This game was marked in the calendar a long time ago by regulars of both sides, as it's the premier Brasileiro U20 game of the season. Both Cruzeiro U20 and Palmeiras U20 are ready for a bright start to their season.
The visiting Palmeiras U20 played their last game only three days ago, a Paulista U20 match. That game was also an away game, at Uniao Mogi U20. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Cruzeiro U20 form and stats
In the previous season, Cruzeiro U20's league results were 9 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses, resulting in 5th position in the Brasileiro U20. During these 19 matches they scored 25 goals and gave away 18. Playing as the home side in the previous season Cruzeiro U20 delivered 6-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 8 conceded.
Cruzeiro are traveling soon after this match as the Mineiro U20 match at Athletic Club U20 awaits in four days.
Palmeiras U20 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Palmeiras U20 performed last season in the Brasileiro U20: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 0 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 0 and lost 3 with 17/11 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last seven meetings involving these contenders: Cruzeiro U20 won three, Palmeiras U20 triumphed in three and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.Cruzeiro U20 missing players
Palmeiras U20 missing players
| Cruzeiro U20 | Palmeiras U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cruzeiro U20 | Last season | Palmeiras U20 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 7 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 28 | 68 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 50% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 43% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 25% | ||
| 50% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 54% | ||
| 50% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 42% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.1 | 7.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 13.2 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.7 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 6 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 43% | ||
| 8.3 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | América Mineiro U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Atletico-MG U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bahia U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Botafogo U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ceará U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Cruzeiro U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Flamengo RJ U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Fortaleza U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Palmeiras U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Sao Paulo U20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |