Grêmio — Cruzeiro 2:4, 18 October: match result

match finished Serie A · Matchday 31 Sunday 18 October · 19:00 UTC

Grêmio 18th · 31 pts LWWLD

2 : 4 1st half 2:1

Cruzeiro 3th · 54 pts WWWWL

venue to be confirmed · referee J. Vitor Gobi

Match predictionValue

This will not turn into a rout

90% · Grêmio are winless in 7 games

Prediction landed. We predicted “This will not turn into a rout”, and the match finished 2:4.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Grêmio 37% draw 22% Cruzeiro 41%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Cruzeiro win, and the match finished 2:4. Fans backed Cruzeiro win — they got it right.

fans 71 votes

Grêmio 38% draw 14% Cruzeiro 48%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

Carlos Vinicius penalty 1-0 17'

Kaio Jorge assist: Matheus Pereira 1-1 23'

E. Noriega for Danilo Barbosa 36'

C. Pavon 2-1 41'

Kaio Jorge assist: Matheus Pereira 2-2 48'

Kaio Jorge assist: William Furtado 2-3 61'

M. Braithwaite for F. Krovinovic 66'

Matheus Henrique for Ze Lucas 66'

Joao Marcelo 67'

Matheus Pereira 71'

Walter Kannemann 73'

K. Arroyo 76'

Wesley for K. Arroyo 79'

Joao Marcelo assist: Gerson 2-4 80'

J. Enamorado for F. Amuzu 90'

Tete for C. Pavon 90'

Bruno Rodrigues for Gerson 90+2'

Fabricio Bruno for Joao Marcelo 90+2'

L. Rodriguez for Kaio Jorge 90+2'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Grêmio 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Cruzeiro

Weverton  
Diego Caito  6 Gustavo Martins  4 Walter Kannemann  23 Marlon  
Mathias Villasanti  15 Danilo Barbosa  
Cristian Pavón  10 Filip Krovinović  9 Francis Amuzu  
Carlos Vinícius  

Kaio Jorge  
Keny Arroyo  10 Matheus Pereira  8 Gerson  
Zé Lucas  29 Lucas Romero  
William Furtado  43 João Marcelo  34 Jonathan Jesus  25 Lucas Villalba  
Otávio Costa  

Grêmio bench

38Caio Paulista
17Dodi
8Erick Noriega
2Fabián Balbuena
12Gabriel Grando
99José Enamorado
18João Pedro
14Marcos Rocha
22Martin Braithwaite
54Pedro Gabriel
11Tetê
3Wagner Leonardo

Cruzeiro bench

9Bruno Rodrigues
1Cássio
15Fabrício Bruno
23Fagner
27Gabriel Rojas
2Kauã Moraes
16Lucas Silva
97Luciano Rodríguez
11Marquinhos
7Matheus Henrique
6Matías Viña
20Wesley

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

40%Possession60%

17Shots13

6Shots on target6

6Shots off target3

5Blocked shots4

9Shots inside box9

8Shots outside box4

82Attacks95

42Dangerous attacks48

8Corners8

0Offsides1

19Fouls16

1Yellow cards3

1Red cards0

2Saves4

330Passes512

258Accurate passes436

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

1Penalties0

Grêmio

CruzeiroThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Grêmio and Cruzeiro met on matchday 31 of the Serie A on 18 October. Final score — 2:4.

Grêmio sit 18th on 31 points after 34 matches (9 wins, 10 draws, 15 losses), 8 matches without conceding. Cruzeiro sit 3th on 54 points after 34 matches (18 wins, 6 draws, 10 losses), unbeaten in 4 matches, 8 matches without conceding.

Of the last 3 meetings Grêmio won 0, Cruzeiro won 3. Aggregate score — 1:7.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Grêmio last five Cruzeiro

LWWLD form WWWWL

34 Matches 34

9 — 10 — 15 Wins — draws — defeats 18 — 6 — 10

38 — 47 Scored — conceded 55 — 48

1.09 Points per game 1.76

1.12 Goals scored per game 1.62

8 Clean sheets 8

10 Failed to score 4

winless in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 4

Grêmio at home: 17 matches, 8 wins, 5 draws, 4 losses, goals 27—21, 1.71 points per match.

Cruzeiro away: 17 matches, 8 wins, 2 draws, 7 losses, goals 25—30, 1.53 points per match.

Head-to-head

3 matches in our database

0 Grêmio wins 0 draws 3 Cruzeiro wins goals 1:7 Grêmio — Cruzeiro

18/04/2026	Cruzeiro — Grêmio	2:0	Serie A
05/11/2025	Grêmio — Cruzeiro	0:1	Serie A
13/07/2025	Cruzeiro — Grêmio	4:1	Serie A

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
2	Palmeiras	34	21	10	3	62—23	73
3	Cruzeiro	34	18	6	10	55—48	60
4	Fluminense	33	15	9	9	52—42	54
…
17	Corinthians	34	9	10	15	36—42	37
18	Grêmio	34	9	10	15	38—47	37
19	Remo	34	6	11	17	37—57	29

Full Serie A table

Grêmio — Cruzeiro, 18 October 2026, 19:00 UTC : score 2:4