Palmeiras rout Remo 6-1, Cruzeiro top Bahia 3-2

Palmeiras routed Remo 6-1 on Thursday (Nov. 5) at Allianz Parque in Brazil's top division, Série A (the Brasileirão), according to RaisLife data based on ESPN (see the match page). Also in Série A, Cruzeiro beat Bahia 3-2 at the Mineirão, with Kaio Jorge scoring the winner in the 86th minute. In Série B, the second tier, Botafogo-SP beat Londrina 4-0.

Thursday's results (Nov. 5)

Série A. At Allianz Parque, Jhon Arias opened the scoring in the 4th minute and made it 2-0 in the 14th. Maurício added a third in the 21st, and in the 36th Remo's Marcelinho put the ball into his own net. José Welison pulled one back for the visitors in the second minute of first-half stoppage time. In the second half, José Manuel López scored the fifth in the 55th minute and Felipe Anderson closed out the 6-1 win in the 80th.

At the Mineirão, Cruzeiro's 3-2 win over Bahia produced five goals. Cristian Olivera put Bahia ahead in the 32nd minute. Kaio Jorge equalized in the second minute of first-half stoppage time, and Bruno Rodrigues put Cruzeiro in front in the 69th. Kaio Jorge scored his second in the 86th, and Alejo Veliz pulled one back for Bahia in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

Série B. At the Estádio Santa Cruz, Botafogo-SP beat Londrina 4-0. Jonathan Lemos scored in the 18th minute, Hygor in the 44th, Wesley Pinheiro in the 49th and Gabriel Inocencio in the 71st.

Argentina. In the Argentine league, River Plate beat Aldosivi 2-0, and Gimnasia La Plata beat Belgrano, of Córdoba, 2-1.

Europe. In the Europa League, Juventus won 2-1 away at AZ Alkmaar, Benfica beat Lech Poznań 3-1, Celtic beat Besiktas 3-2 and Olympique de Marseille beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0. Milan lost 2-0 to Ferencváros. In the Conference League, Ajax routed Midtjylland 6-1.

Brasileirão standings

In the RaisLife table, updated at 6:43 a.m. on Friday, Flamengo leads with 76 points from 34 games. Palmeiras is second with 73 points from 34 games, and Cruzeiro is third with 60. Bahia is sixth with 53 points. At the bottom, Remo is 19th with 29 points, and Chapecoense, with 21 points from 33 games, is 20th.

Today's matches (Friday, Nov. 6)

All times are Brasília time (UTC-3).

• Série B: Operário-PR vs. Sport, 7:30 p.m., at the Germano Krüger stadium (match page).
• Série A: Vitória vs. Fluminense, 8 p.m., at the Estádio Manoel Barradas (match page). Fluminense has 54 points from 33 games, and Vitória has 38 points from 33 games.
• Argentine league: Barracas Central vs. Racing, 3 p.m.; Unión de Santa Fe vs. Vélez Sarsfield, San Lorenzo vs. Platense and Independiente vs. Deportivo Riestra, 7:15 p.m.; Banfield vs. Atlético Tucumán and Tigre vs. Sarmiento, 10 p.m.
• Europe: Hamburg vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach, 4:30 p.m., Bundesliga; Venezia vs. Udinese, 4:45 p.m., Italy's Serie A; Toulouse vs. Strasbourg, 4:45 p.m., Ligue 1; Everton vs. Coventry City, 5 p.m., Premier League; Sevilla vs. Alavés, 5 p.m., La Liga; Famalicão vs. Arouca, 5:45 p.m., Portugal's Primeira Liga.

Results and match events for each game appear on the match pages, which update while the games are played. The full schedule is on the portal's soccer page.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil (in Portuguese): soccer scores, goals and standings
• RaisLife Futebol, Palmeiras vs. Remo
• RaisLife Futebol, Brasileirão table
• RaisLife Futebol, matches and standings

Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/futebol.