São Paulo 3-2 Cruzeiro: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 13 August 2017
Result
São Paulo 3-2 Cruzeiro
Serie A · Sunday 13 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
São Paulo 3-2 Cruzeiro: match report
São Paulo beat Cruzeiro 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday 13 August 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Wade Elliott opened the scoring in the 45th minute. São Paulo's goals came from Wade Elliott (45+2'), Robert Arboleda (71') and Wade Elliott (82', penalty). Cruzeiro scored through Sassá (51') and Sassá (57').
Discipline: São Paulo received 5 yellow cards; Cruzeiro received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game São Paulo were 18th on 19 points from 19 and Cruzeiro 7th on 27 points from 19. São Paulo went on to finish that season 13th with 50 points, and Cruzeiro 5th with 57.
São Paulo lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Cruzeiro in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Hernanes of São Paulo (9.0), ahead of Sassá (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 São Paulo wins, 3 draws and 3 for Cruzeiro.
Key events
- 13'Missed penalty · Sassá
- 45+2'Goal · Wade Elliott
- 45+3'Yellow card · Léo
- 45+3'Yellow card · Diego Lugano
- 51'Goal · Sassá
- 52'Yellow card · Wade Elliott
- 57'Goal · Sassá
- 60'Yellow card · Marcinho
- 71'Goal · Robert Arboleda
- 74'Yellow card · Lucas Pratto
- 81'Yellow card · Bryan
- 81'Yellow card · Ezequiel
- 82'Penalty goal · Wade Elliott
- 90+4'Yellow card · Renan Ribeiro
- 90+7'Yellow card · Digão
Head-to-head
Team news
São Paulo line-up (4-1-4-1)
Renan Ribeiro, Rodrigo Caio, Robert Arboleda, Edimar, Julio Buffarini, Petros, Éder Militão, Hernanes, Marcos Guilherme, Marcinho, Lucas Pratto
Cruzeiro line-up (4-4-2)
Rafael, Ezequiel, Léo, Bryan, Digão, Alisson, Robinho, Hudson, Lucas Ventura, Rafael Sóbis, Sassá