Santos — Cruzeiro 2:1, 13 September: match result

match finished Serie A · Matchday 27 Sunday 13 September · 00:00 UTC

Santos 10th · 35 pts DWLDW

2 : 1 1st half 2:0

Cruzeiro 6th · 42 pts WWLWW

Estadio Urbano Caldeira · referee B. Arleu

Match predictionSafe

No rout: margin of two goals or fewer

90% · Margin of one goal or fewer in 2 of 3 meetings

Prediction landed. We predicted “No rout: margin of two goals or fewer”, and the match finished 2:1.

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

Santos 44% draw 26% Cruzeiro 30%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Santos win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Santos win — they got it right.

fans 45 votes

Santos 60% draw 13% Cruzeiro 27%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

B. Rollheiser 1-0 28'

Fabricio Bruno own goal 2-0 32'

Kaio Jorge 45+5'

Wesley for L. Romero 46'

C. Oliva for Gustavo Henrique 61'

Everton 68'

Arthur Melo for Everton 74'

Lucas Silva for Matheus Henrique 74'

Lima for B. Rollheiser 74'

J. Costa for Fagner 75'

Ze Lucas for Gerson 75'

Joao Marcelo 79'

L. Rodriguez for K. Arroyo 79'

Thaciano for Rony 81'

Miguelito for Gabriel Bontempo 81'

Gabriel Brazao 82'

Matheus Pereira assist: L. Rodriguez 2-1 90'

Fabricio Bruno 90+4'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Santos 3-4-2-1 · Cuca 4-2-3-1 · Jorge Artur Cruzeiro

Gabriel Brazão  
Igor Vinícius  15 Willian Arão  14 Luan Peres  
Rodinei  48 Gustavinho  5 João Schmidt  7 Everton Cebolinha  
Gabriel Bontempo  32 Benjamín Rollheiser  
Rony  

Kaio Jorge  
Keny Arroyo  10 Matheus Pereira  8 Gerson  
Lucas Romero  7 Matheus Henrique  
Fagner  15 Fabrício Bruno  43 João Marcelo  27 Gabriel Rojas  
Otávio Costa  

Santos bench

6Arthur
28Christian Oliva
1Diogenes
25Gabriel Menino
17Gustavo Caballero
42João Alencar
26João Paulo Ananias
45Lima
30Miguelito
38Rafael Gonzaga
81Samuel Mendes
16Thaciano

Cruzeiro bench

9Bruno Rodrigues
1Cássio
38Felipe Morais
67João Costa
2Kauã Moraes
16Lucas Silva
25Lucas Villalba
97Luciano Rodríguez
11Marquinhos
20Wesley
12William Furtado
5Zé Lucas

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

52%Possession48%

31Shots9

9Shots on target4

14Shots off target5

8Blocked shots0

14Shots inside box8

17Shots outside box1

127Attacks89

68Dangerous attacks37

13Corners3

2Offsides1

19Fouls14

2Yellow cards3

2Saves8

503Passes459

436Accurate passes393

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Santos

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

How the match went

text generated from our data

Santos and Cruzeiro met on matchday 27 of the Serie A on 13 September at Estadio Urbano Caldeira. Final score — 2:1.

Santos sit 10th on 35 points after 32 matches (12 wins, 10 draws, 10 losses), 6 matches without conceding. Cruzeiro sit 6th on 42 points after 32 matches (16 wins, 6 draws, 10 losses), won 2 matches in a row, 7 matches without conceding.

Of the last 3 meetings Santos won 2, Cruzeiro won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 5:1.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Santos last five Cruzeiro

DWLDW form WWLWW

32 Matches 32

12 — 10 — 10 Wins — draws — defeats 16 — 6 — 10

49 — 47 Scored — conceded 51 — 46

1.44 Points per game 1.69

1.53 Goals scored per game 1.59

6 Clean sheets 7

3 Failed to score 4

unbeaten in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Santos at home: 16 matches, 6 wins, 6 draws, 4 losses, goals 23—21, 1.5 points per match.

Cruzeiro away: 16 matches, 7 wins, 2 draws, 7 losses, goals 24—30, 1.44 points per match.

Head-to-head

3 matches in our database

2 Santos wins 1 draw 0 Cruzeiro wins goals 5:1 Santos — Cruzeiro

22/03/2026	Cruzeiro — Santos	0:0	Serie A
07/12/2025	Santos — Cruzeiro	3:0	Serie A
10/08/2025	Cruzeiro — Santos	1:2	Serie A

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
2	Flamengo	31	20	7	4	61—25	67
3	Cruzeiro	32	16	6	10	51—46	54
4	Athletico Paranaense	32	15	9	8	50—38	54
…
7	Bahia	32	13	11	8	45—40	50
8	Santos	32	12	10	10	49—47	46
9	São Paulo	32	12	7	13	37—36	43

Full Serie A table