Palmeiras held by Cruzeiro despite man advantage, lead stays slim | OneFootball

On the eve of the decisive match against LDU-EQU in the Libertadores, Palmeiras failed to take advantage of Fabrício Bruno’s sending-off in the second half and ended up with a goalless draw against Cruzeiro on Sunday night at Allianz Parque. Verdão could not capitalize on Flamengo’s defeat in this 30th round of the Brazilian Championship and missed the chance to open up a bigger lead over Flamengo, the current runner-up.

Standings Situation

The draw was not much good for either team. Palmeiras reached their third consecutive game without a win and missed the chance to open up a bigger lead over Flamengo, who lost in this round. Despite this, Verdão remained at the top, with 62 points—one more than the team from Rio. On the other side, Cruzeiro reached 57 points and also did not catch up with Rubro-Negro, staying in third place.

📋 Match Details

🟢⚪ PALMEIRAS 0 x 0 CRUZEIRO 🔵⚪

🏆 Competition: Brazilian Championship (30th round) 🏟️ Venue: Allianz Parque, São Paulo (SP) 📅 Date: October 26, 2025 (Sunday) ⏰ Time: 8:30 PM (Brasília time) 👥 Attendance: 40,209 fans 💰 Revenue: R$ 2,679,848.80 🟨 Yellow Cards: Gustavo Gómez, Khellven (Palmeiras); Fabrício Bruno, Lucas Romero, Villalba, Kaiki, and Lucas Silva (Cruzeiro) 🟥 Red Cards: Fabrício Bruno (Cruzeiro), at 26′ of the 2nd half

Refereeing

🟢⚪ PALMEIRAS

Carlos Miguel; Khellven (Giay), Gustavo Gómez, Murilo, and Jefté; Bruno Fuchs (Veiga), Andreas Pereira, Maurício, and Felipe Anderson (Sosa); Flaco López (Bruno Rodrigues) and Vitor Roque (Allan). Coach: Abel Ferreira

🔵⚪ CRUZEIRO 

Cássio; William, Villalba, Fabrício Bruno, and Kaiki; Lucas Silva, Lucas Romero, and Matheus Pereira (Eduardo); Christian, Wanderson (Arroyo) (Jonathan Jesus), and Kaio Jorge. Coach: Leonardo Jardim

How the match went

Three minutes into the game, Palmeiras had their first chance. Khellven crossed the ball into the box and Gómez headed it to Vitor Roque, who headed over the goal. In the 27th minute, Cruzeiro responded with a corner kick from Matheus Pereira. Villalba rose for a header and aimed at goal, but Carlos Miguel calmly caught it.

At 28 minutes, Cruzeiro took a dangerous free kick. Arroyo shot from the edge of the box and Carlos Miguel ‘flew’ to the left corner, pushing it out for a corner. Soon after, Villalba tried from distance but sent it far off target. Palmeiras responded in the 35th minute, with a shot from Vitor Roque inside the box, deflected out for a corner.

Second half

Five minutes in, Palmeiras created their first real threat of the match. Jefté appeared on the left and crossed into the box. Vitor Roque, unmarked, headed towards goal but sent it over the crossbar. At 11 minutes, Cruzeiro hit back with a shot from Arroyo inside the area, but Carlos Miguel made a great save to deny Raposa the goal.

At 16 minutes, Verdão thought they had scored to the delight of Allianz, but the goal was disallowed. Mauricio crossed to the far post and Flaco headed for a save by Cássio. The Cruzeiro goalkeeper, however, failed to hold it and Sosa forced the play, pushing the ball into the net. Referee Rafael Rodrigo Klein ruled there was a foul on the play and disallowed the goal.

At 24 minutes, Mauricio had another chance after receiving a through ball behind Cruzeiro’s defense but couldn’t adjust his body and shot wide. A minute later, in a solo move by Allan, Fabrício Bruno stopped the youngster with a foul and received his second yellow card, being sent off. Palmeiras thus had a man advantage. Andreas Pereira took the free kick directly and Cássio saved.

In stoppage time, Cruzeiro almost scored, but Carlos Miguel performed a miracle. Matheus Pereira crossed low into the box and Kaio Jorge finished, but the Palmeiras goalkeeper saved. In Palmeiras’ reply, Sosa headed and Cássio saved.

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