It's advantage Cruzeiro so far with their 2nd position in the Mineiro 1 table, welcoming Caldense who are placed 5th.
It's no vacation for neither Cruzeiro nor Caldense 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.
Cruzeiro form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Cruzeiro has to build on here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto. Cruzeiro haven’t lost a game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Flamengo. Two home wins in a row for Cruzeiro bring valid hopes of a third.Happy days for Cruzeiro in their previous game, a Mineiro 1 match away at Tupi that ended with a 3-0 victory. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Tombense.
A decent goal production from Cruzeiro in their home games so far, with 7 goals from ten matches. Cruzeiro have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Caldense form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.Caldense are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Mineiro 1 against Tupynambás. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Villa Nova's place.
Caldense have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, ten away games. It's not easy to score on Caldense as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cruzeiro 7 wins, 3 draws and Caldense 0 victories.Top Goalscorers
Cruzeiro missing players
Caldense missing players
| Cruzeiro | Caldense | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | Played | 5 | 10 |
| 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 90% |
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | 80% | 70% |
| 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | 40% | 30% |
| 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 25% | Both teams to score | 40% | 40% |
| 60% | 75% | Clean Sheet | 20% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | Failed To Score | 40% | 40% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 25 |
| 2 | Cruzeiro | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | América Mineiro | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Boa | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Caldense | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | CAP Patrocinense | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Tupynambás | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 8 | Villa Nova | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 9 | Tombense | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Guarani MG | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 11 | URT | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -8 | 7 |
| 12 | Tupi | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -16 | 4 |
