Guarani have struggled for points this league season. Will they get something to cheer about when Cruzeiro come to visit Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa?
- Guarani have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most scored goals (21) in Serie B
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Serie B. That game was also an away game, at Ituano. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Guarani form and stats
Guarani's struggle is real here at Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa with only 8 points collected from 8 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-5-2. When Guarani hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like CRB, Grêmio, Bahia, Criciuma and Vasco da Gama), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
An away draw last time out for Guarani, facing CRB in a game that ended 1-1. Vilela (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Vilela scored one goal and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).
Ahead of that match, Guarani lost 0-2 at home to Ituano.The lack of attacking qualities in Guarani means that they have only scored 2 goals in 8 league home games, less than half a goal per match. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Guarani have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cruzeiro form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (21) in Serie B, are W4-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Ituano (placed 14th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Vila Nova.A tale of few goals? 14 of this club's most recent 16 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.
A new game in only three days for Cruzeiro, the Copa do Brasil home match versus Fluminense. Busy days.
It's not easy to score on Cruzeiro as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Guarani-Cruzeiro H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Guarani zero wins, Cruzeiro four wins, four draws. six of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Nascimento da Silva Junior 5 goals |  M. Pereira de Souza 2 goals | Jajá 2 goals |
Guarani missing players
Cruzeiro missing players
| Guarani | Cruzeiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 19 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 75% | 50% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 38% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 62% |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 25% |
| 31% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 62% |
| 44% | 75% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| 5.3 | 4 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 2.8 | 3.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 12 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 14.2 | 15.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
| 13% | 5% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 28% | 27% |
| 12.5 | 10.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10 | 9.2 |
| 4.6 | 3.6 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
- Cruzeiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cruzeiro have scored more than double the goals of Guarani.
- Cruzeiro have the most points (14) away in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most scored goals (21) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most scored goals in the second half (13) 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.
- Guarani have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Guarani have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Serie B
- Guarani have the the worst goal difference (-9) 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 | Cruzeiro | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 38 |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Bahia | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Criciuma | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | CRB | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 7 | Londrina | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Sport Recife | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Tombense | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Brusque | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 11 | Novorizontino | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Sampaio Corrêa | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | Operario PR | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Ituano | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | Chapecoense | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | -2 | 18 |
| 16 | Náutico | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 18 |
| 17 | CSA | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Ponte Preta | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 19 | Guarani | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 14 |
| 20 | Vila Nova | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
