Serie A match prediction and preview for Cruzeiro vs Internacional clash

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Sun 06.October
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (62170 seats)

Struggling Cruzeiro will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Internacional in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

It's quite the trip for Internacional when visiting Cruzeiro as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.

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Cruzeiro form and stats

Cruzeiro have played 10 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Cruzeiro, their manager Rogério Ceni and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

In their previous game, the manager Rogério Ceni led his Cruzeiro to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Goiás. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto. Before that, Cruzeiro played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Ceará.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Fluminense are coming to town in four days.

Cruzeiro aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. Cruzeiro have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Internacional form and stats

There's been little loot from Internacional's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Serie A. Internacional only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.

Internacional's last game was the home draw against Palmeiras (1-1). Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Flamengo's place.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Internacional manager Odair Hellmann as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against CSA.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 14 goals have been conceded by Internacional in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Internacional - Cruzeiro 3-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Cruzeiro victories, 3 draws and 5 Internacional wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Thiago Neves
5 goals / 2 assists
Fred
3 goals / 2 assists
N. López
3 goals

Cruzeiro missing players

Internacional missing players

Cruzeiro Internacional
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 3 10 22
4 4 1 Won W 0 2 11
7 2 1 Drew D 0 1 4
11 4 1 Lost L 3 7 7
17 9 3 Scored S 2 8 28
31 11 2 Conceded C 6 14 21
82% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 91%
64% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 64%
41% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 41%
23% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 23%
9% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
50% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 50%
32% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 36%
36% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 23%
 
4.7 5.1 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 6.7 3.7 4.6
4.9 4.3 4.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.7 5.6 4.4
2.3 1.4 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.3 2.1
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
Key stats This season:
  • Internacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Internacional have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Cruzeiro
All Mineiro 1 Copa Libertadores Copa do Brasil Serie A Club Friendlies
All Home Away
08-09-19 SA Cruzeiro 1 - 4 Grêmio
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 00:00 Internacional
10-10-19 SA Cruzeiro 00:30 Fluminense
13-10-19 SA Chapecoense 22:00 Cruzeiro
17-10-19 SA Cruzeiro - São Paulo
19-10-19 SA Corinthians 22:00 Cruzeiro
Internacional
All Copa Libertadores Copa do Brasil Gaucho 1 Serie A
All Home Away
15-09-19 SA Atlético Mineiro 1 - 3 Internacional
19-09-19 CDB Internacional 1 - 2 Athletico PR
22-09-19 SA Internacional 1 - 0 Chapecoense
26-09-19 SA Flamengo 3 - 1 Internacional
29-09-19 SA Internacional 1 - 1 Palmeiras
06-10-19 SA Cruzeiro 00:00 Internacional
09-10-19 SA CSA 22:15 Internacional
13-10-19 SA Internacional 19:00 Santos
17-10-19 SA Avaí 22:15 Internacional
20-10-19 SA Internacional 19:00 Vasco da Gama

  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 22 15 4 3 47 20 11 10 1 0 29 9 11 5 3 3 18 11 27 49
2 Palmeiras 22 13 7 2 38 17 10 8 2 0 25 5 12 5 5 2 13 12 21 46
3 Santos 22 12 5 5 33 23 11 7 3 1 24 11 11 5 2 4 9 12 10 41
4 Corinthians 21 10 8 3 24 13 12 8 4 0 15 5 9 2 4 3 9 8 11 38
5 Internacional 22 11 4 7 28 21 12 9 3 0 20 7 10 2 1 7 8 14 7 37
6 Bahia 22 10 7 5 27 18 11 7 3 1 16 7 11 3 4 4 11 11 9 37
7 São Paulo 22 9 9 4 23 15 11 4 6 1 14 7 11 5 3 3 9 8 8 36
8 Grêmio 22 9 7 6 37 25 10 6 2 2 24 14 12 3 5 4 13 11 12 34
9 Athletico PR 22 9 4 9 31 22 11 7 1 3 16 7 11 2 3 6 15 15 9 31
10 Atlético Mineiro 21 9 3 9 26 25 11 6 2 3 18 13 10 3 1 6 8 12 1 30
11 Goiás 22 9 3 10 22 32 11 7 1 3 16 9 11 2 2 7 6 23 -10 30
12 Botafogo 22 8 3 11 19 24 10 5 1 4 10 9 12 3 2 7 9 15 -5 27
13 Fortaleza 22 7 4 11 24 31 11 5 1 5 11 10 11 2 3 6 13 21 -7 25
14 Vasco da Gama 21 6 6 9 19 28 11 4 4 3 12 13 10 2 2 6 7 15 -9 24
15 Ceará 22 6 5 11 22 23 11 5 3 3 15 9 11 1 2 8 7 14 -1 23
16 Fluminense 22 6 4 12 24 34 12 4 3 5 12 11 10 2 1 7 12 23 -10 22
17 Cruzeiro 22 4 7 11 17 31 10 4 2 4 9 11 12 0 5 7 8 20 -14 19
18 CSA 22 4 7 11 11 33 11 3 4 4 7 12 11 1 3 7 4 21 -22 19
19 Avaí 22 3 7 12 12 33 11 1 6 4 6 13 11 2 1 8 6 20 -21 16
20 Chapecoense 21 3 6 12 18 34 10 2 3 5 9 12 11 1 3 7 9 22 -16 15

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