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Friday’s Copa Sudamericana schedule features Cruzeiro facing off with Unión La Calera.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Cruzeiro v Unión La Calera game - along with the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide
Cruzeiro
DLDWWW 📈
Cruzeiro will be looking for another win after the 0-1 Serie A success versus Atlético Goianiense.
In that game, Cruzeiro managed 54% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Cruzeiro was Matheus Pereira (81'). On the other side, Atletico Goianiense had 17 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.
Fernardo Seabra's Cruzeiro have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a sum total of 8 times in their prior six outings. The corresponding tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures stands at 5.
Unión La Calera
LDLWLL
After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Universidad de Chile in Campeonato Nacional competition, Unión La Calera and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
Franco Calderón (45') and Leandro Fernández (54') scored for Universidad de Chile.
The attacking players from Unión La Calera have made hard work of scoring goals in their past 6 encounters, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 3. In those fixtures, Cementeros have also seen the collective goal aggregate of their opponents equal 9. We will just have to find out if that trend will end up being sustained here.
↔️ Head to head
The last league contest between the two was Copa Sudamericana match day 3 on 23/04/2024 when it ended Unión La Calera 0-0 Cruzeiro.
🗞️ Team News: Cruzeiro
Looking at personnel, there is just a single fitness concern for the Cruzeiro boss Fernardo Seabra to be concerned about due to a largely intact group of players. Mateus Vital (Shoulder injury) will miss out.
ℹ️ Team News: Unión La Calera
With a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Unión La Calera boss Manuel Fernández doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash.
🔮 Prediction
In our opinion, Unión La Calera have it within them to put a goal past this Cruzeiro side, however it probably won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
We are anticipating a 2-1 winning margin for Cruzeiro at the end of the 90 minutes. There looks to be little in this one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 23:48 16/05/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Cruzeiro
Formed: 1921
Stadium: Estádio Mineirão (61,927)
Captain: Lucas Silva
Chairman: Lidson Potsch
Manager: Fernardo Seabra
Competitions: Serie A position 10, Copa Sudamericana (Group B)
🔑 Key Man: Rafa Silva
Regularly taking up the Striker position, Rafa Silva was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Having made a first senior appearance for Coritiba in the 2012 season, the talented Forward has managed 2 league goals in this Série A 2024 season so far in 5 appearances.
Unión La Calera |
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Cruzeiro |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | LWDWW |
2 |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | WDWWW |
3 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | WDLDW |
4 |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | WWWLD |
5 |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | LWDWW |
6 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | WDLWW |
7 |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | DDWWD |
8 |
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | WWDDL |
9 |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | LDDWL |
10 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | WWWLD |
11 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | WDDDD |
12 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | WLWWL |
13 |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 6 | LLLLW |
14 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | DDW |
15 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 5 | DWLD |
16 |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 | LLWDL |
17 |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 5 | LWLDL |
18 |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 1 | LDLLL |
19 |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 1 | LLLDL |
20 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -10 | 0 | WLLLL |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 28 | DDWDW |
2 |
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12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 23 | LLWDW |
3 |
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11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 21 | WWDLW |
4 |
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11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 21 | WDWWW |
5 |
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12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | WLWWW |
6 |
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12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 20 | LWWDW |
7 |
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12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | WWDLD |
8 |
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12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 | LWLWD |
9 |
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12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | LDWLL |
10 |
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12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 14 | DLDLL |
11 |
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12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -8 | 13 | LWLLD |
12 |
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12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -16 | 13 | WLLLL |
13 |
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12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 11 | DWLWL |
14 |
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12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 11 | WDWDD |
15 |
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12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -7 | 9 | LLLLW |
16 |
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12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 8 | DLLWL |
Cruzeiro |
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Unión La Calera |
Atlético Goianiense |
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Cruzeiro |
Alianza |
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Cruzeiro |
Cruzeiro |
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Vitoria |
Unión La Calera |
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Cruzeiro |
Atlético Mineiro |
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Cruzeiro |
Cruzeiro |
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Unión La Calera |
Unión La Calera |
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Universidad de Chile |
Universidad Católica |
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Unión La Calera |
Unión La Calera |
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Ñublense |
Colo-Colo |
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Unión La Calera |
Unión La Calera |
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Cruzeiro |
Cruzeiro |
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Vitoria |
Cruzeiro |
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Botafogo |
Cruzeiro |
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Palmeiras |
Cruzeiro |
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Atletico PR |
Cruzeiro |
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Vasco da Gama |
Cruzeiro |
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Internacional |
Colo-Colo |
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Unión La Calera |
Audax Italiano |
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Unión La Calera |
Deportes Copiapó |
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Unión La Calera |
Palestino |
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Unión La Calera |
Huachipato |
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Unión La Calera |
Coquimbo Unido |
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Unión La Calera |
Matheus Pereira | 2 |
Rafa Silva | 2 |
Arthur Gomes | 1 |
Lucas Silva | 1 |
Mateus Vital | 1 |
Cruzeiro |
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Unión La Calera |
São Paulo |
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Cruzeiro |
Cruzeiro |
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Cuiabá |
Cruzeiro |
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Universidad Católica |
Vasco da Gama |
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Cruzeiro |
Cruzeiro |
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Fluminense |
Bahia |
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Cruzeiro |
Cruzeiro |
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Atletico PR |
Flamengo |
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Cruzeiro |
Criciuma |
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Cruzeiro |
Unión Española |
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Unión La Calera |
Unión La Calera |
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Coquimbo Unido |
Unión La Calera |
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Alianza |
Cobresal |
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Unión La Calera |
Universidad Católica |
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Unión La Calera |
Unión La Calera |
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Huachipato |
Deportes Iquique |
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Unión La Calera |
Cobreloa |
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Unión La Calera |
Unión La Calera |
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Palestino |
Unión La Calera |
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Deportes Copiapó |