Only the second game in the Serie B for these teams and it's all to play for here at Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa as Guarani welcomes Cruzeiro. Check out this preview!
It's no vacation for neither Guarani nor Cruzeiro as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Guarani form and stats
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 326 minutes without scoring a league goal. D. Cardoso was the last player to find the net.
A Paulista A1 defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Bragantino.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Guarani as they are travelling to their away game against Botafogo SP in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.
Last season, Guarani's league statistics were 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Paulista A1. Over these twelve matches they scored 16 goals and conceded 14. Playing at home last season Guarani managed 2-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 9 conceded.
Cruzeiro form and stats
The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Cruzeiro hope to make it five in this match.
Cacá and Jean scored in Cruzeiro's previous match, the home game against Botafogo SP that ended 2-1. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against CAP Patrocinense in the Mineiro 1.
Jean came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Botafogo SP last time out, making the manager E. Alves Moreira feel like a tactical genius.
Let's have a look at how Cruzeiro performed last season in the Mineiro 1: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 16 and conceded 10 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 7/7 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: zero - one - three (Guarani wins - draws - Cruzeiro wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. de Menezes Júnior 1 goals |  J. Vanderlei Moreira 1 goals |
Guarani missing players
Cruzeiro missing players
| Guarani | Cruzeiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Guarani | Last season | Cruzeiro | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 7 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Conceded | C | 7 | 10 | ||
| 93% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 42% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 8% | ||
| 7% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 42% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 42% | ||
| 27% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.6 | 7.2 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 181 | 81 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 147 | ||
| 67 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 55 | ||
| 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Avai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Operario PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Juventude | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | America Mineiro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | CSA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Vitoria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Confianca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Parana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Brasil de Pelotas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Chapecoense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Cuiaba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Oeste | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Botafogo SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | CRB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Guarani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Ponte Preta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Sampaio Correa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Figueirense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Nautico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Cruzeiro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bragantino | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Guarani | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Ferroviaria | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tombense | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | America Mineiro | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Atlético Mineiro | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| 4 | Caldense | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Cruzeiro | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Boa | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Uberlandia | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | CAP Patrocinense | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | URT | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -13 | 11 |
| 10 | Coimbra | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 11 | Villa Nova | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 12 | Tupynambas | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -20 | 3 |