Serie A: Cruzeiro - Fluminense preview and statistics

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Thu 10.October
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (62170 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 15th place.

It's no vacation for neither Cruzeiro nor Fluminense as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Cruzeiro form and stats

Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Cruzeiro are 4-3-4 (wins-draw-losses).

The points were shared in Cruzeiro's previous game, also at home. Visiting Internacional (placed 6th) travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Goiás.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cruzeiro handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D2-L0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cruzeiro as they are travelling to their away game against Chapecoense in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.

Cruzeiro aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in the league, with only 10 goals from 11 games. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Fluminense form and stats

There's been little loot from Fluminense's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Serie A. Fluminense only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.

It's the second away game in a row for Fluminense, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Botafogo (placed 12th) in the Serie A last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Grêmio.

Fluminense 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, 0 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of three matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bahia in just three days.

Fluminense are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Fluminense have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Fluminense - Cruzeiro 4-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cruzeiro 4 wins, 3 draws and Fluminense 3 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Y. González
6 goals
Thiago Neves
5 goals / 2 assists

Cruzeiro missing players

Fluminense missing players

Cruzeiro Fluminense
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 2 11 23
4 4 1 Won W 1 3 7
8 3 0 Drew D 1 1 4
11 4 1 Lost L 0 7 12
18 10 2 Scored S 2 13 25
32 12 2 Conceded C 1 23 34
83% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
65% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 82% 65%
39% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 73% 52%
22% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 13%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 13%
52% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 52%
30% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 17%
35% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 35%
 
4.7 4.9 5 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4 5.3
4.8 4.2 2.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 4.1 3.9
2.4 1.7 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 2.5 2.4
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 5 7
Key stats This season:
  • Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fluminense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fluminense haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Cruzeiro
All Mineiro 1 Copa Libertadores Copa do Brasil Serie A Club Friendlies
All Home Away
14-09-19 SA Palmeiras 1 - 0 Cruzeiro
21-09-19 SA Cruzeiro 1 - 2 Flamengo
25-09-19 SA Ceará 0 - 0 Cruzeiro
30-09-19 SA Goiás 1 - 0 Cruzeiro
06-10-19 SA Cruzeiro 1 - 1 Internacional
10-10-19 SA Cruzeiro 00:30 Fluminense
13-10-19 SA Chapecoense 22:00 Cruzeiro
17-10-19 SA Cruzeiro - Sao Paulo
19-10-19 SA Corinthians 22:00 Cruzeiro
27-10-19 SA Cruzeiro - Fortaleza
Fluminense
All Carioca 1 Copa do Brasil Serie A Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
15-09-19 SA Fluminense 1 - 0 Corinthians
22-09-19 SA Goiás 3 - 0 Fluminense
26-09-19 SA Fluminense 1 - 1 Santos
29-09-19 SA Fluminense 2 - 1 Grêmio
06-10-19 SA Botafogo 0 - 1 Fluminense
10-10-19 SA Cruzeiro 00:30 Fluminense
12-10-19 SA Fluminense 22:00 Bahia
18-10-19 SA Fluminense - Atletico PR
20-10-19 SA Flamengo 21:00 Fluminense
27-10-19 SA Fluminense - Chapecoense

  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 23 16 4 3 48 20 11 10 1 0 29 9 12 6 3 3 19 11 28 52
2 Palmeiras 23 13 8 2 39 18 11 8 3 0 26 6 12 5 5 2 13 12 21 47
3 Santos 23 13 5 5 34 23 11 7 3 1 24 11 12 6 2 4 10 12 11 44
4 Corinthians 23 11 9 3 25 13 12 8 4 0 15 5 11 3 5 3 10 8 12 42
5 São Paulo 23 10 9 4 25 16 12 5 6 1 16 8 11 5 3 3 9 8 9 39
6 Internacional 23 11 5 7 29 22 12 9 3 0 20 7 11 2 2 7 9 15 7 38
7 Bahia 23 10 7 6 28 20 12 7 3 2 17 9 11 3 4 4 11 11 8 37
8 Grêmio 23 9 8 6 37 25 11 6 3 2 24 14 12 3 5 4 13 11 12 35
9 Athletico PR 23 10 4 9 33 23 11 7 1 3 16 7 12 3 3 6 17 16 10 34
10 Goiás 23 10 3 10 23 32 11 7 1 3 16 9 12 3 2 7 7 23 -9 33
11 Atlético Mineiro 23 9 4 10 28 28 12 6 2 4 19 15 11 3 2 6 9 13 0 31
12 Botafogo 23 8 3 12 19 25 11 5 1 5 10 10 12 3 2 7 9 15 -6 27
13 Vasco da Gama 23 7 6 10 21 30 12 4 4 4 12 14 11 3 2 6 9 16 -9 27
14 Fortaleza 23 7 4 12 25 33 11 5 1 5 11 10 12 2 3 7 14 23 -8 25
15 Fluminense 23 7 4 12 25 34 12 4 3 5 12 11 11 3 1 7 13 23 -9 25
16 Ceará 23 6 5 12 22 24 12 5 3 4 15 10 11 1 2 8 7 14 -2 23
17 CSA 23 5 7 11 14 34 12 4 4 4 10 13 11 1 3 7 4 21 -20 22
18 Cruzeiro 23 4 8 11 18 32 11 4 3 4 10 12 12 0 5 7 8 20 -14 20
19 Avaí 23 3 7 13 13 36 11 1 6 4 6 13 12 2 1 9 7 23 -23 16
20 Chapecoense 23 3 6 14 18 36 12 2 3 7 9 14 11 1 3 7 9 22 -18 15

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