Cruzeiro beat Fortaleza, closing the gap on their rivals | OneFootball

This Saturday, in the 29th round of the Brazilian Championship Série A, Cruzeiro hosted Fortaleza at Mineirão and won 1–0. The goal was scored by Christian.

Standings Situation

With the positive result, Raposa, currently in third place, reduced the gap to second-place Flamengo (58) and leaders Palmeiras (61). The teams, however, face each other this Sunday at the Maracanã. Fortaleza, in turn, remains in a very delicate situation. Leão do Pici sits 18th with 24 points.

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📋 Match summary

🔵CRUZEIRO 1 x 0 FORTALEZA⚪

🏆 Competition: Brazilian Championship Série A 🏟️ Venue: Mineirão, in Belo Horizonte (MG) 📅 Date: October 18, 2025 (Saturday) ⏰ Time: 9:00 p.m. (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow cards: Lucas Villalba (Cruzeiro); Eros Mancuso, Tomás Pochettino, Lucero, Rodrigo Santos and Lucas Gazal (Fortaleza) 🟥 Red cards: None

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Goals

🔵Cruzeiro

Léo Aragão; Kauã Moraes, Fabrício Bruno, Lucas Villalba and Kauã Prates (William); Lucas Romero and Lucas Silva (Carlos Eduardo); Christian (Walace), Matheus Pereira (Bolasie) and Keny Arroyo (Wanderson); Gabigol Head coach: Leonardo Jardim

⚪Fortaleza

Brenno; Eros Mancuso, Emanuel Brítez, Lucas Gazal and Bruno Pacheco (Diogo Barbosa); Rodrigo Santos (Pierre) and Lucas Sasha; Tomás Pochettino (Marinho), José María Herrera (Moisés) and Breno Lopes; Lucero (Kayke Queiroz) Head coach: Martín Palermo

How the match went

Cruzeiro’s goal came in the 21st minute, through Christian. He received a great pass from Arroyo and, free in the box, finished into the net.

Upcoming matches

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