São Paulo will not look for any gifts from hosting team Cruzeiro in this Serie A game. Here's the broad match guide!
- Cruzeiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- São Paulo have yet to win a game away.
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
Cruzeiro's struggle is real here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio with only 6 points collected from 6 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-4. The home stadium (Estádio Raimundo Sampaio) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Cruzeiro it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
The Cruzeiro crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Fortaleza here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio. William, defender, was given a rating of 7.65/10 in that game, top of the team. William hit one key pass and won 9 of 11 duels.
A 2-2 draw away before that, with Bahia the opponent.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cruzeiro have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Cruzeiro have scored {3 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot.
São Paulo form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, São Paulo have produced an overall stat of 0-3-2 so far.
The supporters enjoyed São Paulo's previous match versus Athletico PR (placed 9th), a 2-1 win played at home. Franco was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Franco won 9 of 9 duels.
A loss against Palmeiras was the result prior to that, in a home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Paulo in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for São Paulo, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as São Paulo are hosting Tigre in the Copa Sudamericana only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting São Paulo as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by São Paulo in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Cruzeiro victories, one draw and six São Paulo wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Calleri 4 goals |   G. Oliveira Souza Junior 3 goals |  W. Ribeiro Silva 3 goals |
Cruzeiro missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Cruzeiro | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 91% |
| 64% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 91% |
| 45% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 64% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 27% |
| 36% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 7.2 | 9 | 14 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 7 | 6.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16.4 | 17.5 | 23.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 15.6 | 15.3 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 24% | 10% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 18% | 30% |
| 12.2 | 10.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.5 | 14.6 | 14.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
- Cruzeiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cruzeiro have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cruzeiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- São Paulo have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | São Paulo | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Gremio | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Athletico PR | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Cruzeiro | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 11 | Internacional | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Santos | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 14 | Bahia | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 12 |
| 17 | Goias | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | America Mineiro | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 8 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
| 20 | Coritiba | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 4 |
