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Floresta — Santa Cruz FC: 1:1, Serie C

Serie C
Floresta W22 Aug · Away Volta Redonda · 2:1W29 Aug · Home Ituano · 2:0L6 Sep · Home Maringá · 0:1W12 Sep · Away Botafogo PB · 1:0L20 Sep · Away Santa Cruz FC · 0:1D26 Sep · Home Santa Cruz FC · 1:1
1:1
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Santa Cruz FC W22 Aug · Home Caxias · 2:0D29 Aug · Away Anápolis · 1:1W6 Sep · Home Botafogo PB · 1:0W12 Sep · Away Maringá · 1:0W20 Sep · Home Floresta · 1:0D26 Sep · Away Floresta · 1:1
Venue: Estádio Olímpico Horácio Domingos de Sousa City: Horizonte

In the Serie C game on 26 September 2026, Floresta beat Santa Cruz FC 1:1. Match numbers: shots on target 6:3, corners 7:3.

Match report

Florishty and Santo Cruz played out a 1-1 draw in the Serie C Second Stage on Saturday, a result that keeps both sides in contention as the season reaches its final stretch. The hosts had looked vulnerable when they lost 0-1 to Santo Cruz in their previous meeting just six days earlier, but this time they showed more resilience. To be fair, neither side dominated the encounter in any sustained way.

Rafinha gave Florishty the lead in the sixteenth minute, a moment that seemed to settle the home side after a nervous opening. Santo Cruz responded with pressure, and yellow cards began to accumulate around the half-hour mark — Jhony Douglas and Rafinha both went off the field for cautionary offences. By then the game had taken on a physical edge that neither manager could control.

The second half brought another change of fortune when Renato found the net in the eighty-sixth minute, giving Santo Cruz what looked like a winner. But the match refused to conclude neatly. A red card arrived at ninety minutes plus ten, followed almost immediately by a VAR check that cancelled Joao Victor's goal — or what appeared to be one. And here's the thing about cup football: the rules can be cruel.

Florishty finished with five yellow cards against Santo Cruz's two, while the visitors won possession with sixty-two per cent but could not convert their advantage. The hosts registered six shots on target to Santo Cruz's three, suggesting they were more direct when it mattered. We had called for a draw with forty per cent confidence, and the numbers told a story of missed opportunities on both sides.

The result leaves Florishty fifth on thirty points from nineteen games, while Santo Cruz remain eighth on twenty-nine points. Both sides have played the same number of matches, and the gap between them is now just a single point. The draw extended neither side's recent form — Florishty had won two and lost three in their last five, while Santo Cruz had won three and drawn once.

Prepared from match data

Video

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Key numbers

Possession, % 38 – 62
Shots on target 6 – 3
Shots off target 9 – 5
Attacks 71 – 94

Match events

  1. 16' 1:0 Floresta Goal Rafinha
  2. 39' 1:0 Floresta Yellow card Jhony Douglas
  3. 42' 1:0 Floresta Yellow card Rafinha
  4. 45' 1:0 Santa Cruz FC Yellow card Matheus Vinicius
  5. 46' 1:0 Santa Cruz FC Substitution Joao Pedro off: Vini Hora
  6. 46' 1:0 Santa Cruz FC Substitution Thiago Ennes off: Alex Ruan
  7. 58' 1:0 Santa Cruz FC Yellow card Pedro Favela
  8. 59' 1:0 Santa Cruz FC Substitution Matheus Vinicius off: Matheus Melo
  9. 62' 1:0 Floresta Yellow card Dheimison
  10. 64' 1:0 Floresta Substitution Garraty off: Thalisson
  11. 64' 1:0 Floresta Substitution Caique off: Diego Matos
  12. 67' 1:0 Santa Cruz FC Substitution Silva off: Willian Junior
  13. 75' 1:0 Floresta Substitution Rafinha off: Matheus Lima
  14. 80' 1:0 Floresta Substitution Rafa Marcos off: Danrley
  15. 81' 1:0 Santa Cruz FC Substitution Everaldo off: Tiago Marques
  16. 86' 1:1 Santa Cruz FC Goal Renato
  17. 90+1' 1:1 Floresta Yellow card Baianinho
  18. 90+4' 1:1 Floresta Yellow card Matheus Lima
  19. 90+7' 1:1 Santa Cruz FC Yellow card
  20. 90+10' 1:1 Santa Cruz FC Red card
  21. 90+11' 1:1 Floresta var_goal_cancelled Joao Victor

Statistics

38 Possession, % 62
6 Shots on target 3
9 Shots off target 5
71 Attacks 94
7 Corners 3
12 Free kicks 16
1 Offsides 1
5 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 1
11 Goal kicks 8
34 Throw-ins 29

The data source provides no per-player statistics for this match: only team totals are available.

Match prediction: Floresta — Santa Cruz FC

Draw

Confidence 40%

Reasoning

  • Флорешты — 5. place, 30 points after 19 games (8 wins, 6 draws, 5 losses)
  • Санту-Круз — 8. place, 29 points after 19 games (8 wins, 5 draws, 6 losses)
  • Флорешты, last 5 games: 3 wins, 2 losses
  • Санту-Круз, last 5 games: 4 wins, 1 draws, 0 losses
  • Head-to-head: 2 games, Флорешты — 0, 1 draws, Санту-Круз — 1
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W22 Aug · Away Volta Redonda · 2:1W29 Aug · Home Ituano · 2:0L6 Sep · Home Maringá · 0:1W12 Sep · Away Botafogo PB · 1:0L20 Sep · Away Santa Cruz FC · 0:1D26 Sep · Home Santa Cruz FC · 1:1

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