Matheus Pereira nears career-best scoring season at Cruzeiro

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·31. Juli 2026

Matheus Pereira nears career-best scoring season at Cruzeiro

The goal scored in Cruzeiro’s 1-0 win over Coritiba on Thursday night (30) at Couto Pereira brought Matheus Pereira even closer to setting his highest-scoring season for the club. At 30 years old, the attacking midfielder reached ten goals in 35 matches played in 2026 and already stands as the team’s second-leading scorer this season.

Matheus Pereira trails only Kaio Jorge, who has 13 goals this year. The No. 10, meanwhile, is enjoying a season of offensive prominence and needs just two more goals to match his best tally in a Cruzeiro shirt.

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Matheus Pereira’s highest number of goals for Cruzeiro came in 2024. That year, the player found the net 11 times in 54 matches. Now, with ten goals in just 35 games, the midfielder has the chance to surpass that mark with still a considerable number of matches ahead.

The best scoring season of Matheus Pereira’s career, however, came in England. For West Bromwich, the midfielder scored 12 goals in 34 matches in the season when the team played in the Premier League. With ten goals in 2026, the player is two away from matching that total and three away from setting the best goal-scoring year of his professional career.

The midfielder’s efficiency has also stood out in Cruzeiro’s most recent Brasileirão matches. Matheus Pereira scored in the team’s last two games in the competition. In addition to the goal against Fluminense before the World Cup break, he also found the net in the 2-1 win over Internacional at Beira-Rio, and then once again proved decisive against Coritiba, securing the 1-0 victory at Couto Pereira.

Against Coritiba, he was once again decisive, showing up at the right moment to settle the match. After the game, in an interview with Premiere, the No. 10 preferred to share the credit with the squad and highlighted the team’s collective improvement.

“We knew it was going to be a difficult goal to score. We had chances to score. The team as a whole is doing very well. The team created important plays. We did well in our defensive balance. I’m happy about the goal, but the most important thing is that the team is getting better every day.”

With ten goals in 2026, Matheus Pereira is closing in on important career milestones and still has time to build his most prolific season. Cruzeiro’s next challenge will be in the Copa do Brasil against Chapecoense this Sunday (2) at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time) at Arena Condá, in the first leg of the round of 16.

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