Cruzeiro 3-1 Fluminense: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 12 November 2017
Result
Cruzeiro 3-1 Fluminense
Serie A · Sunday 12 November 2017, 21:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Cruzeiro 3-1 Fluminense: match report
Cruzeiro beat Fluminense 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 12 November 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Pedro opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Cruzeiro's goals came from Lucas Romero (17'), Diogo Barbosa (58') and Thiago Neves (72'). Fluminense scored through Pedro (7').
Discipline: Cruzeiro received 4 yellow cards; Fluminense received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cruzeiro were 5th on 51 points from 33 and Fluminense 13th on 43 points from 33. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 5th with 57 points, and Fluminense 14th with 47.
Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fluminense in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Thiago Neves of Cruzeiro (8.6), ahead of Robinho (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cruzeiro wins, 1 draw and 0 for Fluminense.
Going into the match Cruzeiro's last five read L-W-D-L-L and Fluminense's D-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Pedro
- 17'Goal · Lucas Romero
- 26'Yellow card · Murilo
- 31'Yellow card · Lucas Romero
- 41'Yellow card · Marlon
- 54'Yellow card · Robinho
- 58'Goal · Diogo Barbosa
- 68'Yellow card · Renato Chaves
- 72'Goal · Thiago Neves
- 82'Yellow card · Thiago Neves
- 87'Yellow card · Matheus Alessandro
Head-to-head
Team news
Cruzeiro line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fábio, Ezequiel, Diogo Barbosa, Manoel, Murilo, Lucas Silva, Robinho, Lucas Romero, Thiago Neves, Rafinha, Rafael Sóbis
Fluminense line-up (4-2-3-1)
Diego Cavalieri, Lucas, Renato Chaves, Marlon, Henrique, Douglas Augusto, Gustavo Scarpa, Marlon Freitas, Marcos Júnior, Wendel, Pedro