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Palmeiras 3-1 Cruzeiro - December 26, 1998 / Copa Mercosur 1998

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Copa Mercosur 1998 - Final

Allianz Parque - São Paulo - Brazil

December 26, 1998

Palmeiras

Brazil

3 - 1

Cruzeiro

Brazil

Cléber

Oséas

52'

Paulo Nunes

85'

Fábio Júnior (penalty)

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2' - Goal Fábio Júnior

8' - Goal Cléber8

18' - Yellow card Marcelo Kiremidjian

23' - Yellow card Gustavo

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46' - Substitution Wilson Gottardois substituted by João Carlos

52' - Goal Oséas52

57' - Substitution Cléberis substituted by Tiago Silva57

58' - Substitution Ricardinhois substituted by Alex Alves

74' - Substitution Benedito Valdiris substituted by Wolnei Caio photo Gilberto

74' - Yellow card Gilberto

75' - Substitution Oséasis substituted by Magrão75

85' - Goal Paulo Nunes85

86' - Substitution Alexis substituted by Pedrinho86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Palmeiras

3 - 1

Cruzeiro

Palmeiras Cruzeiro

Team line-ups

Palmeiras

Velloso

Wagner Velloso

Brazil

B.date22/09/1968

Age30 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Cléber857

Cléber

Brazil

B.date26/07/1969

Age29 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Júnior Baiano

Brazil

B.date14/03/1970

Age28 years

H1m93

positionRight central defender

Roque Júnior

Brazil

B.date31/08/1976

Age22 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Rogério

Brazil

B.date28/02/1976

Age22 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Arce

Francisco Arce

Paraguay

B.date02/04/1971

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Júnior

Brazil

B.date20/06/1973

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Alex86

Alex

Brazil

B.date14/09/1977

Age21 years

H1m75

positionOffensive Midfielder

Zinho

Brazil

B.date17/06/1967

Age31 years

H1m72

positionOffensive Midfielder

Oséas5275

Oséas

Brazil

B.date14/05/1971

Age27 years

H1m86

positionForward

Nunes85

Paulo Nunes

Brazil

B.date30/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m74

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Wagner Velloso		30	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cléber	857	29	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Júnior Baiano		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roque Júnior		22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rogério		22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francisco Arce		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Júnior		25	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alex	86	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Zinho		31	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Oséas	5275	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paulo Nunes	85	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Cruzeiro

Dida

Brazil

B.date07/10/1973

Age25 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

Gottardo46

Wilson Gottardo

Brazil

B.date23/05/1963

Age35 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Marcelo Kiremidjian18

Marcelo Kiremidjian

Brazil

B.date06/11/1966

Age32 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Gustavo23

Gustavo

Brazil

B.date01/05/1972

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

Gilberto74

Gilberto

Brazil

B.date25/04/1976

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Valdir74

Benedito Valdir

Brazil

B.date25/10/1965

Age33 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

Djair

Brazil

B.date21/09/1971

Age27 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ricardinho58

Ricardinho

Brazil

B.date24/06/1976

Age22 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

Valdo

Brazil

B.date12/01/1964

Age34 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

Fábio Júnior2

Fábio Júnior

Brazil

B.date20/11/1977

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Müller

Brazil

B.date31/01/1966

Age32 years

H1m78

positionSecond striker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dida		25	286	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wilson Gottardo	46	35	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcelo Kiremidjian	18	32	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gustavo	23	26	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gilberto	74	22	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Benedito Valdir	74	33	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Djair		27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ricardinho	58	22	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Valdo		34	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fábio Júnior	2	21	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Müller		32	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Tiago Silva	57	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pedrinho	86	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Magrão	75	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	João Carlos	46	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wolnei Caio	74	30	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Alves	58	23	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Wilson Gottardo

João Carlos

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Luiz Felipe Scolari

103

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Scolari vs Cruzeiro

5 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1998

Scolari vs Culpi

3 victories

0 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Levir Culpi

154

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Culpi vs Palmeiras

7 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1998

Culpi vs Scolari

8 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 1998

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Key figures

Palmeiras keeps its 21 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 30/05/1998). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 01/05/1996 (18 matches)

Palmeiras keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Copa Mercosur running (since 29/07/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

Palmeiras keeps its 12 matches with at least one goal scored in Copa Mercosur running (since 29/07/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VPalmeiras 3-1 Boca Juniors29/10/1998

VPalmeiras 3-2 Paraná01/11/1998

VPalmeiras 2-1 Vasco da Gama07/11/1998

VPalmeiras 2-0 Olimpia Asuncion10/11/1998

VPalmeiras 2-1 Cruzeiro22/11/1998

LPalmeiras 2-3 Cruzeiro26/11/1998

Overall

DAmérica MG 1-1 Palmeiras12/11/1998

LCruzeiro 2-1 Palmeiras14/11/1998

VOlimpia Asuncion 0-1 Palmeiras17/11/1998

VPalmeiras 2-1 Cruzeiro22/11/1998

LPalmeiras 2-3 Cruzeiro26/11/1998

LCruzeiro 2-1 Palmeiras16/12/1998

Current form

Away

VPalmeiras 2-3 Cruzeiro26/11/1998

DSan Lorenzo de Almagro 1-1 Cruzeiro02/12/1998

LPortuguesa 2-1 Cruzeiro05/12/1998

VPortuguesa 0-1 Cruzeiro09/12/1998

DCorinthians 1-1 Cruzeiro20/12/1998

LCorinthians 2-0 Cruzeiro23/12/1998

Overall

LPortuguesa 2-1 Cruzeiro05/12/1998

VPortuguesa 0-1 Cruzeiro09/12/1998

DCruzeiro 2-2 Corinthians13/12/1998

VCruzeiro 2-1 Palmeiras16/12/1998

DCorinthians 1-1 Cruzeiro20/12/1998

LCorinthians 2-0 Cruzeiro23/12/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	20	5
Scoring streak	29	31
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	11
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
9	Victories (Competition total)	7
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
2.18	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.09
2.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.2
0.64	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.91
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.4

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
3-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	20
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Alex	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Fábio Júnior
Almir	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Marcelo Ramos
Alex	1 goal during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Fábio Júnior

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

11 v

5 d

3 l

36 gf

19 ga

Away

18 matches

2 v

6 d

10 l

12 gf

23 ga

Total

37 matches

13 v

11 d

13 l

48 gf

42 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

10 v

6 d

2 l

23 gf

12 ga

Away

19 matches

3 v

5 d

11 l

19 gf

36 ga

Total

37 matches

13 v

11 d

13 l

42 gf

48 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 16, 1997
Home	4 - 0	August 16, 1997

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	October 24, 1998
Away	3 - 2	November 26, 1998

Latest head to head

December 16, 1998 - Copa Mercosur 1998

Cruzeiro

2 - 1

Palmeiras

November 26, 1998 - Campeonato Brasileiro 1998

Palmeiras

2 - 3

Cruzeiro

November 22, 1998 - Campeonato Brasileiro 1998

Palmeiras

2 - 1

Cruzeiro

November 14, 1998 - Campeonato Brasileiro 1998

Cruzeiro

2 - 1

Palmeiras

October 24, 1998 - Campeonato Brasileiro 1998

Cruzeiro

3 - 1

Palmeiras

Best historical scorers against Cruzeiro

Edílson	3 goals	1994 - 1995
Claudio	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Luizão	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Freddy Rincón	1 goal	1994 - 1994
Müller	1 goal	1995 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Palmeiras

Marcelo Ramos	5 goals	1996 - 1998
Fábio Júnior	5 goals	1998 - 1998
Alex Alves	2 goals	1998 - 1998
Paulinho McLaren	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Djair	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Roberto Gaucho	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cruzeiro

Cléber	5 matches	1994 - 1996
Amaral	4 matches	1994 - 1996
Júnior	3 matches	1996 - 1996
Luizão	3 matches	1996 - 1996
Zago	3 matches	1994 - 1995
Freddy Rincón	3 matches	1994 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/09/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Palmeiras

Dida	11 matches	1994 - 1998
Marcelo Ramos	10 matches	1995 - 1998
Fábio Júnior	7 matches	1997 - 1998
Gustavo	7 matches	1998 - 1998
Ricardinho	7 matches	1996 - 1998
Wilson Gottardo	7 matches	1997 - 1998