The stage is lit for Cruzeiro - Corinthians! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this game could be great fun!
- Cruzeiro have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Serie A
- Corinthians have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The visiting Corinthians played their last game only three days ago, a Copa do Brasil match. That game was also an away game, at São Paulo. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Cruzeiro form and stats
3-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Cruzeiro so far this season.
Cruzeiro are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 188 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Wesley).
The followers are hoping that Cruzeiro will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Palmeiras (placed 2nd). Heartbreak for Cruzeiro in their last match as Palmeiras's López scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Silva got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Silva hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 36 successful passes (of 42 total).
Before that, Cruzeiro drew at home versus Botafogo.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cruzeiro handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
It should be noted that a glance at the 11 most recent league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Cruzeiro has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {4 goals} from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Cruzeiro have conceded only 7 goals.
Corinthians form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Corinthians so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Corinthians has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Two away matches in a row for Corinthians, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus São Paulo in the Copa do Brasil. Murillo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.25. The defender Murillo hit one key pass and won 10 of 14 duels.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Coritiba in the Serie A.Corinthians 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, 5 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Few goals the story here? 10 of this team's latest 13 league rounds have contained two goals or less.
A quick return to home after this game, as Corinthians are hosting Estudiantes in the Copa Sudamericana only three days away.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 14 goals have been conceded by Corinthians in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent reported history involving both these sides is the Corinthians - Cruzeiro 2-1 played previously this season. Cruzeiro-Corinthians H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cruzeiro five wins, Corinthians three wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  W. Ribeiro Silva 4 goals |   Y. Monteiro da Silva 4 goals |  G. Oliveira Souza Junior 3 goals |
Cruzeiro missing players
Corinthians missing players
| Cruzeiro | Corinthians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 21 |
| 84% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 94% |
| 42% | 20% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 72% |
| 32% | 10% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 39% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 22% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 26% | 10% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 30% | 50% |
| 42% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 22% |
| 47% | 70% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 7.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.3 | 15.3 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.7 | 12.1 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | 4.1 |
| 23% | 11% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 27% | 27% |
| 11.7 | 10.2 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 17.8 | 16 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
- Corinthians have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cruzeiro have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Serie A
- Cruzeiro have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | Gremio | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Atletico PR | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Fluminense | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Cuiaba | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | São Paulo | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 26 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 13 | Internacional | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Goias | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Bahia | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 17 | Santos | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -18 | 14 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -15 | 13 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -22 | 10 |
