Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Cruzeiro in 5th and CAP Patrocinense in 8th place.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cruzeiro and CAP Patrocinense.
Cruzeiro form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 Mineiro 1 games here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto for Cruzeiro. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Fabio Deivson Lopes Maciel not having conceded a league goal in 190 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Cruzeiro, who won 1-0 against Caldense. Previous to that game, a home match hosting URT in a game that was won 3-0.
Cruzeiro have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto with 9 goals in 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Cruzeiro have only let in 3 goals at home.
CAP Patrocinense form and stats
CAP Patrocinense have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Mineiro 1, after 1-2-3 (6 played). Recent form does not give CAP Patrocinense much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Cruzeiro will be a tough nut to crack.
Patrocinense aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 272 league minutes without a goal. Paulo Rene was the last player to find the net.
Patrocinense lost away at Atletico Mineiro (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A loss against Boa was the result prior to that, in a home game.
CAP Patrocinense lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Patrocinense lost heavily in their last match (against Atletico Mineiro as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Patrocinense as the away team, we found three results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, one draw and two defeats. The outsiders lost one of these games by at least two goals.
Patrocinense find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Patrocinense have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
CAP Patrocinense - Cruzeiro 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Cruzeiro, two draws and zero wins for CAP Patrocinense. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Magalhães Prado 3 goals | Thiago 3 goals |  C. de Menezes Júnior 1 goals |
Cruzeiro missing players
CAP Patrocinense missing players
| Cruzeiro | CAP Patrocinense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 91% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 55% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 36% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 55% |
| 7.1 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 123 | 68 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 36 | 66 |
| 44 | 24 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 14 | 23 |
| 36% | 38% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 43% |
- CAP Patrocinense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- CAP Patrocinense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cruzeiro have created more than twice as many corners as CAP Patrocinense.
- Cruzeiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cruzeiro have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | America Mineiro | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Atletico Mineiro | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| 4 | Caldense | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Cruzeiro | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Boa | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Uberlandia | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | CAP Patrocinense | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | URT | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -13 | 11 |
| 10 | Coimbra | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 11 | Villa Nova | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 12 | Tupynambas | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -20 | 3 |