Struggling Cruzeiro will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Paraná in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Serie B.
These teams have little in common geographically as Paraná have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Cruzeiro form and stats
The story so far in the Serie B for Cruzeiro at their home stadium (Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Cruzeiro drew their last game, 1-1 away at Nautico (placed 16th). In the game before, an away victory match versus Operário PR with a 1-0 scoreline.
The hometeam coach N. da Silveira Júnior made a successful contribution in the game against Nautico, bringing on Airton who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Cruzeiro has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Cruzeiro are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Paraná form and stats
Playing away, Paraná have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie B this season.
Paraná won their last game, 4-0 versus Oeste played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Cuiaba that ended 3-3.
As mentioned above, Paraná was the only team on the pitch versus Oeste in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Paraná have scored 9 goals in 8 league games away. As for defending, Paraná rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: one - three - four (Cruzeiro wins - draws - Paraná wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Gomes de Oliveira Conceiçao 6 goals |  R. Bardini Bressan 3 goals |   M. Martins Moreno 2 goals |
Cruzeiro missing players
Paraná missing players
| Cruzeiro | Paraná | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 17 |
| 89% | 89% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 62% | 56% |
| 33% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 39% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 28% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 44% | 44% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 39% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 12% | 39% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 39% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 249 | 143 | 58 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 92 | 218 |
| 67 | 36 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 35 | 80 |
| 25% | 25% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 26% | 28% |
- Cruzeiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Paraná have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Paraná haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Chapecoense | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | America Mineiro | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Cuiaba | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Juventude | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Paraná | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Ponte Preta | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -3 | 27 |
| 7 | CRB | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | CSA | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 25 |
| 9 | Confiança | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Sampaio Corrêa | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 24 |
| 11 | Avai | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Operário PR | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 13 | Guarani | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Vitoria | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Brasil de Pelotas | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 16 | Nautico | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 17 | Figueirense | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 18 | Cruzeiro | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 19 | Botafogo SP | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 17 |
| 20 | Oeste | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -24 | 7 |