Football tips: Santos vs Cruzeiro - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Date: Sun 24.November
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Urbano Caldeira (16798 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Urbano Caldeira clash with Cruzeiro, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Serie A table.

Santos and Cruzeiro 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.

Cruzeiro are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Santos form and stats

37 points is a decent return from 16 Serie A games here at Urbano Caldeira for Santos. The data says 11 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

The points were shared in Santos's previous game, also at home. Visiting São Paulo (placed 6th) travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Goiás and winning 3-0.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (34 in 16 games), Santos's attacking play is working. Santos have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cruzeiro form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cruzeiro so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 2-7-7 (win-draw-lose). In general it has been a productive period now for Cruzeiro as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

The attacking players of Cruzeiro have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 286 minutes. The Cruzeiro goalkeeper Vladimir Orlando Cardoso de Araujo Filho is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 294 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Cruzeiro's last game was the home draw against Avaí (0-0). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Atlético Mineiro.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cruzeiro as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Cruzeiro have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Cruzeiro - Santos 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Santos victories, 2 draws and 5 Cruzeiro wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SantosEduardo Sasha
Eduardo Sasha
12 goals
SantosC. Sánchez
C. Sánchez
9 goals
SantosY. Soteldo
Y. Soteldo
8 goals

Santos missing players

Cruzeiro missing players

Santos Cruzeiro
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 4 16 33
19 11 5 Won W 0 2 7
8 4 0 Drew D 2 7 15
6 1 0 Lost L 2 7 11
49 34 13 Scored S 2 13 26
29 14 4 Conceded C 5 22 36
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 81% 76%
64% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 61%
42% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 30%
21% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 15%
12% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
39% 56% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 48%
45% 38% 20% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 39%
27% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 36%
 
5.3 6.5 9 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 4.7 5.1
4.8 4 4.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.8 6.1 5.1
2.6 2.4 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.6 2.4
6 1 1 Red Cards R C 3 5 6
Key stats this season:
  • Cruzeiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Santos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Santos have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cruzeiro have scored away.
  • Santos have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Flamengo 34 25 6 3 73 30 17 15 2 0 46 16 17 10 4 3 27 14 43 81
2 Palmeiras 33 19 11 3 52 25 16 12 4 0 33 7 17 7 7 3 19 18 27 68
3 Santos 33 19 8 6 49 29 16 11 4 1 34 14 17 8 4 5 15 15 20 65
4 Grêmio 33 16 8 9 55 33 17 10 3 4 33 18 16 6 5 5 22 15 22 56
5 Athletico PR 33 15 8 10 46 31 17 10 3 4 23 11 16 5 5 6 23 20 15 53
6 São Paulo 33 14 11 8 33 24 17 8 6 3 20 11 16 6 5 5 13 13 9 53
7 Internacional 33 14 8 11 37 32 16 10 5 1 23 10 17 4 3 10 14 22 5 50
8 Corinthians 33 12 14 7 36 29 17 9 7 1 21 11 16 3 7 6 15 18 7 50
9 Bahia 33 11 11 11 36 34 17 7 6 4 22 16 16 4 5 7 14 18 2 44
10 Vasco da Gama 34 11 11 12 36 42 17 6 5 6 18 21 17 5 6 6 18 21 -6 44
11 Goiás 33 12 7 14 35 51 16 9 3 4 23 16 17 3 4 10 12 35 -16 43
12 Fortaleza 33 12 6 15 42 44 17 9 2 6 22 15 16 3 4 9 20 29 -2 42
13 Atlético Mineiro 33 11 8 14 39 44 16 8 2 6 24 21 17 3 6 8 15 23 -5 41
14 Botafogo 33 11 3 19 28 41 16 8 1 7 17 15 17 3 2 12 11 26 -13 36
15 Ceará 33 10 6 17 32 33 16 8 4 4 21 11 17 2 2 13 11 22 -1 36
16 Cruzeiro 33 7 15 11 26 36 17 5 8 4 13 14 16 2 7 7 13 22 -10 36
17 Fluminense 33 9 8 16 33 44 17 5 6 6 17 15 16 4 2 10 16 29 -11 35
18 CSA 33 7 8 18 21 50 16 6 5 5 15 19 17 1 3 13 6 31 -29 29
19 Chapecoense 33 5 10 18 26 48 17 3 5 9 13 21 16 2 5 9 13 27 -22 25
20 Avaí 33 3 9 21 16 51 16 1 7 8 9 22 17 2 2 13 7 29 -35 18

Table
  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 34 25 6 3 73 30 17 15 2 0 46 16 17 10 4 3 27 14 43 81
2 Palmeiras 33 19 11 3 52 25 16 12 4 0 33 7 17 7 7 3 19 18 27 68
3 Santos 33 19 8 6 49 29 16 11 4 1 34 14 17 8 4 5 15 15 20 65
4 Grêmio 33 16 8 9 55 33 17 10 3 4 33 18 16 6 5 5 22 15 22 56
5 Athletico PR 33 15 8 10 46 31 17 10 3 4 23 11 16 5 5 6 23 20 15 53
6 São Paulo 33 14 11 8 33 24 17 8 6 3 20 11 16 6 5 5 13 13 9 53
7 Internacional 33 14 8 11 37 32 16 10 5 1 23 10 17 4 3 10 14 22 5 50
8 Corinthians 33 12 14 7 36 29 17 9 7 1 21 11 16 3 7 6 15 18 7 50
9 Bahia 33 11 11 11 36 34 17 7 6 4 22 16 16 4 5 7 14 18 2 44
10 Vasco da Gama 34 11 11 12 36 42 17 6 5 6 18 21 17 5 6 6 18 21 -6 44
11 Goiás 33 12 7 14 35 51 16 9 3 4 23 16 17 3 4 10 12 35 -16 43
12 Fortaleza 33 12 6 15 42 44 17 9 2 6 22 15 16 3 4 9 20 29 -2 42
13 Atlético Mineiro 33 11 8 14 39 44 16 8 2 6 24 21 17 3 6 8 15 23 -5 41
14 Botafogo 33 11 3 19 28 41 16 8 1 7 17 15 17 3 2 12 11 26 -13 36
15 Ceará 33 10 6 17 32 33 16 8 4 4 21 11 17 2 2 13 11 22 -1 36
16 Cruzeiro 33 7 15 11 26 36 17 5 8 4 13 14 16 2 7 7 13 22 -10 36
17 Fluminense 33 9 8 16 33 44 17 5 6 6 17 15 16 4 2 10 16 29 -11 35
18 CSA 33 7 8 18 21 50 16 6 5 5 15 19 17 1 3 13 6 31 -29 29
19 Chapecoense 33 5 10 18 26 48 17 3 5 9 13 21 16 2 5 9 13 27 -22 25
20 Avaí 33 3 9 21 16 51 16 1 7 8 9 22 17 2 2 13 7 29 -35 18

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.