📋 Santos named to pull clear of bottom four; Cruzeiro eye top-five return | OneFootball

Santos and Cruzeiro face off at Vila Belmiro this Saturday (12) at 9:00 p.m. (Brasília time) in Matchday 27 of the 2026 Brasileirão.

Unbeaten in their last four matches, with two straight wins, Peixe sit in 13th place with 32 points and want to keep their good run going to move definitively away from the relegation zone (Vasco lead it with 28 points).

Raposa, meanwhile, with four wins and one loss in their last five matches, are in sixth place with 42 points and want a second straight victory to return to the top five (Bahia have 43 points).

At Cruzeiro, coach Artur Jorge chose to keep exactly the same starting lineup from the last match (a 3-1 win over Athletico-PR).

At Santos, coming off a 2-0 win over Atlético-MG in the Copa Sudamericana, coach Cuca chose to start Igor Vinicius, João Schmidt, Everton Cebolinha and Rony in place of Escobar, Oliva, Thaciano and Gabriel Barbosa, respectively.

📋 Check out Cruzeiro's lineup

📋 Check out Santos' lineup

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