Cruzeiro go to Sampaio Corrêa and Estádio Governador João Castelo Ribeiro Gonçalves loaded with hope and confidence, but the host team is not a walk in the park. More information on the game here!
- Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most scored goals (36) in Serie B
Cruzeiro have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Cruzeiro could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie B game only four sleeps ago.
Sampaio Corrêa form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estádio Governador João Castelo Ribeiro Gonçalves as Sampaio Corrêa have scored 25 goals to get 29 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Serie B are 9-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Sampaio Corrêa travelled for their previous game, a trip to Vila Nova that ended 0-0. Matheusinho was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Matheusinho won 7 of 11 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against CRB with the scoreline 1-2.There will be little rest for Sampaio after this match as they are travelling to Guarani for a Serie B game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Sampaio Corrêa are scoring many of them at home; 25 on target from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Sampaio Corrêa have conceded only 8 goals.
Cruzeiro form and stats
5 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Cruzeiro playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.
Cruzeiro are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the fixture against Nautico (placed 20th). As mentioned above, Cruzeiro was the only team on the pitch versus Nautico in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Brock was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.13. The defender Brock scored one goal and won 4 of 5 duels.
A 2-2 draw at Gremio's stadium before that.Few goals the story here? 20 of this side's most recent 26 league rounds have seen two goals or less.
Cruzeiro are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Cruzeiro have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Sampaio Corrêa.Cruzeiro - Sampaio Corrêa 2-0 was the end result in these teams' last h2h match, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Buscariol Poveda 12 goals |  Y. de Oliveira Ferreira 6 goals |  E. Nascimento da Silva Junior 6 goals |
Sampaio Corrêa missing players
Cruzeiro missing players
| Sampaio Corrêa | Cruzeiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 30 | 25 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 36 |
| 28 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 14 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 65% |
| 35% | 42% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 23% | 23% |
| 19% | 25% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 4% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 46% | 35% |
| 31% | 42% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 54% |
| 35% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 15% |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 14.9 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 13.6 | 14.9 |
| 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 28% | 41% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 28% |
| 12.2 | 11.6 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 11.9 | 10.3 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
- All of Sampaio Corrêa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cruzeiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cruzeiro have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most points (20) away in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most scored goals (36) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Serie B
- Cruzeiro have the the best goal difference (+22) in Serie B
- Sampaio Corrêa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sampaio Corrêa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sampaio Corrêa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sampaio Corrêa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie B
- Sampaio Corrêa have the most scored goals (25) at home in Serie B
- Sampaio Corrêa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 57 |
| 2 | Bahia | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 47 |
| 3 | Gremio | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 44 |
| 4 | Vasco da Gama | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | Londrina | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 38 |
| 6 | Sport Recife | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 | Ituano | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | CRB | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -6 | 36 |
| 9 | Tombense | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Sampaio Corrêa | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Criciuma | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 12 | Ponte Preta | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 33 |
| 13 | Novorizontino | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 32 |
| 14 | Chapecoense | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 29 |
| 15 | Brusque | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 28 |
| 16 | Vila Nova | 27 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 17 | CSA | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -9 | 27 |
| 18 | Operário PR | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -12 | 26 |
| 19 | Guarani | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 26 |
| 20 | Nautico | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 21 | -17 | 21 |
