Cruzeiro 2-0 Santos: result and report

Cruzeiro 2-0 Santos

Serie A · Sunday 18 August 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cruzeiro won against Santos 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 18 August 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

Fred opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Cruzeiro's goals came from Fred (44') and Thiago Neves (47'). Santos did not score.

Discipline: Cruzeiro received 2 yellow cards; Santos received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Cruzeiro were 17th on 11 points from 14 and Santos 1st on 32 points from 14. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and Santos 3rd with 74.

Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-3-3 and Santos in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Thiago Neves of Cruzeiro (9.2), ahead of Luis Orejuela (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cruzeiro wins, 1 draw and 0 for Santos.

Going into the match Cruzeiro's last five read D-L-L-D-D and Santos's L-W-W-W-W.