Cruzeiro have taken 9 of their 21 in total here in their own stadium fortress. What will happen against Coritiba?
- Cruzeiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Coritiba have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Serie A
These teams have little in common geographically as Coritiba have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous game. Let's hope for an in-your-face fixture!
Cruzeiro form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Cruzeiro have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 7 games.
The Cruzeiro goalkeeper Rafael Cabral Barbosa is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 280 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.
Happy days for Cruzeiro in their previous game, a fixture away at Vasco da Gama (placed 19th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Machado (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Machado scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 46 successful passes (of 54 total).
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Internacional the opponent.It should be added that a peek at the 10 latest league matches reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cruzeiro here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 7 games). Cruzeiro have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Coritiba form and stats
There's been little loot from Coritiba's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Serie A. Coritiba only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Impressive finishing from Luis, Manga and Robson secured the home win 3-1 against America Mineiro in their previous game. Which player has scored three matches in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Manga and that is impressive! Midfielder Robson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Robson scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Goias at their stadium, the result 2-1.Observe! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's last 12 league matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Coritiba have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Coritiba concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Cruzeiro-Coritiba H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cruzeiro five wins, Coritiba three wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have sometimes been hostile, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mangueira Severino Pereira 4 goals |  R. dos Santos Fernandes 4 goals |   G. Oliveira Souza Junior 3 goals |
Cruzeiro missing players
Coritiba missing players
| Cruzeiro | Coritiba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 16 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 28 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 36% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 64% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 57% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 29% | 14% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 71% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 36% | 57% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 6.8 | 8.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 4.9 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.4 | 15.9 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.4 | 12.6 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 24% | 13% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 25% | 19% |
| 12.3 | 11.3 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 26 | 17.9 | 15.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
- All of Coritiba's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Coritiba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Coritiba have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Coritiba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Coritiba have the most conceded goals (19) away in Serie A
- Coritiba have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Serie A
- Coritiba have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Serie A
- Coritiba have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Coritiba haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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.
- Cruzeiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Gremio | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Cruzeiro | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Internacional | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Atletico PR | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Atletico Mineiro | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 13 | Santos | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Cuiabá | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Bahia | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Goias | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 10 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 9 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 9 |
