Match Report
7 points and 4 places separated them: Corinthians 10th with 32, Cruzeiro 6th with 39. The last five rounds placed Corinthians no better than 15th for form, against 10th in the standings. Per game in the league, Corinthians were scoring 1.04 and conceding 1, Cruzeiro 1.4 and 1.44, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Cruzeiro had not lost in 5 games.
31 meetings are on record — 12 won by Corinthians, 12 by Cruzeiro, 7 drawn, at 1.84 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 32% of the meetings.
The match was played at Arena Corinthians (capacity 49,205). The referee was D. de Oliveira Lacerda, with 48 matches in our database and 2.9 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, Cruzeiro led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Corinthians: Gustavo Henrique (58') · Cruzeiro: Bruno Rodrigues (36'), Wanderson (82')
Key stats
Possession: Corinthians 53% · Cruzeiro 47% · Total shots: 20-15 · On target: 6-6 · Corners: 3-8