Brazilian Serie A

FT Thursday, January 29, 2026
Cruzeiro WWLLL 0
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Botafogo WLWWW 4
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Joao Havelange Stadium · 16,901 att.

Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
4
54
Possession
46
17
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
385
Accurate Passes
329
449
Passes
380
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
9
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
16
0.6
Cross %
0.3
29
Long Balls
43
9
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
8
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
5
10
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
4
16
Effective Clearances
24
16
Clearances
24

Head to Head

CRU leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BOT · 3-4-3

  1. 22NetoG
  2. 28NewtonCD
  3. 20Alexander BarbozaCD-L
  4. 4Mateo PonteCD-R
  5. 25AllanCM-L
  6. 8Danilo SantosCM-R
  7. 13Alex TellesLM
  8. 2VitinhoRM
  9. 19Arthur CabralF
  10. 10Álvaro MontoroCF-L
  11. 23Santiago RodríguezCF-R

CRU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1CássioG
  2. 34Jonathan JesusCD-L
  3. 15Fabrício BrunoCD-R
  4. 6KaikiLB
  5. 23FagnerRB
  6. 10Matheus PereiraAM
  7. 16Lucas SilvaLM
  8. 29Lucas RomeroRM
  9. 19Kaio JorgeF
  10. 94WandersonAM-L
  11. 11GersonAM-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Lucas Silva (Cruzeiro) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+4' Allan (Botafogo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 48' Goal! Botafogo 1, Cruzeiro 0. Danilo (Botafogo) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arthur Cabral with a through ball.
  4. 56' Substitution, Cruzeiro. Keny Arroyo replaces Wanderson.
  5. 63' Substitution, Botafogo. Matheus Martins replaces Arthur Cabral.
  6. 63' Substitution, Botafogo. Artur replaces Allan.
  7. 65' Substitution, Cruzeiro. Christian replaces Lucas Silva.
  8. 76' Goal! Botafogo 2, Cruzeiro 0. Matheus Martins (Botafogo) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álvaro Montoro following a fast break.
  9. 77' Substitution, Cruzeiro. Matheus Henrique replaces Lucas Romero.
  10. 78' Substitution, Cruzeiro. Kaique Kenji replaces Gerson.
  11. 78' Substitution, Cruzeiro. João Marcelo replaces Jonathan Jesus.
  12. 81' Substitution, Botafogo. Nathan Fernandes replaces Álvaro Montoro.
  13. 81' Substitution, Botafogo. Marçal replaces Alex Telles.
  14. 83' Kaique Kenji (Cruzeiro) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 85' Goal! Botafogo 3, Cruzeiro 0. Danilo (Botafogo) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nathan Fernandes.
  16. 88' Substitution, Botafogo. Jordan Barrera replaces Santiago Rodríguez.
  17. 90'+1' Goal! Botafogo 4, Cruzeiro 0. Artur (Botafogo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

Brazil Serie A News

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