Cruzeiro fight Santos for kudos and success.
Santos could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa Sudamericana game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Newell's Old Boys. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Cruzeiro form and stats
1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Cruzeiro have to build on here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in the Serie A.
Cruzeiro are confident in defense, having played 183 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Cruzeiro are returning here after visiting Bragantino and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Gilberto, Ramiro and Rodrigues scored the goal(s). Marlon, defender, was given a rating of 8.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Marlon hit one key pass and won 13 of 19 duels.
A win at home ahead of that match, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against Nautico and won 2-0. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cruzeiro's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 2 matches, drawn 2 and lost 1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Cruzeiro, as the Serie A home game vs Fluminense is only four days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cruzeiro at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Santos form and stats
Santos have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Serie A were 0 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats from 6 fixtures.
Two away matches in a row for Santos, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 against Newell's Old Boys in the Copa Sudamericana.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs America Mineiro.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Santos when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
After this away game Santos return home for a Serie A game against Bahia. That game is only four sleeps after this.
{0 goals} so far away for Santos, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Cruzeiro wins - draws - Santos wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Rodrigues do Nascimento 2 goals |  G. Oliveira Souza Junior 1 goals |  R. Moschen Benetti 1 goals |
Cruzeiro missing players
Santos missing players
| Cruzeiro | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 8 | 11 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 11 | 7.3 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 3.7 | 6 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.7 | 21 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16 | 13.3 |
| 4.3 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 38% | 17% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 11.7 | 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 6.3 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6.3 |
| Cruzeiro | Last season | Santos | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 10 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 13 | 17 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | ||
| 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | ||
| 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | ||
| 30% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | ||
| 7.4 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 24% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | ||
| 10.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Fortaleza | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Internacional | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Cruzeiro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Gremio | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Sao Paulo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Vasco da Gama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Santos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Atletico Mineiro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Flamengo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Goias | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Bahia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Atletico PR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bragantino | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Botafogo SP | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 3 | Santos | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 4 | Inter de Limeira | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -14 | 11 |
