Cruzeiro 1-1 Sport Recife: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 5 October 2025

Result

Cruzeiro 1-1 Sport Recife

Serie A · Sunday 5 October 2025, 23:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Cruzeiro · Sport Recife

Cruzeiro 1-1 Sport Recife: match report

Cruzeiro drew with Sport Recife 1-1 in Serie A on Sunday 5 October 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Derik Lacerda opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Cruzeiro's goal came from Gabriel Barbosa (59'). Sport Recife scored through Derik Lacerda (41').

Discipline: Cruzeiro received 1 yellow card; Sport Recife received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cruzeiro were 3rd on 51 points from 26 and Sport Recife 20th on 15 points from 24. Cruzeiro went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Sport Recife 20th with 17.

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 Gabriel Barbosa of Cruzeiro (7.7), ahead of Derik Lacerda (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cruzeiro win, 0 draws and 0 for Sport Recife.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · HyoranSport Recife
  • 26'Yellow card · Keny ArroyoCruzeiro
  • 33'Yellow card · AderlanSport Recife
  • 41'Goal · Derik LacerdaSport Recife · 0-1
  • 59'Goal · Gabriel BarbosaCruzeiro · 1-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Cruzeiro 1, draws 0, Sport Recife 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • DenisSport Recife · injury (Knee Injury)
  • Zé RobertoSport Recife · injury (Torn Knee Ligaments)
  • HeredaSport Recife · injury (Pubic Bone Bruise)

Cruzeiro line-up (4-2-3-1)

Cássio, Kauã Moraes, Jonathan Jesus, Lucas Villalba, Kaiki, Matheus Henrique, Lucas Silva, Keny Arroyo, Matheus Pereira, Eduardo, Gabriel Barbosa

Sport Recife line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gabriel, Aderlan, Rafael Thyere, Ramon Menezes, Luan Cândido, Zé Lucas, Christian Rivera, Matheusinho, Hyoran, Romarinho, Derik Lacerda