The season has been rough for CSA up to now, while Cruzeiro have taken lots of points. Will the visiting team claim victory again at Estádio Rei Pelé?
- CSA have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most scored goals (23) in Serie B
These teams have little in common geographically as Cruzeiro have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
The visiting Cruzeiro played their last game only three days ago, a Serie B match.
CSA form and stats
The Serie B stats at home this season for CSA are 2-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for CSA, who won 2-1 against Vila Nova (placed 20th). What a relief, as that was the first three points in the league after failing to win eight consecutive games. The forward Rodrigues was declared "man of the match" for CSA with the rating of 8.04/10. Rodrigues scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Ponte Preta (0-1).Low on goals? In this club's last 18 league matches, 15 have contained zero, one or two goals.
CSA aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Rei Pelé in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. CSA have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cruzeiro form and stats
The visitors are W4-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.
Cruzeiro won their last game, 2-1 versus Novorizontino played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Suárez when Silva scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute. Midfield player Pais was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Pais hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
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Few goals the story here? 15 of this team's last 18 league rounds have had two or less goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bahia in just three days.
The attacking power of Cruzeiro when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Cruzeiro are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
CSA-Cruzeiro H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: CSA four wins, Cruzeiro one win, two draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Rodrigues Silva 7 goals | C. dos Santos 3 goals | M. Oliveira Lemos 2 goals |
CSA missing players
Cruzeiro missing players
| CSA | Cruzeiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 72% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 61% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 11% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 33% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 56% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 17% |
| 6 | 7.6 | 9.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 7.7 | 7.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.9 | 12.9 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.9 | 14.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
| 16% | 19% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 26% |
| 12.7 | 9.9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
- CSA have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Serie B
- CSA have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cruzeiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cruzeiro have scored more than double the goals of CSA.
- Cruzeiro have the most scored goals (23) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the the best goal difference (+14) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | Cruzeiro | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 41 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 34 |
| 3 | Bahia | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Gremio | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Sampaio Correa | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | Tombense | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Criciuma | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | CRB | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 10 | Londrina | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Novorizontino | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Brusque | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 13 | Chapecoense | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Operario PR | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Ituano | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 16 | Ponte Preta | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 17 | CSA | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 18 | Náutico | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 19 | Guarani | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
