Can Cruzeiro outdo Bahia in Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto clash?

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Wed 25.Oct
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (58170 seats)

Cruzeiro are trusting their home crowd to help them when playing this meeting hosting Bahia. Who will win at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto?

Insights:
  • Cruzeiro have the fewest scored goals (25) in Serie A
  • Bahia have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cruzeiro have scored home.

These teams have little in common geographically as Bahia have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Cruzeiro form and stats

With 3 Serie A wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Cruzeiro are certainly not brimming with confidence. With seven home Serie A games in a row without a win, the Cruzeiro fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

A good away victory last time out for Cruzeiro, who won 1-0 against Atlético Mineiro (placed 7th). Finally, a league victory after four games without one. Defender William got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.63/10. William won 8 of 12 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Flamengo (0-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cruzeiro have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 3.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 18 most recent league fixtures shows that 15 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Cruzeiro have scored {6 goals} here in 14 league matches, a depressing statistic. Cruzeiro have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bahia form and stats

There's been little loot from Bahia's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the Serie A. Bahia only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

220 minutes! That's how long the Bahia goalkeeper Marcos Felipe de Freitas Monteiro and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The fans enjoyed Bahia's previous game versus Fortaleza (placed 8th), a 2-0 win played at home. Felipe (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.85. Felipe topped it up with a clean sheet.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Internacional.

Bahia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

The schedule is very tough for Bahia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie A game at Palmeiras is waiting in only three days.

Bahia have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have played previously this season: Bahia - Cruzeiro 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cruzeiro three wins, five draws and Bahia two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

BahiaE. Stum
E. Stum
6 goals
BahiaG. Teixeira Aragão
G. Teixeira Aragão
5 goals
CruzeiroW. Ribeiro Silva
W. Ribeiro Silva
4 goals

Cruzeiro missing players

Bahia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cruzeiro Bahia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
8 3 1 Won W 3 3 9
10 5 0 Drew D 0 3 7
10 6 4 Lost L 1 8 12
25 6 1 Scored S 11 14 37
24 11 5 Conceded C 9 23 38
82% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 89%
46% 36% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 71%
29% 7% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 43% 50%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 25%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 11%
25% 21% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 50%
43% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 29%
50% 64% 80% Failed to Score F T 25% 57% 32%
 
7.2 9.1 9 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.4 5.8
4.3 3.8 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.9 5
2.8 2.9 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.5
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
13.7 15.4 16 Shots (avg) S ( 15 11.9 13.9
4.2 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.7 4.7
21% 11% 5% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 21% 28%
 
11.4 10.5 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 13.7 12.4
3.9 4.2 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.2 5.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bahia have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cruzeiro have scored home.
  • Cruzeiro have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie A
  • Cruzeiro have the fewest scored goals (25) in Serie A
  • Cruzeiro have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Serie A
  • Cruzeiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Cruzeiro have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Botafogo 28 18 5 5 45 18 14 11 2 1 29 7 14 7 3 4 16 11 27 59
2 Bragantino 28 14 10 4 40 24 14 9 4 1 22 8 14 5 6 3 18 16 16 52
3 Flamengo 28 14 8 6 41 31 13 7 4 2 18 9 15 7 4 4 23 22 10 50
4 Palmeiras 28 13 8 7 42 24 13 8 2 3 20 12 15 5 6 4 22 12 18 47
5 Athletico PR 28 12 9 7 41 32 14 8 5 1 25 15 14 4 4 6 16 17 9 45
6 Gremio 28 13 5 10 43 40 14 10 2 2 27 12 14 3 3 8 16 28 3 44
7 Atlético Mineiro 28 12 7 9 32 22 14 6 3 5 16 13 14 6 4 4 16 9 10 43
8 Fortaleza 28 12 6 10 33 29 14 8 4 2 23 13 14 4 2 8 10 16 4 42
9 Fluminense 28 12 6 10 37 35 15 10 4 1 23 11 13 2 2 9 14 24 2 42
10 São Paulo 28 10 8 10 34 29 15 10 2 3 26 13 13 0 6 7 8 16 5 38
11 Cuiaba 28 10 7 11 30 31 14 4 6 4 18 16 14 6 1 7 12 15 -1 37
12 Internacional 28 9 8 11 30 33 14 7 3 4 22 15 14 2 5 7 8 18 -3 35
13 Bahia 28 9 7 12 37 38 14 6 4 4 23 15 14 3 3 8 14 23 -1 34
14 Cruzeiro 28 8 10 10 25 24 14 3 5 6 6 11 14 5 5 4 19 13 1 34
15 Corinthians 28 7 12 9 34 36 14 5 8 1 21 14 14 2 4 8 13 22 -2 33
16 Goiás 28 7 10 11 28 38 14 4 6 4 17 20 14 3 4 7 11 18 -10 31
17 Vasco da Gama 28 8 6 14 28 39 14 6 2 6 16 15 14 2 4 8 12 24 -11 30
18 Santos 28 8 6 14 31 52 14 5 5 4 23 22 14 3 1 10 8 30 -21 30
19 Coritiba 28 5 5 18 29 59 14 3 3 8 14 22 14 2 2 10 15 37 -30 20
20 América Mineiro 28 4 7 17 31 57 14 4 1 9 14 25 14 0 6 8 17 32 -26 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Botafogo 28 18 5 5 45 18 14 11 2 1 29 7 14 7 3 4 16 11 27 59
2 Bragantino 28 14 10 4 40 24 14 9 4 1 22 8 14 5 6 3 18 16 16 52
3 Flamengo 28 14 8 6 41 31 13 7 4 2 18 9 15 7 4 4 23 22 10 50
4 Palmeiras 28 13 8 7 42 24 13 8 2 3 20 12 15 5 6 4 22 12 18 47
5 Athletico PR 28 12 9 7 41 32 14 8 5 1 25 15 14 4 4 6 16 17 9 45
6 Gremio 28 13 5 10 43 40 14 10 2 2 27 12 14 3 3 8 16 28 3 44
7 Atlético Mineiro 28 12 7 9 32 22 14 6 3 5 16 13 14 6 4 4 16 9 10 43
8 Fortaleza 28 12 6 10 33 29 14 8 4 2 23 13 14 4 2 8 10 16 4 42
9 Fluminense 28 12 6 10 37 35 15 10 4 1 23 11 13 2 2 9 14 24 2 42
10 São Paulo 28 10 8 10 34 29 15 10 2 3 26 13 13 0 6 7 8 16 5 38
11 Cuiaba 28 10 7 11 30 31 14 4 6 4 18 16 14 6 1 7 12 15 -1 37
12 Internacional 28 9 8 11 30 33 14 7 3 4 22 15 14 2 5 7 8 18 -3 35
13 Bahia 28 9 7 12 37 38 14 6 4 4 23 15 14 3 3 8 14 23 -1 34
14 Cruzeiro 28 8 10 10 25 24 14 3 5 6 6 11 14 5 5 4 19 13 1 34
15 Corinthians 28 7 12 9 34 36 14 5 8 1 21 14 14 2 4 8 13 22 -2 33
16 Goiás 28 7 10 11 28 38 14 4 6 4 17 20 14 3 4 7 11 18 -10 31
17 Vasco da Gama 28 8 6 14 28 39 14 6 2 6 16 15 14 2 4 8 12 24 -11 30
18 Santos 28 8 6 14 31 52 14 5 5 4 23 22 14 3 1 10 8 30 -21 30
19 Coritiba 28 5 5 18 29 59 14 3 3 8 14 22 14 2 2 10 15 37 -30 20
20 América Mineiro 28 4 7 17 31 57 14 4 1 9 14 25 14 0 6 8 17 32 -26 19

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.