GOIâNIA. Cruzeiro snatched a late win Goiás 1-0 after Robert scored just 1 goal (90′).

The match was played at the Estádio de Hailé Pinheiro stadium in Goiânia on Monday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Ramon Abatti with the assistance of Bruno Boschilia and Henrique Neu Ribeiro. The 4th official was Eduardo Tomaz De Aquino Valadão. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.75 degrees Celsius or 89.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Goiás was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Cruzeiro that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Cruzeiro was more pushing with 59 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cruzeiro won the match.​

Goiás shot 10 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cruzeiro shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Goiás received 3 yellow cards (Apodi, Bruno Melo and Maguinho). Regarding the opposition, Cruzeiro received 3 yellow cards (Anderson, Marlon and Matheus Pereira).

Standings

After this match, Goiás will stay with 35 points to sit in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Cruzeiro will have 44 points like Corinthians to climb in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Goiás will host América Mineiro on the 2nd of December with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Goiás (4 draws).

Cruzeiro will host Athletico PR on the 30th of November with a 11-9 head to head stats in favor of Athletico PR (12 draws).

Goiás – Formation

Goiás adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Mário Henrique de Souza Rocha decided to play with the following team: Tadeu (8.1), Maguinho (6.6), Lucas Halter (7.0), Bruno Melo (6.6), Diego (6.7), Higor Meritão (6.4), Willian Oliveira (7.5), Julián Palacios (7.0), Guilherme (7.0), Vinícius (7.1) and Matheus Babi (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Sidimar, Raphael Guzzo, Luis Mina, Pedro Junqueira (6.8), Breno Herculano (7.0), Apodi (6.4), Xavier, Edu, Luís Oyama (6.8), Anderson Oliveira (6.7), Marcelo Rangel and Vinicius Rodrigues.

Goiás could not rely on the presence of Luís Oyama (injured), Pedro Junqueira (injured) and Breno Herculano (injured).

Substitutions

Goiás made 5 changes: Higor Meritão for Luís Oyama (38′), Matheus Babi for Apodi (56′), Julián Palacios for Anderson Oliveira (75′), Guilherme for Pedro Junqueira (75′) and Vinícius for Breno Herculano (75′).

Player of the match: Tadeu​

The player that probably impressed the most for Goiás was the goalkeeper: Tadeu. His rating is 8.06. He performed 6 saves.

Cruzeiro – Formation

Also Cruzeiro adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Paulo Autuori de Mello played with: Rafael Cabral (7.9), William (6.8), Neris (7.7), Luciano Castán (7.7), Marlon (7.3), Ian Luccas (6.6), Filipe Machado (6.8), Mateus Vital (6.7), Matheus Pereira (7.7), Wesley (6.7) and Bruno Rodrigues (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Lucas Oliveira, Kaiki, Fernando Henrique, Lucas Silva (7.3), H. Palacios, Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira, Paulo Vitor, Rafael Elias (7.0), João Marcelo (7.0), Japa (6.7), Robert (7.7) and Anderson.

Cruzeiro could not rely on the presence of João Marcelo (injured) and Japa (injured).

Substitutions

Cruzeiro made 5 changes: Mateus Vital for Rafael Elias (63′), Neris for João Marcelo (78′), Ian Luccas for Lucas Silva (46′), Mateus Vital for Japa (63′) and Filipe Machado for Robert (83′).

Player of the match: Rafael Cabral​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cruzeiro was the goalkeeper: Rafael Cabral. His rating is 7.85. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Goiás – Cruzeiro – 0-1