sueliton
- 61'Goal · Vinícius Araújo
- 66'Goal · Marcos Pedroso
- 72'Goal · Willian
- 75'Goal · Willian
- 88'Yellow card · Bruno Alves
Head-to-head
Team news
Cruzeiro line-up (4-3-3)
Fábio, Ceará, Bruno Rodrigo, Manoel, Pará, Willians, Henrique, Ariel Cabral, Willian Bigode, Allano, Vinícius Araújo
Figueirense line-up (4-3-1-2)
Alex Muralha, Thiago Heleno, Marquinhos Pedroso, Sueliton, Bruno Alves, Rafael Bastos, Dener, João Vitor, Fabinho, Clayton, Thiago Santana