Fluminense get ready to welcome Cruzeiro for something different than the ordinary league football: The Copa do Brasil Round of 16 leg 1 of 2.
The hosts Fluminense saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Serie A. Thankfully the previous game, versus Avai, was also a home game here at Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho. The away team is better rested.
Fluminense form and stats
Last season, Fluminense's Copa do Brasil journey ended in the quarter-finals.Fluminense have collected 10 points from their Serie A home games so far after 3-1-3.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Fabio Deivson Lopes Maciel not having conceded a league goal in 225 minutes.
Fluminense's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Avai. The home side are looking to build on that result. Fluminense's victory against Avai could easily have been with a bigger margin than 2-0 as they hit the posts three times. Midfielder Arias was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.92 (out of ten) in that game. Arias served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 34 successful passes (of 42 total).
0-0 away at America Mineiro before that.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Fluminense matches with similar probabilities have ended with 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats (from 6 games).
There will be little rest for Fluminense after this match as they are travelling to Botafogo for a Serie A game in only three days.
Fluminense has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Cruzeiro form and stats
Cruzeiro was sent out of Copa do Brasil in the 3rd round last season.4-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cruzeiro in their Serie B matches away.
Cruzeiro are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Ponte Preta. Bidu got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, top player of the team. Bidu scored one goal and hit three key passes.
A 0-1 defeat away at Vasco da Gama before that.It's not easy to score on Cruzeiro as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Fluminense three wins, four draws and Cruzeiro three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Cano 7 goals | J. Arias Andrade 4 goals |  G. Santana 2 goals |
Fluminense missing players
Cruzeiro missing players
| Fluminense | Cruzeiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 6 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Scored | S | 21 | 42 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 19 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 8% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.2 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 13.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 40% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| 11.4 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Atletico PR | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Atlético Mineiro | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Internacional | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Botafogo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Santos | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 9 | Bragantino | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 10 | São Paulo | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 11 | Avai | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Atletico GO | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Ceara | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Flamengo | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | America Mineiro | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Goias | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 20 | Juventude | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cruzeiro | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Bahia | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Gremio | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Tombense | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Brusque | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Operario PR | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Criciuma | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Sampaio Correa | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Londrina | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | CRB | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | Chapecoense | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | Ituano | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | Novorizontino | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | CSA | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 17 | Nautico | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 13 |
| 18 | Guarani | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 19 | Ponte Preta | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
