Look at this engrossing match in the Serie B. Cruzeiro is in the 4th place after participating in five games. They receive Grêmio who are placed 3rd after five fixtures.
- Cruzeiro have not yet lost a game at home.
- Grêmio have not yet lost 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
As mentioned below, Cruzeiro are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Serie B games.
The Cruzeiro goalkeeper Rafael Cabral Barbosa is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 212 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie B.
The home fans saw a 0-0 draw versus Grêmio last time out and are looking for a win here. Oliveira was "man of the match" with a rating of 6.85 out of 10. The defender Oliveira won 1 of 1 duels.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Chapecoense.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 six matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost one.
At Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, Cruzeiro has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Grêmio form and stats
Four points from two away games for Grêmio, meaning one draw and one victory in the Serie B so far.
Grêmio have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Brenno Oliveira Fraga Costa. It's been 244 minutes since they last conceded in Serie B.
Grêmio has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Cruzeiro for a 0-0 draw.
Before that, Grêmio secured a home win against CRB with the score 2-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Grêmio playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Grêmio wins, one draw and three defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Grêmio has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these sides: Cruzeiro won three, Grêmio triumphed in four and we saw three draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, eight matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  D. de Souza Andrade 3 goals |   E. Nascimento da Silva Junior 2 goals |  E. Alves de Paula 2 goals |
Cruzeiro missing players
Grêmio missing players
| Cruzeiro | Grêmio | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 6.3 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 9.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 4.3 |
| 25% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 7 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.7 | 8.7 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.7 | 2 |
- Cruzeiro have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cruzeiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Grêmio have not yet lost a game away.
- Grêmio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Grêmio have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Bahia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Sport Recife | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Grêmio | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Cruzeiro | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Vasco da Gama | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Chapecoense | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Novorizontino | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Ituano | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Operario PR | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Vila Nova | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Ponte Preta | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Nautico | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Brusque | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Criciuma | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | CSA | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Sampaio Correa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Tombense | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Guarani | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 19 | Londrina | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 20 | CRB | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
