Cruzeiro vs Flamengo: Soccer match betting guide

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 19.Oct
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (58170 seats)

Cruzeiro will hope to operate their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opposition. The team playing at home are currently 13 points behind Flamengo.

Insights:
  • Cruzeiro have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie A
  • Flamengo have the most points (22) away in Serie A

Both squads have had adequate rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an energetic game!

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Cruzeiro form and stats

3-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Cruzeiro so far this season. Cruzeiro has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat.

The home team returns to Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto after drawing with Cuiabá (placed 11th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Cabral, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.43 out of 10 in that game. Cabral topped it up with a clean sheet.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus America Mineiro.

It should be added that a look at the 16 latest league matches reveals that 13 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cruzeiro as they are travelling to their away game against Atletico Mineiro in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.

The lack of attacking qualities in Cruzeiro means that they have only scored {6 goals} in 13 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Cruzeiro have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Flamengo form and stats

The visitors, who have the most points (22) away in Serie A, are W6-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. Two points from the last two away games for Flamengo, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Corinthians (placed 14th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Midfield player Gerson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.84/10. Gerson scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Bahia.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vasco da Gama in just three days.

Flamengo are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 14 away games so far. As for defending, Flamengo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 22 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Flamengo have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (5-1-0) when playing Cruzeiro.

This duo faced each other earlier this campaign: Flamengo - Cruzeiro 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

FlamengoP. Abreu dos Santos
P. Abreu dos Santos
6 goals
FlamengoG. Barbosa Almeida
G. Barbosa Almeida
5 goals
CruzeiroW. Ribeiro Silva
W. Ribeiro Silva
4 goals

Cruzeiro missing players

Flamengo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cruzeiro Flamengo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 5 14 26
7 3 1 Won W 1 6 12
10 5 2 Drew D 1 4 8
9 5 1 Lost L 3 4 6
24 6 1 Scored S 4 21 38
22 9 1 Conceded C 8 22 31
81% 77% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 88%
46% 31% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 86% 81%
31% 8% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 71% 54%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 23%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 19%
27% 23% 0% BTTS BTTS 60% 71% 54%
42% 38% 75% Clean Sheets C S 20% 14% 35%
50% 62% 75% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 23%
 
7.2 9.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.3 5.5
4.5 3.8 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 6.5 5.4
2.8 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.4 2.2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
13.8 15.7 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 11.9 13.4
4.2 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.2 5
22% 12% 6% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 36% 29%
 
11.6 10.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 16.1 14.8
4.1 4.4 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.7 5.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Cruzeiro have the fewest points from losing position (1) 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.
  • Flamengo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cruzeiro have scored home.
  • Flamengo have the most points (22) away in Serie A
  • Flamengo have the most scored goals (21) away in Serie A
  • Flamengo have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 26 17 4 5 42 16 13 11 1 1 28 6 13 6 3 4 14 10 26 55
2 Bragantino 26 12 10 4 36 23 13 8 4 1 21 8 13 4 6 3 15 15 13 46
3 Gremio 26 13 5 8 42 35 13 10 2 1 26 10 13 3 3 7 16 25 7 44
4 Palmeiras 26 12 8 6 40 22 12 8 2 2 20 10 14 4 6 4 20 12 18 44
5 Flamengo 26 12 8 6 38 31 12 6 4 2 17 9 14 6 4 4 21 22 7 44
6 Fortaleza 26 12 6 8 33 26 14 8 4 2 23 13 12 4 2 6 10 13 7 42
7 Fluminense 26 12 5 9 34 31 14 10 3 1 20 8 12 2 2 8 14 23 3 41
8 Atletico PR 26 11 8 7 38 30 14 8 5 1 25 15 12 3 3 6 13 15 8 41
9 Atletico Mineiro 26 11 7 8 30 21 13 6 3 4 16 12 13 5 4 4 14 9 9 40
10 Sao Paulo 26 9 8 9 31 27 14 9 2 3 23 13 12 0 6 6 8 14 4 35
11 Cuiabá 26 9 6 11 26 30 13 4 5 4 17 15 13 5 1 7 9 15 -4 33
12 Internacional 26 8 8 10 23 31 13 6 3 4 15 14 13 2 5 6 8 17 -8 32
13 Cruzeiro 26 7 10 9 24 22 13 3 5 5 6 9 13 4 5 4 18 13 2 31
14 Corinthians 26 7 10 9 30 32 13 5 7 1 20 13 13 2 3 8 10 19 -2 31
15 Santos 26 8 6 12 29 42 13 5 5 3 22 19 13 3 1 9 7 23 -13 30
16 Bahia 26 7 7 12 34 38 12 4 4 4 20 15 14 3 3 8 14 23 -4 28
17 Vasco da Gama 26 7 6 13 27 38 13 5 2 6 15 15 13 2 4 7 12 23 -11 27
18 Goias 26 6 9 11 25 37 13 3 6 4 15 20 13 3 3 7 10 17 -12 27
19 Coritiba 26 5 5 16 29 54 12 3 3 6 14 17 14 2 2 10 15 37 -25 20
20 America Mineiro 26 4 6 16 29 54 13 4 1 8 13 23 13 0 5 8 16 31 -25 18

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 26 17 4 5 42 16 13 11 1 1 28 6 13 6 3 4 14 10 26 55
2 Bragantino 26 12 10 4 36 23 13 8 4 1 21 8 13 4 6 3 15 15 13 46
3 Gremio 26 13 5 8 42 35 13 10 2 1 26 10 13 3 3 7 16 25 7 44
4 Palmeiras 26 12 8 6 40 22 12 8 2 2 20 10 14 4 6 4 20 12 18 44
5 Flamengo 26 12 8 6 38 31 12 6 4 2 17 9 14 6 4 4 21 22 7 44
6 Fortaleza 26 12 6 8 33 26 14 8 4 2 23 13 12 4 2 6 10 13 7 42
7 Fluminense 26 12 5 9 34 31 14 10 3 1 20 8 12 2 2 8 14 23 3 41
8 Atletico PR 26 11 8 7 38 30 14 8 5 1 25 15 12 3 3 6 13 15 8 41
9 Atletico Mineiro 26 11 7 8 30 21 13 6 3 4 16 12 13 5 4 4 14 9 9 40
10 Sao Paulo 26 9 8 9 31 27 14 9 2 3 23 13 12 0 6 6 8 14 4 35
11 Cuiabá 26 9 6 11 26 30 13 4 5 4 17 15 13 5 1 7 9 15 -4 33
12 Internacional 26 8 8 10 23 31 13 6 3 4 15 14 13 2 5 6 8 17 -8 32
13 Cruzeiro 26 7 10 9 24 22 13 3 5 5 6 9 13 4 5 4 18 13 2 31
14 Corinthians 26 7 10 9 30 32 13 5 7 1 20 13 13 2 3 8 10 19 -2 31
15 Santos 26 8 6 12 29 42 13 5 5 3 22 19 13 3 1 9 7 23 -13 30
16 Bahia 26 7 7 12 34 38 12 4 4 4 20 15 14 3 3 8 14 23 -4 28
17 Vasco da Gama 26 7 6 13 27 38 13 5 2 6 15 15 13 2 4 7 12 23 -11 27
18 Goias 26 6 9 11 25 37 13 3 6 4 15 20 13 3 3 7 10 17 -12 27
19 Coritiba 26 5 5 16 29 54 12 3 3 6 14 17 14 2 2 10 15 37 -25 20
20 America Mineiro 26 4 6 16 29 54 13 4 1 8 13 23 13 0 5 8 16 31 -25 18

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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.