The visiting CRB side should be favourites in this visit to Cruzeiro, as the away team holds a 8 point advantage from their seven league games this season.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Cruzeiro form and stats
Three Serie B home games done for Cruzeiro, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Cruzeiro, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
No payout for Cruzeiro in their previous match, an away game at Brasil de Pelotas that ended in defeat 0-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to America Mineiro (1-2).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Cruzeiro, as the Serie B home game vs Vitoria is only four days away.
Cruzeiro are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Cruzeiro's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
CRB form and stats
CRB are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie B, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
CRB's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sampaio Correa that finished 2-2. Preceding that game was the away victory against CSA with the score of 2-0.
As mentioned above, CRB drew the match against Sampaio Correa. Manager M. Ribeiro Cabo brought on Bill to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
CRB are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). 3 goals have been conceded by CRB in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Cruzeiro victory, two draws and one CRB win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Gamalho de Souza 6 goals |   C. de Menezes Júnior 1 goals |  L. Simões de Lacerda 1 goals |
Cruzeiro missing players
CRB missing players
| Cruzeiro | CRB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 43% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.4 | 10.7 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | 39 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 29 | 79 |
| 24 | 10 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 33% | 30% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 38% |
- All of CRB's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- CRB have scored in all their matches so far.
- CRB have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- CRB haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cuiaba | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Parana | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | America Mineiro | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Chapecoense | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Operario PR | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | CRB | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Ponte Preta | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Vitoria | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Nautico | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Avai | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Juventude | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Botafogo SP | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Brasil de Pelotas | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Confiança | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Figueirense | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Cruzeiro | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Guarani | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | CSA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 19 | Oeste | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 20 | Sampaio Correa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |