Cruzeiro 2-0 Sport Recife: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 20 August 2017
Result
Cruzeiro 2-0 Sport Recife
Serie A · Sunday 20 August 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cruzeiro 2-0 Sport Recife: match report
Cruzeiro beat Sport Recife 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 20 August 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Sassá opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Cruzeiro's goals came from Sassá (34') and Raniel (87'). Sport Recife did not score.
Discipline: Cruzeiro received 1 yellow card; Sport Recife received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Cruzeiro were 9th on 27 points from 20 and Sport Recife 7th on 29 points from 20. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 5th with 57 points, and Sport Recife 15th with 45.
Cruzeiro lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sport Recife in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Thiago Neves of Cruzeiro (8.0), ahead of Samuel Xavier (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cruzeiro wins, 4 draws and 1 for Sport Recife.
Going into the match Cruzeiro's last five read L-D-W-D-L and Sport Recife's D-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Sassá
- 83'Yellow card · Rafinha
- 87'Goal · Raniel
Head-to-head
Team news
Cruzeiro line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fábio, Ezequiel, Léo, Diogo Barbosa, Murilo, Henrique, Alisson, Hudson, Thiago Neves, Rafinha, Sassá
Sport Recife line-up (4-2-3-1)
Magrão, Oswaldo José Henríquez Bocanegra, Ronaldo Alves, Eugenio Mena, Samuel Xavier, Reinaldo Lenis, Rithely, Diego Souza, Patrick, Everton Felipe, André