Football tips: Cruzeiro vs Santos - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Sun 18.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (62170 seats)

Struggling Cruzeiro will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Santos in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Cruzeiro and Santos should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cruzeiro form and stats

The story so far for Cruzeiro at their home stadium (Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The home team returns to Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto after sharing the points with Avaí on their last time out; the Serie A game ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Cruzeiro lost 0-1 at home to Internacional.

Cruzeiro aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto with only 4 goals from 6 games. From these home matches, Cruzeiro have conceded only 5 goals.

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Santos form and stats

Playing away, Santos have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats so far this season.

Two away games in a row for Santos, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus Sao Paulo in the Serie A. That result followed a home victory 6-1 versus Goiás.

Santos find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures. Santos have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Cruzeiro victories, 2 draws and 4 Santos wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Eduardo Sasha
7 goals
C. Sánchez
5 goals / 3 assists

Cruzeiro missing players

Santos missing players

Cruzeiro Santos
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
14 6 1 Played 1 7 14
2 2 0 Won 0 4 10
5 2 1 Drew 1 1 2
7 2 0 Lost 0 2 2
11 4 0 Scored 0 7 25
22 5 0 Conceded 0 8 12
79% 67% 0% Over 0.5 0% 86% 86%
71% 50% 0% Over 1.5 0% 43% 57%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 0% 43% 57%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 29% 36%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 14% 14%
57% 33% 0% BTTS 0% 29% 43%
29% 50% 100% Clean Sheets 100% 57% 50%
36% 50% 100% Failed To Score 100% 29% 21%
 
4.6 5.3 11 Corners For (avg) 12 4.3 5.6
4.9 3.7 5 Corners Against (avg) 2 5.7 4.9
2 0.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 4 2.9 2.8
3 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Santos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Santos have scored more than double the goals of Cruzeiro.
  • Santos 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
27-07-19 SA Cruzeiro 0 - 2 Athletico PR
30-07-19 CL Cruzeiro 0 - 0 River Plate
04-08-19 SA Atlético Mineiro 2 - 0 Cruzeiro
08-08-19 CDB Cruzeiro 0 - 1 Internacional
11-08-19 SA Avaí 2 - 2 Cruzeiro
18-08-19 SA Cruzeiro 19:00 Santos
25-08-19 SA CSA 22:00 Cruzeiro
01-09-19 SA Cruzeiro 22:00 Vasco da Gama
05-09-19 CDB Internacional 00:30 Cruzeiro
08-09-19 SA Cruzeiro 14:00 Grêmio
Santos
All Copa Libertadores Copa do Brasil Serie A Premier League Club Friendlies Paulista A1 Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
13-07-19 SA Bahia 0 - 1 Santos
21-07-19 SA Botafogo 0 - 1 Santos
28-07-19 SA Santos 3 - 1 Avaí
04-08-19 SA Santos 6 - 1 Goiás
10-08-19 SA Sao Paulo 3 - 2 Santos
18-08-19 SA Cruzeiro 19:00 Santos
25-08-19 SA Santos 19:00 Fortaleza
31-08-19 SA Chapecoense 22:00 Santos
08-09-19 SA Santos 19:00 Athletico PR
14-09-19 SA Flamengo 14:00 Santos

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

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