An important duel in the bottom section of the Serie B, with both Cruzeiro and Guarani experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 14th place.
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 Guarani.
Cruzeiro form and stats
4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Cruzeiro so far this season.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Fabio Deivson Lopes Maciel not having conceded a league goal in 249 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Cruzeiro, who won 1-0 against Botafogo SP (placed 19th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Parana in a game that was won 2-0.
The Cruzeiro fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Cruzeiro have conceded only 8 goals.
Guarani form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Guarani so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
Impressive finishing from Lucas Crispim and Lucas Santos secured the home win 2-1 against CSA in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Juventude's place.
Lucas Santos came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against CSA last time out, making the manager R. Catalá Salgado Junior feel like a tactical genius.
The attacking power of Guarani when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Guarani in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Guarani - Cruzeiro 2-3 entered in the official records. Last five meetings between the teams: Cruzeiro won four, Guarani won zero and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Cruzeiro missing players
Guarani missing players
| Cruzeiro | Guarani | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 65% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 10% | 15% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 30% | 55% |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 20% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 271 | 154 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 110 | 234 |
| 77 | 43 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 26 | 67 |
| 26% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 23% | 30% |
- Cruzeiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Guarani has the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Serie B
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chapecoense | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 41 |
| 2 | America Mineiro | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 36 |
| 3 | Cuiaba | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 36 |
| 4 | Ponte Preta | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 31 |
| 5 | Juventude | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Parana | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Sampaio Correa | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 8 | CSA | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Avai | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | CRB | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Operario PR | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Confianca | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Brasil de Pelotas | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 14 | Guarani | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 15 | Cruzeiro | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 16 | Vitoria | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | Nautico | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 18 | Figueirense | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 19 |
| 19 | Botafogo SP | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Oeste | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -27 | 8 |