Cruzeiro × Flamengo · Brasileirão
Goals
Match report
Cruzeiro beat Flamengo 2-1 at home in the Brasileirão Série A on 23 August 2026, with kick-off at 00:30. The margin is the narrowest a decided match can produce: one goal between the sides at the final whistle, with both teams finding the net. This was no rout and no procession, and the scoreline does not license any grander claim. The hosts took the three points, the visitors none.
In a league decided over dozens of rounds rather than in a single night, a home win against opposition of this stature is worth more than the bare three points suggest. Cruzeiro added to their total; Flamengo did not. Months from now, readers looking back at the 2026 Brasileirão season will find this fixture recorded simply as a tight home victory, the kind that quietly shapes how a campaign ends.
Table
- 1.Flamengo60 pts · 28J · +32
- 6.Cruzeiro45 pts · 28J · +2
Goal stats
Match events
CruzeiroFlamengo
- 20′Cruzeiro: Yellow card: Fabrício Bruno
- 22′Flamengo: Goal: Pedro (Assists: Giorgian de Arrascaeta)
- 36′Cruzeiro: Yellow card: João Marcelo
- 46′Cruzeiro: Substitution: Wesley on, João Costa off
- 55′Cruzeiro: Goal: Keny Arroyo (Assists: Matheus Henrique)
- 63′Flamengo: Substitution: Jorginho on, Giorgian de Arrascaeta off
- 63′Flamengo: Substitution: Gonzalo Plata on, Samuel Lino off
- 72′Flamengo: Substitution: Evertton Araújo on, Erick Pulgar off
- 72′Flamengo: Substitution: Bruno Henrique on, Lucas Paquetá off
- 75′Cruzeiro: Substitution: Gerson on, Lucas Romero off
- 75′Cruzeiro: Substitution: Kaique Kenji on, Keny Arroyo off
- 76′Cruzeiro: Substitution: Néiser Villarreal on, Kaio Jorge off
- 82′Flamengo: Yellow card: Bruno Henrique
- 83′Flamengo: Substitution: Luiz Araújo on, Pedro off
- 86′Cruzeiro: Yellow card: Wesley
- 86′Cruzeiro: Substitution: Zé Lucas on, Matheus Henrique off
- 90+5′Cruzeiro: Goal: Matheus Pereira (Assists: Lucas Villalba)
Match statistics
All match statistics40
Lineups
Cruzeiro
- 81Otávio Costa
- 23Fagner
- 15Fabrício Bruno
- 43João Marcelo
- 25Lucas Villalba
- 29Lucas Romero
- 7Matheus Henrique
- 99Keny Arroyo
- 10Matheus Pereira
- 67João Costa
- 19Kaio Jorge
- 5Zé Lucas
- 8Gerson
- 9Bruno Rodrigues
- 12William
- 16Lucas Silva
- 20Wesley
- 22Néiser Villarreal
- 27Gabriel Rojas
- 38Felipe Morais
- 41Léo Aragão
- 70Kaique Kenji
- 97Luciano Rodríguez
Flamengo
- 1Agustín Rossi
- 2Guillermo Varela
- 3Léo Ortiz
- 13Danilo
- 6Ayrton Lucas
- 5Erick Pulgar
- 20Lucas Paquetá
- 15Jorge Carrascal
- 10Giorgian de Arrascaeta
- 16Samuel Lino
- 9Pedro
- 7Luiz Araújo
- 8Saúl Ñíguez
- 19Gonzalo Plata
- 21Jorginho
- 22Emerson Royal
- 27Bruno Henrique
- 42Andrew
- 49Dyogo Alves
- 52Evertton Araújo
- 61João Souza
- 77Johnny Monteiro Góes
- 99Lorran
Head-to-head
Of the last 10 meetings: 1 win for Cruzeiro, 3 draws, and 6 wins for Flamengo. Across those 10 meetings: 21 goals in total, 2.1 per match; both teams scored in 6 matches.
Match officials
- Rodrigo José Pereira de Lima
- Danilo Ricardo Simon Manis
- Nailton Oliveira
- Paulo Roberto Alves Júnior
Venue
Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto
- Belo Horizonte
- 61,927
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