Cruzeiro will hope to utilise their home advantage to get one over today’s opponents. The home team are currently 20 points behind Botafogo.
- Cruzeiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Serie A
The visiting Botafogo played their last game only four days ago, a Copa Sudamericana match.
Cruzeiro form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. That’s what Cruzeiro have to build on here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in the Serie A.
The home team returns to Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto after drawing with Athletico PR (placed 7th) on their last time out; the game ended 3-3. Opportunity lost for Cruzeiro in the Athletico PR match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. The forward Wesley edged out all the other players in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.43 out of 10. Wesley scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Goiás with the scoreline 0-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cruzeiro have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 1.
It should be noted that a look at the 13 most recent league matches shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Cruzeiro have scored {4 goals} here in 9 league matches, a depressing statistic. From these home matches, Cruzeiro have conceded only 7 goals.
Botafogo form and stats
Botafogo have an excellent away record in the Serie A so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games.
The followers enjoyed Botafogo's previous game versus Guarani, a Copa Sudamericana win (2-1) played at home.
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Coritiba in the Serie A.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Botafogo in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Botafogo, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 9 of this side's last 11 league matches have had two goals or less.
Botafogo have another match away in just three days, a Copa Sudamericana game vs Guarani. A back-breaking fixture list for the guests!
Botafogo are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Cruzeiro have managed a streak of 9 consecutive games without losing (3-6-0) when facing Botafogo.Top Goalscorers
  F. das Chagas Soares dos Santos 13 goals |   W. Ribeiro Silva 4 goals |  C. de Oliveira Alves 4 goals |
Cruzeiro missing players
Botafogo missing players
| Cruzeiro | Botafogo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 32 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 88% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 47% | 22% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 76% |
| 35% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 41% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 29% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 35% |
| 41% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 59% |
| 41% | 67% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 12% | 6% |
| 7.3 | 9.3 | 13.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.4 | 15.6 | 24.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.4 | 14.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
| 25% | 12% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 36% | 36% |
| 12.2 | 11.1 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 16 | 13.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
- Botafogo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Botafogo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Botafogo have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cruzeiro have scored home.
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most clean sheets (10) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Serie A
- Botafogo have the the best goal difference (+22) in Serie A
- Botafogo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Botafogo is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie A
- Cruzeiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cruzeiro have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Gremio | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Athletico PR | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Cuiaba | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Cruzeiro | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Internacional | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Atletico Mineiro | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Santos | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 16 | Goiás | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 16 |
| 17 | Bahia | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 14 |
| 19 | America Mineiro | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 10 |
| 20 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -16 | 9 |
