Santos - Cruzeiro in Serie A: Statistics, teams, results, tendencies and news. Read our thorough preview!
- Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cruzeiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Santos form and stats
4-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Santos so far this season.
Santos haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Furch scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager Turra led his Santos to a defeat away at America Mineiro. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira. Midfielder Lucas was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.3 (out of ten) in that game. Lucas hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 67 successful passes (of 81 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Atletico Mineiro.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Santos as they are travelling to their away game against Bahia in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
Santos have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Urbano Caldeira with 18 goals in 11 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Cruzeiro form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 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 aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 225 league minutes without a goal. Elias was the last player to find the net.
Cruzeiro's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Bragantino that finished 0-0. Cabral was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.92. The agile goalkeeper Cabral topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, the Cruzeiro manager Filipe faced defeat when travelling to Gremio and losing 0-3.Lacking goals? 10 of this side's last 12 league rounds have seen two or less goals.
Cruzeiro are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. As opposed to that, Cruzeiro have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two teams get together this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Cruzeiro - Santos 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Santos two wins, two draws and Cruzeiro six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Almeida 8 goals |  J. Mendoza Valencia 5 goals |   W. Ribeiro Silva 4 goals |
Santos missing players
Cruzeiro missing players
| Santos | Cruzeiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 21 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 20 |
| 36 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 20 |
| 86% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 90% | 82% |
| 73% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 45% |
| 45% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 32% |
| 27% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 14% |
| 18% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 41% | 64% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 27% |
| 23% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 40% | 41% |
| 50% | 27% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 50% |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5 | 7.3 |
| 6.1 | 5.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 12.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.4 | 14.1 |
| 3.5 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 28% | 34% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | 21% |
| 15.2 | 12.7 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 13 | 11.4 |
| 5.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
- Cruzeiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cruzeiro have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Gremio | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Athletico PR | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 14 | Internacional | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Goias | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 25 |
| 16 | Bahia | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 17 | Santos | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 21 | -15 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -21 | 16 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 14 |
