Match Report
Cruzeiro (6th, 45 pts) visited Santos (8th, 38 pts) with 7 points between them. Recent form flatters Santos's table spot — 2nd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 8th. Scoring rates set the scale: Santos 1.52 scored and 1.48 conceded per game, Cruzeiro 1.5 and 1.43, with the league averaging 1.33.
25 meetings are on record — 9 won by Santos, 10 by Cruzeiro, 6 drawn, at 2.2 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win.
With 100 matches recorded and 4.0 yellow cards per game, B. Arleu de Araujo was the man in the middle. The venue was Estádio Urbano Caldeira, with room for 16,798 spectators. Santos led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Santos: Benjamín Rollheiser (28'), Fabrício Bruno (32') · Cruzeiro: Matheus Pereira (90')
Key stats
Possession: Santos 53% · Cruzeiro 47% · Total shots: 31-9 · On target: 9-4 · Corners: 13-3