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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (62170 seats)

The visiting Flamengo side should be favourites in this visit to Cruzeiro, as the away team holds a 24 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Cruzeiro form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Cruzeiro have to build on here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in the Serie A. Cruzeiro has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Rogério Ceni and the players.

The fans are hoping that Cruzeiro will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Serie A game against Palmeiras (placed 2nd). Before that game, the home loss against Gremio with the scoreline 1-4.

The manager Rogério Ceni will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ceara in only four days.

Cruzeiro aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. Cruzeiro have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Flamengo form and stats

Playing away, Flamengo, who have the most scored goals (42) in Serie A, have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie A this season.

Flamengo are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Serie A against Santos (placed 3rd). Prior to that result Flamengo won their away game at Avai. The scoreline was 3-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Internacional in just four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Flamengo's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, Flamengo have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Flamengo - Cruzeiro 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cruzeiro 1 win, 3 draws and Flamengo 6 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bruno Henrique
8 goals
Gabriel Barbosa
7 goals
Thiago Neves
4 goals / 2 assists

Cruzeiro missing players

Flamengo missing players

Cruzeiro Flamengo
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Away vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played 3 10 19
4 4 1 Won 2 4 13
6 2 1 Drew 1 3 3
9 3 0 Lost 0 3 3
16 8 2 Scored 5 16 42
28 9 0 Conceded 0 10 18
84% 78% 50% Over 0.5 67% 90% 95%
68% 56% 50% Over 1.5 67% 90% 89%
42% 33% 0% Over 2.5 33% 60% 68%
26% 11% 0% Over 3.5 0% 10% 32%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 0% 10% 21%
53% 33% 0% BTTS 0% 50% 58%
32% 56% 100% Clean Sheets 100% 40% 37%
32% 33% 50% Failed to Score 33% 20% 11%
 
4.8 5.6 9.5 Corners For (avg) 7.3 6.8 6.4
5.1 4.3 4.5 Corners Against (avg) 4 4.8 3.5
2.2 1.3 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2.3 2.5
3 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats This season:
  • Flamengo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Flamengo have scored more than double the goals of Cruzeiro.

Cruzeiro
All Mineiro 1 Copa Libertadores Copa do Brasil Serie A Club Friendlies
All Home Away
25-08-19 SA CSA 1 - 1 Cruzeiro
01-09-19 SA Cruzeiro 1 - 0 Vasco da Gama
05-09-19 CDB Internacional 3 - 0 Cruzeiro
08-09-19 SA Cruzeiro 1 - 4 Gremio
14-09-19 SA Palmeiras 1 - 0 Cruzeiro
21-09-19 SA Cruzeiro 20:00 Flamengo
25-09-19 SA Ceara 22:30 Cruzeiro
29-09-19 SA Goias 22:00 Cruzeiro
05-10-19 SA Cruzeiro 14:00 Internacional
10-10-19 SA Cruzeiro 00:30 Fluminense
Flamengo
All Copa Libertadores Carioca 1 Copa do Brasil Serie A Florida Cup
All Home Away
25-08-19 SA Ceara 0 - 3 Flamengo
29-08-19 CL Internacional 1 - 1 Flamengo
01-09-19 SA Flamengo 3 - 0 Palmeiras
07-09-19 SA Avai 0 - 3 Flamengo
14-09-19 SA Flamengo 1 - 0 Santos
21-09-19 SA Cruzeiro 20:00 Flamengo
26-09-19 SA Flamengo 00:30 Internacional
28-09-19 SA Flamengo 22:00 São Paulo
03-10-19 CL Gremio 00:30 Flamengo
06-10-19 SA Chapecoense 22:00 Flamengo

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Flamengo 19 13 3 3 42 18 9 9 0 0 26 8 10 4 3 3 16 10 24 42
2 Palmeiras 19 11 6 2 30 14 9 7 2 0 19 3 10 4 4 2 11 11 16 39
3 Santos 19 11 4 4 30 19 9 6 3 0 22 8 10 5 1 4 8 11 11 37
4 Internacional 19 10 3 6 25 17 10 8 2 0 18 6 9 2 1 6 7 11 8 33
5 Corinthians 19 8 8 3 21 12 10 6 4 0 12 4 9 2 4 3 9 8 9 32
6 São Paulo 19 8 8 3 21 13 10 4 6 0 14 6 9 4 2 3 7 7 8 32
7 Bahia 19 8 7 4 22 16 10 6 3 1 14 7 9 2 4 3 8 9 6 31
8 Grêmio 19 7 7 5 27 22 9 5 2 2 18 13 10 2 5 3 9 9 5 28
9 Atlético Mineiro 19 8 3 8 24 23 10 5 2 3 16 12 9 3 1 5 8 11 1 27
10 Botafogo 19 8 3 8 18 19 9 5 1 3 9 7 10 3 2 5 9 12 -1 27
11 Athletico PR 19 8 2 9 25 19 9 6 0 3 11 5 10 2 2 6 14 14 6 26
12 Vasco da Gama 19 6 5 8 18 26 10 4 3 3 11 12 9 2 2 5 7 14 -8 23
13 Ceará 19 6 4 9 21 20 10 5 2 3 15 9 9 1 2 6 6 11 1 22
14 Fortaleza 19 6 4 9 22 26 9 4 1 4 10 9 10 2 3 5 12 17 -4 22
15 Goiás 19 6 3 10 17 32 9 5 1 3 12 9 10 1 2 7 5 23 -15 21
16 Fluminense 19 5 3 11 21 29 10 3 2 5 9 9 9 2 1 6 12 20 -8 18
17 Cruzeiro 19 4 6 9 16 28 9 4 2 3 8 9 10 0 4 6 8 19 -12 18
18 CSA 19 3 7 9 8 25 10 2 4 4 6 12 9 1 3 5 2 13 -17 16
19 Chapecoense 19 3 5 11 17 32 10 2 3 5 9 12 9 1 2 6 8 20 -15 14
20 Avaí 19 2 7 10 10 25 9 0 6 3 5 11 10 2 1 7 5 14 -15 13

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