Serie A: Two sides in decent shape get together for this fixture. Bragantino have a tiny edge with their 6th spot in the standings?
- Cruzeiro have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Serie A
- Bragantino have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cruzeiro have scored home.
Cruzeiro and Bragantino should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Cruzeiro form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Cruzeiro have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
In their previous game, the manager Filipe led his Cruzeiro to a defeat away at Grêmio. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto. Midfielder Silva was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.22 (out of ten) in that game. Silva hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 62 successful passes (of 76 total).
Before that, Cruzeiro drew at home versus Corinthians.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 taken into account that a look at the 11 latest league games reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The lack of attacking qualities in Cruzeiro means that they have only scored {5 goals} in 11 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Cruzeiro have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bragantino form and stats
The visitors are W3-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.
Borbas and Talisson scored in Bragantino's previous match, the home game against Cuiabá that ended 2-0. Defender Capixaba was the best team player with a rating of 8.33. Capixaba hit two key passes and won 9 of 12 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bahia wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Bragantino in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Bragantino, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 8 of this team's latest 10 league rounds have had two or less goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bragantino have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. Bragantino have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also encountered each other earlier this campaign: Bragantino - Cruzeiro 0-3.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Borbas 6 goals |  E. Colcenti Antunes 6 goals |   W. Ribeiro Silva 4 goals |
Cruzeiro missing players
Bragantino missing players
| Cruzeiro | Bragantino | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 29 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 21 |
| 86% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 48% | 27% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 81% |
| 33% | 9% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | 38% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 29% | 18% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 48% |
| 48% | 64% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 7.2 | 9.3 | 11.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.9 | 7 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14.1 | 15.6 | 20.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13 | 16.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6 |
| 22% | 11% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | 23% |
| 11.3 | 9.7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
- Bragantino have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bragantino have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cruzeiro have scored home.
- Bragantino haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Cruzeiro have the fewest scored goals (5) at home 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 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Grêmio | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 36 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Athletico PR | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Atlético Mineiro | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 10 | Cuiabá | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Internacional | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Goias | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | Bahia | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 17 | Santos | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 19 | -13 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 16 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 14 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -23 | 13 |
