It's advantage Caldense so far with their 3rd position in the Mineiro 1 table, welcoming Cruzeiro who are placed 5th.
It's no vacation for neither Caldense nor Cruzeiro as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Caldense form and stats
Overall Mineiro 1 stats at home this season for Caldense, who have the most scored goals (18) in Mineiro 1, are 4-1-0 (wins-draw-losses).
Caldense enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Tupynambás's place. The match ended 4-0 with Márcio Kaíque, Lucas Veloso and João Victor (2) scoring. Nobody expected Caldense to beat Tupynambás in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Heartbreak before that as Caldense lost 1-2 at Tombense's place.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Caldense played a great game against Tupynambás and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The Caldense fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Caldense have only let in 2 goals at home.
Cruzeiro form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Mineiro 1 travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Cruzeiro has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Cruzeiro are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Mineiro 1 against URT (placed 9th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Coimbra.
Cruzeiro are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. Cruzeiro struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Caldense won zero games, three matches ended with a draw and Cruzeiro has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  L. Veloso 4 goals | F. de Souza Barros 2 goals | A. Leão Lima 2 goals |
Caldense missing players
Cruzeiro missing players
| Caldense | Cruzeiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 50% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 40% | 20% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 50% |
| 50% | 80% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 9.8 | 6.9 |
| 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | 35 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 46 | 114 |
| 35 | 13 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 16 | 40 |
| 51% | 69% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 38% | 38% |
- All of Cruzeiro's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Caldense has the most scored goals (18)
- Caldense has the most scored goals in the first half (10)
- Caldense have not yet lost a game at home.
- Caldense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Caldense have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Caldense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cruzeiro have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cruzeiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cruzeiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Cruzeiro have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Cruzeiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tombense | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | América Mineiro | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Caldense | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Atlético Mineiro | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Cruzeiro | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Uberlandia | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 7 | CAP Patrocinense | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Boa | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | URT | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Coimbra | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 7 |
| 11 | Villa Nova | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 12 | Tupynambás | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -19 | 3 |