Both these teams have struggled so far, but three points in this important fixture would certainly help. Get ready for Cruzeiro - Confiança!
- Cruzeiro have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Serie B
- Confiança have the most conceded goals (31) in Serie B
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cruzeiro and Confiança.
Confiança have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Cruzeiro form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie B this season. Cruzeiro have only managed 1 win, 6 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto. The home fans are hungry for more even though Cruzeiro have been steadily collecting points here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto through three straight draws.
A strong away win for Cruzeiro against Nautico the last match, as Thiago were on target. Goalkeeper Fábio got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.45 out of ten. Fábio stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of V. Luxemburgo da Silva when Thiago scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 82nd minute.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sampaio Correa that ended 1-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cruzeiro matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, four draws and zero defeats (from five games).
A decent goal production from Cruzeiro in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cruzeiro defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Confiança form and stats
Confiança have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-2-7 (10 played). Recent form does not give Confiança much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Cruzeiro will be a tough nut to crack.
Home advantage was not enough for Confiança in their previous game, as they lost their Serie B-match, hosting Remo, 1-2. Michael was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.44. The agile goalkeeper Michael stopped the opponent with five saves. Confiança were so close to getting something from the game against Remo, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ponte Preta wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Confiança playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, zero draws and two home wins.
Confiança find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Confiança struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Confiança - Cruzeiro 3-1 was the end result in these contenders' previous head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Last three meetings with these contenders: Cruzeiro won zero, Confiança were winners in two and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. Barbosa Teixeira 4 goals |  M. Martins Moreno 4 goals |   S. Santos Salles 4 goals |
Cruzeiro missing players
Confiança missing players
| Cruzeiro | Confiança | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 24 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 29 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 31 |
| 84% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 89% |
| 68% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 68% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 47% |
| 32% | 44% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 32% |
| 16% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 16% |
| 63% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 47% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 21% |
| 26% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 6.9 | 7.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.8 | 15.8 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.7 | 11.2 |
| 5.2 | 6.4 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 24% | 24% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | 26% |
- Confiança have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Confiança have the most conceded goals (18) away in Serie B
- Confiança have the most conceded goals (31) in Serie B
- Confiança have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Serie B
- Confiança have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cruzeiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cruzeiro have the most conceded goals (17) at home in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most points from losing position (12) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coritiba | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 36 |
| 2 | Avai | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 33 |
| 3 | CRB | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 32 |
| 4 | Goias | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Sampaio Correa | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Nautico | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Guarani | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Botafogo | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Vasco da Gama | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Operario PR | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Remo | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | CSA | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 13 | Brusque | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 14 | Cruzeiro | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 21 |
| 15 | Ponte Preta | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Vila Nova | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 17 | Londrina | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 16 |
| 18 | Vitoria | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 19 | Confiança | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
| 20 | Brasil de Pelotas | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 12 |