América Mineiro fight Cruzeiro for prestige and triumph.
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (13) in Serie A
- Cruzeiro have scored in all their away matches so far.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It's no vacation for neither América 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.
América Mineiro form and stats
0 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what América Mineiro have to build on here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in the Serie A.
América Mineiro drew their last game, 2-2 away at Bragantino (placed 13th). The América Mineiro goalkeeper Pasinato was crucial in the match against Bragantino last time out, making seven saves. Aloísio, a forward, was the top performer for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 7.81 (out of 10). Aloísio scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, América lost 1-2 at home to Cuiabá.Goals are appearing in numbers in this team's league rounds, with 5 in a row having three goals or more (over 2.5).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for América Mineiro, as the Copa do Brasil home game vs Internacional is only three days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the América Mineiro at home in the league. 1 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Cruzeiro form and stats
Cruzeiro are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Home advantage was not enough for Cruzeiro in their previous game as they lost hosting Fluminense, 0-2. That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Marlon was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.82. The defender Marlon hit seven key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.
Before that, Cruzeiro secured a home win against Santos with the score 2-1.Cruzeiro have another fixture that requires travelling in just three nights, a Copa do Brasil match against Gremio. A back-breaking timetable for the guests!
It's early days yet, but Cruzeiro has scored 4 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
América Mineiro have been victorious in all of the 7 latest matches against this side. Can they do it again?Top Goalscorers
  A. dos Santos Gonçalves 3 goals |   W. Ribeiro Silva 2 goals |  B. Rodrigues do Nascimento 2 goals |
América Mineiro missing players
Cruzeiro missing players
| América Mineiro | Cruzeiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 6.4 | 7.5 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.5 | 8.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.6 | 16 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 13 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 57% | 33% |
| 15 | 13 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12 | 11.4 |
| 7 | 7 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6 | 6 |
- All of América Mineiro's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Cruzeiro's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- América Mineiro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- América Mineiro have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- América Mineiro have lost all their home matches so far.
- América Mineiro have the fewest points (0) at home in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (13) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- América Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cruzeiro have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cruzeiro have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cruzeiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| América Mineiro | Last season | Cruzeiro | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Scored | S | 9 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 50% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 40% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 10% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 67% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 25% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 10% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 30% | ||
| 6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7.4 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.6 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 46% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 24% | ||
| 11 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | Botafogo | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Atletico PR | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Cruzeiro | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Fortaleza | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Sao Paulo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Santos | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Gremio | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Internacional | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Flamengo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Bragantino | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Bahia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Vasco da Gama | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Corinthians | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Cuiabá | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Goias | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 19 | América Mineiro | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 1 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
