This pair of participants are delivering a nice season so far and fixtures like this could be momentous. Read more about Athletic Club - Cruzeiro!
- Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Mineiro 1
- Cruzeiro have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Mineiro 1
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Club and Cruzeiro.
Athletic Club form and stats
5-0-1 is the performance here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto so far in the Mineiro 1, giving Athletic Club a total of 15 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! Ever since the Cruzeiro game Athletic Club has been unbeatable here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto producing five straight wins.
The club members are hoping that Athletic Club will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Cruzeiro.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Villa Nova.Athletic Club are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Defensively Club have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cruzeiro form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Mineiro 1 travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Cruzeiro have lost on their last two travels.
Cruzeiro go into this game after a win, the home game against Athletic Club that ended 2-0.
Prior to that match, the Cruzeiro manager Suárez faced defeat when travelling to CAP Patrocinense and losing 1-2.Cruzeiro has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent archived history featuring both these teams is the Cruzeiro - Athletic Club 2-0 played previously this season. Head-to-head totals (for the prior three meetings): Club won zero games, zero matches ended in a draw and Cruzeiro have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / threeTop Goalscorers
  R. Oliveira da Silva 6 goals |  E. Nascimento da Silva Junior 6 goals | M. de Souza Rodrigues 2 goals |
Athletic Club missing players
Cruzeiro missing players
| Athletic Club | Cruzeiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 58% | 83% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.8 | 7.1 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.7 | 9.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.6 | 12.5 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | 5 |
| 38% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 44% | 38% |
| 7.8 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12 | 10.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
- Athletic Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Mineiro 1
- Athletic Club have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Mineiro 1
- Athletic Club have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Mineiro 1
- Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cruzeiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cruzeiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cruzeiro have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cruzeiro have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Mineiro 1
- Cruzeiro have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Mineiro 1
- Cruzeiro have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cruzeiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Mineiro | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 28 |
| 2 | Athletic Club | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Cruzeiro | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Caldense | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 5 | América Mineiro | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Villa Nova | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Democrata GV | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Pouso Alegre | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 9 | CAP Patrocinense | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -9 | 10 |
| 10 | Tombense | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 11 | Uberlandia | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 12 | URT | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -12 | 7 |
