📏 Form Guide

Cruzeiro

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Cruzeiro will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 2-0 Copa do Brasil victory against Vila Nova.

In that match, Cruzeiro managed 60% possession and 17 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Cruzeiro was Kaio Jorge (34', 37'). Vila Nova got 9 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

Their more recent scorelines highlight the fact that things are going according to plan in the Cruzeiro backline. Cruzeiro have been miserly, seeing the number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their previous 6 games standing at 4.

Pre-game facts show that Cruzeiro:

• have not won against Flamengo in their last 13 matches in the league. A shocking run, it really is.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Flamengo

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Flamengo will come into the game following a 0-1 Copa do Brasil win with the eclipse of Botafogo-PB in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Flamengo had 76% possession and 24 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For their opponents, Botafogo-PB had 7 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

A tendency of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Flamengo has become fairly consistent recently. Looking at their last 6 outings shows that it has happened 6 times. In those clashes, their opponents have managed a goal aggregate of 0 while Flamengo have scored 13. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Taking a look at their past results, Flamengo:

• remain unbeaten by Cruzeiro in games played away from home for the previous 6 matches in the league. A very decent away record against them.
• are undefeated in their previous 9 league matches away from home. What a good run they have put together.

↔️ Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results going back to 28/04/2019 tells us that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Cruzeiro. They’ve not been able to get any wins at all whereas Flamengo have dominated them, running out winners in 83% of those games played.

An aggregate of 15 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 4 of them for Celeste and 11 being from Fla. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The previous league encounter between the two was Serie A match day 32 on 07/11/2024 when the final score was Cruzeiro 0-1 Flamengo.

On that occasion, Cruzeiro managed 52% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

On the other side, Flamengo got 10 shots at goal with 2 on target. David Luiz (53') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Gustavo Ervino Bauermann.

ℹ️ Team News: Cruzeiro

Matheus Henrique (Meniscus injury) and João Marcelo (Torn knee ligaments) will not be able to play for Cruzeiro manager Leonardo Jardim.

We are thinking that Celeste could use a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game and select Cassio, Fagner, Jonathan Jesus, Lucas Villalba, Kaiki, Lucas Daniel Romero, Lucas Silva, Christian Cardoso, Matheus Pereira, Wanderson and Kaio Jorge.

📋 Team News: Flamengo

Flamengo boss Filipe Luís has multiple availability issues to deal with. Alex Sandro (Hamstring injury) and Matías Viña (Knee injury) are not ready for selection.

There’s a good chance that Fla seem likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Agustin Rossi, Wesley, Leo Ortiz, Leo Pereira, Ayrton Lucas, Erick Pulgar, Nicolas de la Cruz, Gerson, G. De Arrascaeta, Everton and Pedro.

⚡ Prediction

We think that Cruzeiro will need to apply a lot of pressure to see themselves scoring against this Flamengo side who we think will emerge victorious.

We therefore see a good battle with a 0-1 victory for Flamengo at the end of this game.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Victor Martins, 21:01 04/05/2025