📏 Form Guide

Cruzeiro

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Cruzeiro will be hoping to bounce back here after a 2-1 Copa Sudamericana defeat last time out to Palestino.

In that match, Cruzeiro had 61% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Cruzeiro was Carlos Eduardo (83'). Palestino got 13 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Junior Arias (86') was the scorer for Palestino.

It has been seldom in recent times where Cruzeiro have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Cruzeiro have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 8 goals in the process. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

A look at their previous results shows us that Cruzeiro:

• haven't lost in the league to Vasco da Gama in their last 5 games.
• have not emerged victorious against Vasco da Gama in their last 3 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.

Vasco da Gama

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Last time out, Vasco da Gama drew 0-0 in the Copa Sudamericana match with Lanús.

In that match, Vasco da Gama managed 67% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Lanus had 14 shots on goal with 1 on target.

In the course of their 6 most recent matches, Fábio Carille's Vasco da Gama have turned their attacks into goals a total of 5 times thus earning them the goals scored per game average of 0.83.

Looking at their past form shows that Vasco da Gama:

• haven't won against Cruzeiro in away games against them for the last 6 league matches. Not the best of away records.
• remain unbeaten by Cruzeiro in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 12/06/2022 shows that Cruzeiro have won 2 of these games and Vasco da Gama 1, with the tally of draws being 3.

A total of 11 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 7 for Celeste and 4 created by Vascão. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was Serie A match day 28 on 29/09/2024 when it finished Cruzeiro 1-1 Vasco da Gama.

On that day, Cruzeiro had 56% possession and 15 shots at goal with 6 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Zé Ivaldo (59').

Vasco da Gama got 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Pablo Vegetti (41') was the scorer.

The referee was Matheus Delgado Candançan.

📋 Team News: Cruzeiro

William (Muscle fatigue), Matheus Henrique (Meniscus injury) and João Marcelo (Torn knee ligaments) are unavailable for Cruzeiro manager Leonardo Jardim.

It’s our opinion that Celeste should use the 4-2-3-1 formation with Cassio, Fagner, Jonathan Jesus, Lucas Villalba, Kaiki, Lucas Romero, Lucas Silva, Christian Cardoso, Matheus Pereira, Wanderson and Kaio Jorge.

📰 Team News: Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama boss Fábio Carille has a number of players out of action. Dimitri Payet (Knee problems), Mauricio Lemos (Bone splintering), Manuel Capasso (Foot injury), David (Cruciate ligament tear) and Guilherme Estrella (Knee problems) will not be playing here.

We believe Vascão could decide to play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting the game with Léo Jardim, Paulo Henrique, João Victor, Lucas Freitas, Victor Luis, Jair, Hugo Moura, Rayan Vitor, Philippe Coutinho, Nuno Moreira and Pablo Vegetti.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the view that Vasco da Gama will manage to put a goal past this Cruzeiro team, however that is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re expecting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for Cruzeiro at the end of the match. Should be a good one.

Renata Leite, 21:02 27/04/2025