BELO HORIZONTE. Cruzeiro topped Santos to win 2-1. Wesley was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Cruzeiro to strike first with a goal of Wesley at the 21′. Then it was a goal in the 57′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Wesley gave the win to Cruzeiro in the 62′ minute with a goal scoring a double.
The match was played at the Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto stadium in Belo Horizonte on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Bruno Arleu de Araujo who was helped by Rodrigo Figueiredo Henrique Correa and Michael Correia. The 4th official was André Luis Skettino Policarpo Bento. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 24.5 degrees Celsius or 76.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Cruzeiro had a superior ball possession 55% while Santos was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Santos was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Cruzeiro found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
Cruzeiro shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Santos shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Cruzeiro received 7 yellow cards (Matheus Jussa, William, Ramiro, Lucas Oliveira, Richard, Henrique Dourado and Henrique Dourado ). On the other side, Santos received 3 yellow cards (Lucas Lima, Rodrigo Fernández and Gabriel Inocêncio).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cruzeiro will have 9 points like Botafogo to hold in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Santos will stay with 4 points like São Paulo, Vasco da Gama, Atlético Mineiro and Bragantino to hold in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Cruzeiro will play away against Internacional on the 30th of June with a 12-10 head to head stats in favor of Cruzeiro (8 draws).
Santos will play away agasint Bragantino on the 29th of May with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Santos (4 draws).
Cruzeiro – Formation
Cruzeiro adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe decided to play with the following team: Rafael Cabral , William , Lucas Oliveira , Luciano Castan , Marlon , Ramiro , Richard Cândido , Rafael Bilú, Mateus Vital , Bruno Rodrigues and Gilberto .
The home team had on the bench: Neris, Igor Formiga, Neto Moura, Daniel Jr, Wesley , Matheus Jussa, Nikão, Kaiki, Anderson, Stênio, Filipe Machado and Henrique Dourado.
Substitutions
Cruzeiro made 4 changes: Rafael Bilu for Wesley (9′), Ramiro for Machado (75′), Gilberto for Henrique Dourado (84′) and Mateus Vital for Neto Moura (84′).
Best player: Wesley
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cruzeiro was Wesley.
His rating is with 2 goals, 31 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 13.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 9′.
Santos – Formation
Also Santos adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Odair Hellmann played with: João Paulo , Nathan , Messias , Joaquim , Lucas Pires , Rodrigo Fernández , Guilherme Camacho , Lucas Braga , Lucas Lima , Steven Mendoza and Marcos Leonardo .
They had on the bench: Ivonei, Bruno Mezenga, Luiz Felipe, Deivid Washington , Alison, Ângelo , Vladimir, Ed Carlos , Daniel Ruíz , João Lucas, Gabriel Inocêncio and Vinicius Balieiro.
Santos could not rely on the presence of Ed Carlos (injured).
Substitutions
Santos made 4 changes: Lucas Braga for Ângelo Gabriel Borges Damaceno (46′), Nathan for Gabriel (46′), Rodrigo Fernández for Ed Carlos de Arruda Amorim (68′) and Lucas Lima for Daniel Ruiz Rivera (78′).
Best player: Marcos Leonardo
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Santos was Marcos Leonardo.
His rating is with 13 passes (92% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.