Ponte Preta 1-1 Cruzeiro: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 2 September 2015
Result
Ponte Preta 1-1 Cruzeiro
Serie A · Wednesday 2 September 2015, 22:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Ponte Preta 1-1 Cruzeiro: match report
Ponte Preta drew with Cruzeiro 1-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 2 September 2015. The half-time score was 0-1.
Willians opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Ponte Preta's goal came from Biro Biro (59'). Cruzeiro scored through Willians (43') and Vinícius Araújo (90+4').
Discipline: Ponte Preta received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Cruzeiro received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Ponte Preta were 9th on 29 points from 21 and Cruzeiro 18th on 21 points from 21. Ponte Preta went on to finish that season 11th with 51 points, and Cruzeiro 8th with 52.
Ponte Preta lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cruzeiro in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Willians of Cruzeiro (7.8), ahead of Henrique (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Ponte Preta wins, 1 draw and 2 for Cruzeiro.
Going into the match Ponte Preta's last five read L-D-D-W-W and Cruzeiro's D-L-D-L-D.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Fernando Bob
- 14'Yellow card · Allano
- 43'Goal · Willians
- 59'Goal · Biro Biro
- 64'Yellow card · Henrique
- 72'Yellow card · Renato Chaves
- 90'Yellow card · Ceará
- 90+4'Goal · Vinícius Araújo
- 90+5'Red card · Biro Biro
- 90+5'Yellow card · Vinícius Araújo
- 90+5'Yellow card · Willian
Head-to-head
Team news
Ponte Preta line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marcelo Lomba, Rodinei, Renato Chaves, Ferron, João Paulo, Fernando Bob, Felipe Azevedo, Elton, Bady, Biro Biro, Borges
Cruzeiro line-up (4-3-2-1)
Fábio, Ceará, Bruno Rodrigo, Manoel, Pará, Willians, Henrique, Willian Bigode, Allano, Ariel Cabral, Leandro Damião