Cruzeiro have come here for an engaging fight versus the hosting Bragantino. Read up on the game with this full Serie A preview!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa do Brasil game only four days ago.
Bragantino form and stats
The hosts won their first Serie A game here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Bragantino last season were 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 6 games.
The Bragantino coach Caixinha and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Cuiaba (placed 16th). Borbas was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Cuiaba after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Aderlan, defender, was given a rating of 7.81/10 in that game, top of the team. Aderlan served one assist, hit two key passes and won 6 of 12 duels.
A home victory before that one, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against Oriente Petrolero and won 5-0. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bragantino handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Bragantino as they have a new game in only three days, a Copa Sudamericana match thankfully also at home. Estudiantes are visiting.
At Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid, Bragantino has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Cruzeiro form and stats
0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cruzeiro in their Serie A matches away.
The fans enjoyed Cruzeiro's previous game versus Nautico, a Copa do Brasil win (2-0) played at home. Defender William was the best team player with a rating of 9.34. William scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and won 8 of 11 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Gremio.Cruzeiro are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cruzeiro has managed {1 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Bruno 1 goals |  T. Borbas 1 goals |  E. Colcenti Antunes 1 goals |
Bragantino missing players
Cruzeiro missing players
| Bragantino | Cruzeiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 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% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 7.5 |
| 5.5 | 7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 13 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 14.5 |
| 4.5 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 33% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 11.5 | 9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 11.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Bragantino | Last season | Cruzeiro | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 7 | Played | P | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Scored | S | 9 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | ||
| 93% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 40% | ||
| 7% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 10% | ||
| 7% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 29% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 43% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 10% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 30% | ||
| 6.2 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.9 | 17.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13.1 | ||
| 5.4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 24% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 24% | ||
| 10.1 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 2.6 | 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 | Fluminense | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Internacional | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sao Paulo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Flamengo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Bahia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Goias | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Atletico PR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Gremio | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Botafogo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Atletico Mineiro | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Santos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 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 | Bragantino | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Botafogo SP | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 3 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 4 | Inter de Limeira | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -14 | 11 |
