Cruzeiro 1-0 Fortaleza: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 19 October 2025
Result
Cruzeiro 1-0 Fortaleza: match report
Cruzeiro beat Fortaleza 1-0 in Serie A on Sunday 19 October 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Christian of Cruzeiro in the 21st minute.
Discipline: Cruzeiro received 1 yellow card; Fortaleza received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cruzeiro were 3rd on 53 points from 28 and Fortaleza 18th on 24 points from 27. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Fortaleza 18th with 43.
Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fortaleza in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Léo Aragão of Cruzeiro (7.7), ahead of Christian (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cruzeiro win, 1 draw and 1 for Fortaleza.
Going into the match Cruzeiro's last five read D-D-D-L-W and Fortaleza's L-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Rodrigo Santos
- 21'Goal · Christian
- 27'Yellow card · Lucas Villalba
- 35'Yellow card · Eros Mancuso
- 37'Yellow card · Tomás Pochettino
- 51'Yellow card · Juan Martín Lucero
- 86'Yellow card · Lucas Gazal
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cruzeiro line-up (4-2-3-1)
Léo Aragão, Kauã Moraes, Fabrício Bruno, Lucas Villalba, Kauã Prates, Lucas Romero, Lucas Silva, Keny Arroyo, Matheus Pereira, Christian, Gabriel Barbosa
Fortaleza line-up (4-2-3-1)
Brenno, Eros Mancuso, Emanuel Brítez, Lucas Gazal, Bruno Pacheco, Rodrigo Santos, Lucas Sasha, José Herrera, Breno Lopes, Tomás Pochettino, Juan Martín Lucero