São Paulo 5-0 Santa Cruz: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 11 December 2016

Result

São Paulo 5-0 Santa Cruz

Serie A · Sunday 11 December 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

São Paulo · Santa Cruz · Serie A predictions

São Paulo 5-0 Santa Cruz: match report

São Paulo defeated Santa Cruz 5-0 in Serie A on Sunday 11 December 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

David Neres opened the scoring in the 1st minute. São Paulo's goals came from David Neres (1'), Gilberto (30'), Andrés Chávez (58'), Andrés Chávez (73') and Luiz Araújo (82'). Santa Cruz did not score.

Discipline: São Paulo received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Santa Cruz received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game São Paulo were 16th on 41 points from 37 and Santa Cruz 18th on 36 points from 37. São Paulo went on to finish that season 16th with 44 points, and Santa Cruz 18th with 36.

São Paulo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Santa Cruz in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David Neres of São Paulo (9.1), ahead of Andrés Chávez (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 São Paulo wins, 1 draw and 0 for Santa Cruz.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · David NeresSão Paulo · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · C. CuevaSão Paulo
  • 30'Goal · GilbertoSão Paulo · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Andrés ChávezSão Paulo
  • 41'Yellow card · DerleySanta Cruz
  • 45+2'Second yellow · C. CuevaSão Paulo
  • 58'Goal · Andrés ChávezSão Paulo · 3-0
  • 73'Goal · Andrés ChávezSão Paulo · 4-0
  • 82'Goal · Luiz AraújoSão Paulo · 5-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: São Paulo 2, draws 1, Santa Cruz 0.

Team news

São Paulo line-up (4-2-3-1)

Denis, Bruno, Rodrigo Caio, Julio Buffarini, Maicon, Andrés Chávez, Christian Alberto Cueva Bravo, David Neres, João Schmidt, Thiago Mendes, Gilberto

Santa Cruz line-up (4-2-3-1)

Luiz Miller, Vítor, Walter, Luan Peres, Roberto, Derley, Arthur Caíke, Marcilio, Léo Moura, Renatinho, Bruno Moraes