Cruzeiro vs Red Bull Bragantino, 2024 Brasileiro Serie A
· Brazilian Serie AAbout
Cruzeiro are hosting Red Bull Bragantino
at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (Independência), Belo Horizonte, Brazil, starting on
. The match is a part of the Brazilian Serie A.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by William (Cruzeiro).
- 1': Lincoln (RB Bragantino) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 3': Foul by Henry Mosquera (RB Bragantino).
- 3': Zé Ivaldo (Cruzeiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Corner, RB Bragantino. Conceded by Álvaro Barreal.
- 5': Foul by William (Cruzeiro).
- 5': Lincoln (RB Bragantino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Attempt saved. Kaiki (Cruzeiro) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matheus Pereira.
- 8': Attempt missed. William (Cruzeiro) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
- 8': Goal! Cruzeiro 1, RB Bragantino 0. Gabriel Veron (Cruzeiro) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by William.
- 13': Attempt saved. Helinho (RB Bragantino) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Evangelista.
- 16': Eric Ramires (RB Bragantino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Gabriel Veron (Cruzeiro).
- 18': Offside, RB Bragantino. Henry Mosquera is caught offside.
- 22': Offside, Cruzeiro. Álvaro Barreal is caught offside.
- 22': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: William (Cruzeiro) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 24': VAR Decision: No Goal Cruzeiro 1-0 RB Bragantino.
- 25': Attempt missed. Lincoln (RB Bragantino) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lucas Evangelista.
- 26': Attempt blocked. William (Cruzeiro) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matheus Pereira.
- 26': Corner, Cruzeiro. Conceded by Juninho Capixaba.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Helinho (RB Bragantino) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Evangelista.
- 28': Corner, RB Bragantino. Conceded by Lucas Romero.
- 29': Offside, Cruzeiro. Álvaro Barreal is caught offside.
- 30': Foul by Helinho (RB Bragantino).
- 30': Kaiki (Cruzeiro) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 36': Foul by Nathan Mendes (RB Bragantino).
- 36': Matheus Pereira (Cruzeiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Foul by Henry Mosquera (RB Bragantino).
- 37': Zé Ivaldo (Cruzeiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Attempt missed. Lucas Evangelista (RB Bragantino) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nathan Mendes.
- 39': Foul by Gabriel Veron (Cruzeiro).
- 39': Juninho Capixaba (RB Bragantino) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 40': Foul by Álvaro Barreal (Cruzeiro).
- 40': Lucas Evangelista (RB Bragantino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Álvaro Barreal (Cruzeiro) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 42': Corner, RB Bragantino. Conceded by William.
- 44': Foul by Pedro Henrique (RB Bragantino).
- 44': Matheus Pereira (Cruzeiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Nathan Mendes (RB Bragantino).
- 45': Álvaro Barreal (Cruzeiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Nathan Mendes (RB Bragantino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+1': Foul by Eric Ramires (RB Bragantino).
- 45'+1': João Marcelo (Cruzeiro) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+1': Eric Ramires (RB Bragantino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+3': Offside, RB Bragantino. Eric Ramires is caught offside.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Cruzeiro 1, RB Bragantino 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Cruzeiro 1, RB Bragantino 0.
- 47': Corner, RB Bragantino. Conceded by João Marcelo.
- 48': Attempt missed. Lucas Evangelista (RB Bragantino) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 49': Foul by Lincoln (RB Bragantino).
- 49': Lucas Romero (Cruzeiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Arthur Gomes (Cruzeiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Foul by Nathan Mendes (RB Bragantino).
- 52': Hand ball by Nathan Mendes (RB Bragantino).
- 53': Offside, Cruzeiro. Arthur Gomes is caught offside.
- 56': Foul by Arthur Gomes (Cruzeiro).
- 56': Lucas Evangelista (RB Bragantino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Kaiki (Cruzeiro).
- 57': Nathan Mendes (RB Bragantino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Attempt saved. Gabriel Veron (Cruzeiro) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 59': Foul by Nathan Mendes (RB Bragantino).
- 59': Matheus Pereira (Cruzeiro) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 61': Substitution, RB Bragantino. Matheus Fernandes replaces Eric Ramires.
- 61': Substitution, RB Bragantino. Vitinho replaces Henry Mosquera.
- 61': Substitution, RB Bragantino. Thiago Borbas replaces Lincoln.
- 63': Attempt blocked. Helinho (RB Bragantino) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matheus Fernandes.
- 63': Corner, RB Bragantino. Conceded by Álvaro Barreal.
- 64': Attempt missed. Thiago Borbas (RB Bragantino) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Helinho with a cross following a corner.
- 67': Foul by Eduardo Sasha (RB Bragantino).
- 67': Kaiki (Cruzeiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Substitution, Cruzeiro. Lautaro Díaz replaces Gabriel Veron.
- 68': Substitution, Cruzeiro. Vitinho replaces Álvaro Barreal because of an injury.
- 68': Substitution, Cruzeiro. Matheus Henrique replaces Lucas Silva.
- 69': Attempt missed. Matheus Fernandes (RB Bragantino) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nathan Mendes.
- 70': Substitution, RB Bragantino. Vinicinho replaces Eduardo Sasha.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Vinicinho (RB Bragantino) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Matheus Fernandes with a through ball.
- 71': Corner, RB Bragantino. Conceded by João Marcelo.
- 71': Attempt missed. Lucas Evangelista (RB Bragantino) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 72': Attempt missed. Arthur Gomes (Cruzeiro) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Matheus Henrique.
- 73': Attempt missed. Lautaro Díaz (Cruzeiro) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Vitinho.
- 73': Attempt missed. Arthur Gomes (Cruzeiro) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lautaro Díaz.
- 73': Offside, Cruzeiro. Kaiki is caught offside.
- 75': Offside, Cruzeiro. Matheus Henrique is caught offside.
- 76': Foul by Thiago Borbas (RB Bragantino).
- 76': João Marcelo (Cruzeiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Foul by Lautaro Díaz (Cruzeiro).
- 76': Vitinho (RB Bragantino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Vitinho (Cruzeiro) is shown the yellow card.
- 77': Foul by Lucas Romero (Cruzeiro).
- 77': Helinho (RB Bragantino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Substitution, RB Bragantino. Gustavinho replaces Helinho.
- 81': Foul by Matheus Henrique (Cruzeiro).
- 81': Gustavinho (RB Bragantino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Matheus Pereira (Cruzeiro) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
- 84': Goal! Cruzeiro 2, RB Bragantino 0. Matheus Pereira (Cruzeiro) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Vitinho.
- 88': Substitution, Cruzeiro. Ramiro replaces Lucas Romero.
- 90': Corner, RB Bragantino. Conceded by William.
- 90': Foul by Juninho Capixaba (RB Bragantino).
- 90': William (Cruzeiro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Substitution, Cruzeiro. Lucas Villalba replaces Kaiki.
- 90'+3': Foul by Matheus Pereira (Cruzeiro).
- 90'+3': Pedro Henrique (RB Bragantino) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Vitinho (RB Bragantino) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Juninho Capixaba (RB Bragantino) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Vinicinho.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Vitinho (RB Bragantino) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner.
- 90'+4': Corner, RB Bragantino. Conceded by Cássio.
- 90'+5': Attempt saved. Juninho Capixaba (RB Bragantino) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Vitinho with a cross.
- 90'+5': Goal! Cruzeiro 2, RB Bragantino 1. Thiago Borbas (RB Bragantino) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner following a corner.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Cruzeiro 2, RB Bragantino 1.
- 0': Match ends, Cruzeiro 2, RB Bragantino 1.
Statistics
 BRA |
CRU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 11 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 5 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 1 |
| 2 | Saves | 4 |
| 46.9 | Possession | 53.1 |
| 15 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 287 | Accurate Passes | 334 |
| 375 | Passes | 438 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 21 | Crosses | 10 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 46 | Long Balls | 64 |
| 22 | Accurate Long Balls | 27 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 15 |
| 22 | Tackles | 21 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 15 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 15 | Clearances | 21 |
Game Information
Competition: Brazilian Serie A
Venue: Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (Independência)
Location: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Attendance: 20,042
Venue: Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (Independência)
Location: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Attendance: 20,042
Brazil Serie A Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palmeiras | 35 | +29 | 70 |
| 2 | Botafogo | 35 | +26 | 70 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 34 | +15 | 64 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 34 | +15 | 62 |
Line-Ups
Cruzeiro (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cássio (GK) |
| 43 | João Marcelo |
| 5 | Zé Ivaldo |
| 6 | Kaiki |
| 12 | William |
| 29 | Lucas Romero |
| 21 | Álvaro Barreal  |
| 16 | Lucas Silva |
| 10 | Matheus Pereira |
| 11 | Arthur Gomes |
| 30 | Gabriel Veron |
Red Bull Bragantino (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cleiton (GK) |
| 36 | Luan Cândido |
| 14 | Pedro Henrique |
| 29 | Juninho Capixaba |
| 45 | Nathan |
| 10 | Lincoln |
| 8 | Lucas Evangelista |
| 7 | Ramires |
| 19 | Eduardo Sasha |
| 30 | Henry Mosquera |
| 11 | Helinho |
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