Another enjoyable game in Mineiro 1 as Cruzeiro entertain América Mineiro

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Competition: Brazil Mineiro 1
Competition: Thu 03.February
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (58170 seats)

Cruzeiro battle América Mineiro for fame and sporting success.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

It's no vacation for neither Cruzeiro nor América Mineiro 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.

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Cruzeiro form and stats

The hosts won their first Mineiro 1 game here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Cruzeiro last season were 5 wins, 10 draws and 4 losses from 19 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Rafael Cabral Barbosa not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.

Cruzeiro enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Athletic Club's place. The match ended 1-0 with José scoring.

Ahead of that match, Cruzeiro won a home game hosting URT (3-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Cruzeiro perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cruzeiro as a small favourite), we find seven games. Cruzeiro has won two of these, drawn three and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cruzeiro as they are travelling to their away game against Caldense in the Mineiro 1. That match is three days after this one.

Cruzeiro has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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América Mineiro form and stats

América Mineiro have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Mineiro 1 were 4 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats from 19 fixtures.

Impressive finishing from Paulista and Azevedo secured the home win 2-0 against Democrata GV in their previous game.

Prior to that match, the América Mineiro manager Gonçalves faced defeat when travelling to Caldense and losing 1-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with América Mineiro playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three América Mineiro wins, three draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Athletic Club in just three days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, América Mineiro has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Cruzeiro wins - draws - América Mineiro wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CruzeiroB. de Souza
B. de Souza
1 goals
CruzeiroThiago
Thiago
1 goals
CruzeiroL. da Rosa Machado
L. da Rosa Machado
1 goals

Cruzeiro missing players

América Mineiro missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cruzeiro América Mineiro
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
4 3 0 Scored S 1 1 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
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 100% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1 6.5
2.5 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 3
3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 19 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 12.5
7 10 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 3
29% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 50%
 
9 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11 9.5
2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6 3.5
Cruzeiro Last season América Mineiro
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
10 5   Won W   4 13
18 10   Drew D   8 14
10 4   Lost L   7 11
42 24   Scored S   19 41
44 24   Conceded C   26 37
84% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 87%
66% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 71%
39% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 24%
18% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 13%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 5%
53% 58%   BTTS BTTS   53% 42%
37% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 34%
26% 21%   Failed to Score F T   37% 37%
 
6.4 7.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4 5.1
3.7 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 5.3
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
7 3   Red cards R C   0 1
 
14.4 16.8   Shots (avg) S (   14 15.4
5.5 6.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.3
20% 19%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 25%
 
10.3 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   12.9 12.2
3.6 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cruzeiro 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
2 Caldense 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
3 Atletico Mineiro 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 América Mineiro 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
5 Pouso Alegre 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
6 Uberlandia 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
7 Athletic Club 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
8 Villa Nova 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
9 CAP Patrocinense 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
10 Democrata GV 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
11 URT 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0
12 Tombense 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 -1
Last season 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 38 20 10 8 56 31 19 15 2 2 39 13 19 5 8 6 17 18 25 70
2 Goiás 38 17 14 7 48 31 19 10 7 2 30 16 19 7 7 5 18 15 17 65
3 Coritiba 38 18 10 10 49 35 19 11 5 3 29 14 19 7 5 7 20 21 14 64
4 Avaí 38 18 10 10 44 35 19 10 6 3 24 14 19 8 4 7 20 21 9 64
5 CSA 38 18 8 12 48 33 19 9 6 4 28 15 19 9 2 8 20 18 15 62
6 Guarani 38 16 12 10 54 41 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 6 8 5 26 24 13 60
7 CRB 38 16 12 10 47 39 19 8 9 2 26 17 19 8 3 8 21 22 8 60
8 Nautico 38 14 11 13 50 50 19 8 6 5 30 25 19 6 5 8 20 25 0 53
9 Vila Nova 38 12 15 11 35 36 19 6 10 3 13 11 19 6 5 8 22 25 -1 51
10 Vasco da Gama 38 13 10 15 43 52 19 9 4 6 25 24 19 4 6 9 18 28 -9 49
11 Ponte Preta 38 12 13 13 39 40 19 9 7 3 26 17 19 3 6 10 13 23 -1 49
12 Operario PR 38 13 9 16 35 46 19 9 4 6 22 21 19 4 5 10 13 25 -11 48
13 Cruzeiro 38 10 18 10 42 44 19 5 10 4 24 24 19 5 8 6 18 20 -2 48
14 Sampaio Corrêa 38 12 11 15 41 42 19 9 5 5 25 16 19 3 6 10 16 26 -1 47
15 Brusque 38 13 9 16 44 56 19 9 5 5 25 16 19 4 4 11 19 40 -12 45
16 Londrina 38 11 11 16 31 41 19 6 5 8 17 19 19 5 6 8 14 22 -10 44
17 Remo 38 11 10 17 31 42 19 7 4 8 11 13 19 4 6 9 20 29 -11 43
18 Vitória 38 8 16 14 31 32 19 5 7 7 18 14 19 3 9 7 13 18 -1 40
19 Confiança 38 9 10 19 35 48 19 6 3 10 20 25 19 3 7 9 15 23 -13 37
20 Brasil de Pelotas 38 4 11 23 23 52 19 4 6 9 14 21 19 0 5 14 9 31 -29 23
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Mineiro 38 26 6 6 67 34 19 17 1 1 42 13 19 9 5 5 25 21 33 84
2 Flamengo 38 21 8 9 69 36 19 13 1 5 31 15 19 8 7 4 38 21 33 71
3 Palmeiras 38 20 6 12 58 43 19 11 3 5 33 26 19 9 3 7 25 17 15 66
4 Fortaleza 38 17 7 14 44 45 19 11 4 4 26 19 19 6 3 10 18 26 -1 58
5 Corinthians 38 15 12 11 40 36 19 10 5 4 26 18 19 5 7 7 14 18 4 57
6 Bragantino 38 14 14 10 55 46 19 7 9 3 28 20 19 7 5 7 27 26 9 56
7 Fluminense 38 15 9 14 38 38 19 11 5 3 24 14 19 4 4 11 14 24 0 54
8 América Mineiro 38 13 14 11 41 37 19 9 6 4 22 11 19 4 8 7 19 26 4 53
9 Atletico GO 38 13 14 11 33 36 19 6 10 3 17 14 19 7 4 8 16 22 -3 53
10 Santos 38 12 14 12 35 40 19 9 6 4 21 14 19 3 8 8 14 26 -5 50
11 Ceara 38 11 17 10 39 38 19 10 7 2 24 14 19 1 10 8 15 24 1 50
12 Internacional 38 12 12 14 44 42 19 8 6 5 29 22 19 4 6 9 15 20 2 48
13 Sao Paulo 38 11 15 12 31 39 19 7 9 3 18 15 19 4 6 9 13 24 -8 48
14 Atletico PR 38 13 8 17 41 45 19 8 5 6 23 21 19 5 3 11 18 24 -4 47
15 Cuiaba 38 10 17 11 34 37 19 7 6 6 18 20 19 3 11 5 16 17 -3 47
16 Juventude 38 11 13 14 36 44 19 9 6 4 19 15 19 2 7 10 17 29 -8 46
17 Gremio 38 12 7 19 44 51 19 8 6 5 29 21 19 4 1 14 15 30 -7 43
18 Bahia 38 11 10 17 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 22 19 3 5 11 15 29 -9 43
19 Sport Recife 38 9 11 18 24 37 19 5 7 7 13 13 19 4 4 11 11 24 -13 38
20 Chapecoense 38 1 12 25 27 67 19 0 6 13 13 32 19 1 6 12 14 35 -40 15

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 Cruzeiro 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
2 Caldense 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
3 Atletico Mineiro 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 América Mineiro 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
5 Pouso Alegre 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
6 Uberlandia 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
7 Athletic Club 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
8 Villa Nova 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
9 CAP Patrocinense 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
10 Democrata GV 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
11 URT 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0
12 Tombense 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 -1

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