Cruzeiro vs Goias Live Stream, Predictions

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Cruzeiro

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Cruzeiro will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 1-0 Copa do Brasil loss in their previous game against Juazeirense.

Over their last 6 games, Felipe Conceição's Cruzeiro have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a combined total of 7 times which gives them an average number of goals per match of 1.17.

Coming into this contest, Cruzeiro are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

Goias

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Goias will go into this game following on from a 2-0 Serie B win versus Confiança in their most recent game.

Luís Pintado's Goias have seen their efforts on goal rewarded a total of 7 times throughout their previous sextet of matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period equals 6.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Goias:

• are winless against Cruzeiro in games played away from home for the previous 6 matches in the league. Not good.
• have not won away from home in their last 4 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 24/08/2014 shows that Cruzeiro have won 5 of these & Goias 1, with the number of draws standing at 0.

A combined total of 10 goals were produced between them in these games, with 7 from Celeste and 3 for Verdão. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The previous league match featuring these sides was Serie A match day 22 on 30/09/2019 when it finished Goias 1-0 Cruzeiro.

That time, Goias managed 33% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 on target. Their only player to score was Alan Ruschel (62').

At the other end, Cruzeiro had 12 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Gilberto Rodrigues Castro.

ℹ️ Team News: Cruzeiro

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the Cruzeiro manager Felipe Conceição to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Dedé (Knee Injury) misses out.

📋 Team News: Goias

Thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to select from, Goias boss Luís Pintado has no fitness concerns whatsoever before this match.

💭 Prediction

Here, we’re thinking that Goias will need to put in a solid display to get anything against this Cruzeiro lineup who we reckon should be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We’re therefore tipping a hard-fought 1-0 victory for Cruzeiro at the end of the 90.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 23:06 08/06/2021