Santos 4-2 Cruzeiro: result and report
Serie A · Thursday 9 August 2012
Result
Santos 4-2 Cruzeiro
Serie A · Thursday 9 August 2012, 00:50 UTC · half-time 2-1
Santos 4-2 Cruzeiro: match report
Santos beat Cruzeiro 4-2 in Serie A on Thursday 9 August 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.
Felipe Anderson opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Santos's goals came from Felipe Anderson (22'), Victor Andrade (32'), Durval (60') and Bill (78'). Cruzeiro scored through Borges (29') and Ceará (51').
Discipline: Santos received 2 yellow cards; Cruzeiro received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Santos were 16th on 13 points from 14 and Cruzeiro 8th on 23 points from 14. Santos went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Cruzeiro 10th with 52.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Santos wins, 3 draws and 2 for Cruzeiro.
Going into the match Santos's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Cruzeiro's L-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Bill
- 22'Goal · Felipe Anderson
- 29'Goal · Borges
- 32'Goal · Victor Andrade
- 51'Goal · Ceará
- 59'Yellow card · Charles
- 60'Goal · Durval
- 71'Yellow card · Victor Andrade
- 72'Yellow card · Élber
- 78'Goal · Bill
- 90+2'Second yellow · Élber