This could be another engaging clash at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in the Serie A. Cruzeiro is in 3rd place and welcome Fluminense in 6th place. Read about the match here!
- Cruzeiro have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Serie A
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cruzeiro form and stats
Perfect Serie A season at home so far for Cruzeiro 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Cruzeiro's last game was hosting Santos (placed 14th) and winning 2-1. Manager Filipe felt very clever after Wesley scored the winning goal against Santos, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 9th minute. The striker Wesley bested all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 8.44 out of 10. Wesley scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Bragantino and winning 3-0.The manager Filipe will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to America Mineiro in only four days.
At Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, Cruzeiro has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Fluminense form and stats
Fluminense are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
There were no winners in Fluminense's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Vasco da Gama (placed 11th). Lima got a match rating of 7.71 in that game, top player of the team. Lima scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total).
Before that, the victory at home hosting River Plate in the Copa Libertadores (5-1).
After this away game Fluminense return home for a Serie A game against Cuiaba. That game is only three sleeps after this.
{5 goals} so far away for Fluminense, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Fluminense have won or drawn the last 6 games (3-3-0) against Cruzeiro.The games between these teams have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Ribeiro Silva 2 goals |  B. Rodrigues do Nascimento 2 goals |   V. Moreira de Lima 2 goals |
Cruzeiro missing players
Fluminense missing players
| Cruzeiro | Fluminense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3 | 6.2 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 9.5 | 6.5 |
| 4 | 5.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.2 | 15.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.5 | 16 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 45% | 33% |
| 11.5 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 18.5 | 14 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 18 | 10 | 5.5 |
- Cruzeiro have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Serie A
| Cruzeiro | Last season | Fluminense | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 10 | 5 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 11 | 32 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 73% | ||
| 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 47% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 27% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 53% | ||
| 30% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 7.4 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 13.1 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 24% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 40% | ||
| 10.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Cruzeiro | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Sao Paulo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Gremio | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Internacional | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Bahia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Atletico PR | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Vasco da Gama | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Cuiaba | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Santos | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Atletico Mineiro | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Flamengo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Goias | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 1 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 0 |
