Cruzeiro vs Villa Nova match preview

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Brazil Mineiro 1
Date: Tue 28.January
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (23018 seats)

After the first game it's Cruzeiro - Villa Nova 3-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Mineiro 1 game of the season?

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

W L L L L

Cruzeiro form and stats

Cruzeiro have only played one Mineiro 1 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats from 19 matches.

Cruzeiro's last game was hosting Boa (placed 10th) and winning 2-0. Preceding that match was the home Serie A game against Palmeiras that was lost 0-2.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cruzeiro at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

Last season, Cruzeiro's league statistics were 7 wins, 15 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 17th position in the Serie A. Over these 38 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 46. Playing at home last season Cruzeiro managed 5-8-6 (win-draw-lost) with 13 goals and 17 conceded.

L L W W L

Villa Nova form and stats

Villa Nova have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Mineiro 1 were 0 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats from 5 fixtures.

Villa Nova are looking to quickly end their 195 minutes long goal drought in the Mineiro 1.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Villa Nova, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus CAP Patrocinense (placed 2nd). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Boa wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Villa Nova have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Let's have a look at how Villa Nova performed last season in the Mineiro 1: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 9 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 1 and lost 4 with 3/12 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 10 Cruzeiro victories, 0 draws and 0 Villa Nova wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CruzeiroT. Neves Augusto
T. Neves Augusto
6 goals
CruzeiroF. Chaves Guedes
F. Chaves Guedes
5 goals
CruzeiroA. Vital da Silva
A. Vital da Silva
3 goals

Cruzeiro missing players

Villa Nova missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cruzeiro Villa Nova
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 1 Played P 1 1 1
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
2 2 2 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
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 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 100%
 
6 6 6 Corners For (avg) C F 8 8 8
3 3 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 3 3
2 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 10 10 Total Shots T S 3 3 3
3 3 3 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
67% 67% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Cruzeiro Last season Villa Nova
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   5 11
7 5   Won W   0 3
15 8   Drew D   1 2
16 6   Lost L   4 6
27 13   Scored S   3 9
46 17   Conceded C   12 21
79% 74%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 91%
61% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 73%
29% 21%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 55%
16% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 36%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 9%
45% 37%   BTTS BTTS   60% 45%
34% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 27%
42% 42%   Failed to Score F T   40% 36%
 
5.5 5.6   Corners For (avg) C F   4 3.7
5 3.9   Corners Against (avg) C A   6 4.9
2.3 1.9   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.8 2
7 1   Red Cards R C   1 1
 
504 283   Total Shots T S   51 102
161 91   Shots on Target S O   18 36
17% 14%   Goal Efficiency G E   17% 22%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Caldense 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
2 CAP Patrocinense 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Cruzeiro 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Atletico Mineiro 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Tombense 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 America Mineiro 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Coimbra 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 URT 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Tupynambas 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Boa 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
11 Villa Nova 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
12 Uberlandia 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
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 Flamengo 38 28 6 4 86 37 19 17 2 0 56 18 19 11 4 4 30 19 49 90
2 Santos 38 22 8 8 60 33 19 14 4 1 44 15 19 8 4 7 16 18 27 74
3 Palmeiras 38 21 11 6 61 32 19 13 4 2 40 13 19 8 7 4 21 19 29 74
4 Grêmio 38 19 8 11 64 39 19 12 3 4 38 18 19 7 5 7 26 21 25 65
5 Atletico PR 38 18 10 10 51 32 19 12 3 4 26 11 19 6 7 6 25 21 19 64
6 Sao Paulo 38 17 12 9 39 30 19 10 6 3 23 12 19 7 6 6 16 18 9 63
7 Internacional 38 16 9 13 44 39 19 11 6 2 28 15 19 5 3 11 16 24 5 57
8 Corinthians 38 14 14 10 42 34 19 10 7 2 25 13 19 4 7 8 17 21 8 56
9 Fortaleza 38 15 8 15 50 49 19 11 2 6 26 17 19 4 6 9 24 32 1 53
10 Goias 38 15 7 16 46 64 19 11 3 5 31 23 19 4 4 11 15 41 -18 52
11 Bahia 38 12 13 13 44 43 19 7 8 4 24 18 19 5 5 9 20 25 1 49
12 Vasco da Gama 38 12 13 13 39 45 19 7 6 6 20 22 19 5 7 7 19 23 -6 49
13 Atletico Mineiro 38 13 9 16 45 49 19 10 2 7 28 23 19 3 7 9 17 26 -4 48
14 Fluminense 38 12 10 16 38 46 19 6 7 6 18 15 19 6 3 10 20 31 -8 46
15 Botafogo 38 13 4 21 31 45 19 9 2 8 19 17 19 4 2 13 12 28 -14 43
16 Ceara 38 10 9 19 36 41 19 8 6 5 23 14 19 2 3 14 13 27 -5 39
17 Cruzeiro 38 7 15 16 27 46 19 5 8 6 13 17 19 2 7 10 14 29 -19 36
18 CSA 38 8 8 22 24 58 19 6 5 8 17 24 19 2 3 14 7 34 -34 32
19 Chapecoense 38 7 11 20 31 52 19 4 5 10 16 22 19 3 6 10 15 30 -21 32
20 Avai 38 3 11 24 18 62 19 1 9 9 10 24 19 2 2 15 8 38 -44 20
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 11 9 1 1 24 6 6 6 0 0 19 3 5 3 1 1 5 3 18 28
2 Cruzeiro 11 7 4 0 22 5 5 4 1 0 10 1 6 3 3 0 12 4 17 25
3 America Mineiro 11 6 4 1 22 9 6 4 2 0 15 3 5 2 2 1 7 6 13 22
4 Boa 11 5 3 3 21 16 6 3 2 1 12 7 5 2 1 2 9 9 5 18
5 Tombense 11 3 4 4 11 11 5 3 0 2 8 5 6 0 4 2 3 6 0 13
6 Caldense 11 3 4 4 11 12 5 2 1 2 6 5 6 1 3 2 5 7 -1 13
7 CAP Patrocinense 11 3 3 5 10 13 6 1 3 2 5 6 5 2 0 3 5 7 -3 12
8 Tupynambas 11 3 2 6 10 18 5 2 1 2 4 7 6 1 1 4 6 11 -8 11
9 Villa Nova 11 3 2 6 9 21 6 3 1 2 6 9 5 0 1 4 3 12 -12 11
10 Guarani MG 11 1 7 3 8 13 5 1 3 1 3 4 6 0 4 2 5 9 -5 10
11 URT 11 2 4 5 9 16 6 2 4 0 7 5 5 0 0 5 2 11 -7 10
12 Tupi 11 0 4 7 6 23 5 0 3 2 4 9 6 0 1 5 2 14 -17 4

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 Caldense 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
2 CAP Patrocinense 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Cruzeiro 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Atletico Mineiro 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Tombense 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 America Mineiro 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Coimbra 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 URT 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Tupynambas 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Boa 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
11 Villa Nova 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
12 Uberlandia 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0

More from Brazil - Mineiro 1

Read more about Mineiro 1

There are 26 state football leagues in Brazil. Because of long distances in Brazil a very competitive football culture developed within each state. Therefore, Brazil remain one of the few countries who still run state championships alongside the national ones. Most of them run from January to May, outside the national season.