Cruzeiro vs Coritiba Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th July 2023

The Serie A clash at Cruzeiro's stadium on Sunday sees Cruzeiro hosting opponents Coritiba.

Cruzeiro are nine in the rankings with 21 points after 14 matches played , whereas Coritiba rank 18 in the Serie A on ten points.

Going into the match as underdog, Coritiba will be highly motivated to keep their positive run going against Cruzeiro. A positive result at this coming Sunday certainly does not look beyond their powers.

Cruzeiro scored nine goals, conceded eight and fought their way to four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Coritiba scored 12 goals, conceded 18 and managed one clean sheet in their previous ten matches.

Cruzeiro lost to 1-0 Coritiba in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 2-0 win, which Cruzeiro dished out the match before that.

Cruzeiro vs Coritiba Prediction

Cruzeiro Form

Cruzeiro are unbeaten in their last three matches, first beating Sao Paulo 1-0, and then drawing 0-0 with Internacional. They were back as winners when they defeated Vasco da Gama 0-1. In their last six Serie A home matches, Cruzeiro have two wins, while they've drawn zero and lost four. They scored three and conceded six goals.

Coritiba Form

Coritiba won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 5-1 against Gremio, before beating Goias 1-2. Another win followed, this time by 3-1 against America MG. Coritiba managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Serie A. On top of winning once they also drew one as well as losing four, while scoring 16 time and letting in eight.

Cruzeiro are really tough to break down, but as the expense of scoring only few goals themselves. A low scoring encounter is on the menu on Sunday, when Coritiba come visiting.

Cruzeiro recorded seven points following two wins from their last four games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored eight goals, but also conceded four. Coritiba claimed zero wins and one points from their last six encounters with teams in the top half of the Serie A, while scoring three goals to 16 against. Cruzeiro show off a record of six wins, three draws and five defeats in the Serie A this season. Coritiba so far pulled off two wins, four draws and eight defeats in the Serie A.

Cruzeiro vs Coritiba Squads

Cruzeiro Squad

Pepa will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Coritiba from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season):

Anderson (0/0), Marlon (0/0), Rafael (0/14), Claudinho (0/0), Igor Marques (0/4), Kaiki (0/1), Luciano Castan da Silva (0/0), Marlon (2/13), Neris (0/5), Oliveira (1/11), Reynaldo (0/2), Wesley (0/0), William (0/14), Daniel (0/4), Fernando Henrique (0/0), Ian Luccas (0/1), Juan Christian (0/0), Machado (1/14), Mateus Vital (0/12), Neto (0/12), Nikao (0/5), Rafael Bilu (0/4), Ramiro (1/6), Wallisson (0/8), Wesley (3/12), Arielson (0/0), Bruno Rodrigues (3/14), Gilberto (3/13), Henrique Dourado (1/10), Matheus Davo (0/0), Robert (0/0), Stenio (0/9).

Coritiba Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Coritiba head coach Kosloski will select from for his starting XI:

Gabriel (0/12), Luan Polli (0/2), Marcao (0/0), Pedro Luccas (0/0), Sidnei (0/0), Bruno Viana (0/10), Diogo Batista (0/0), Henrique (0/9), Jamerson (0/0), Jean Pedroso (0/3), Jhon Chancellor (0/4), Marcos Vinicius (0/5), Natanael (0/11), Thalisson (0/0), Thiago Dombroski (0/0), Victor Luis (1/8), Vilar (0/1), Andrey (0/8), Benjamin Kuscevic (1/9), Bruno Gomes (1/13), Fransergio (0/0), Gabriel (0/0), Gabriel Boschilia (1/11), Jean Silveira (0/0), Kaio (0/12), Lizeiro (0/8), Marcelino Moreno (1/10), Matheus Bianqui (0/7), Robson (4/12), Willian Farias (0/3), Alef Manga (4/10), Edu (0/0), Joao Vitor (0/0), Lucas Ronier (0/0), Matheus (0/0), Rodrigo Pinho (0/8), Ruan Lucas (0/0), Wesley Moreira (0/1).

Cruzeiro vs Coritiba Team News

Coritiba just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Cruzeiro at the Cruzeiro's stadium.

Andrey won't be travelling with Coritiba this time, as he nurses an injury.

Cruzeiro vs Coritiba Lineups

Cruzeiro vs Coritiba H2H

Cruzeiro were defeated by 1-0 in their last encounter with Coritiba, but did win the reverse match 2-0, though. A draw might be high-priced, but nevertheless seems fairly unlikely, judging by their ten recent outings against each other. Cruzeiro managed five wins, while Coritiba grabbed all three points three times in these ten matches. Picking the home win gets you odds at 11/17 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 17/4.

Cruzeiro vs Coritiba Results

Both teams found the back of the net four times in the past ten matches between home side Cruzeiro and Coritiba. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 1/1.

Cruzeiro vs Coritiba Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Serie A, Bruno Rodrigues will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Coritiba hope Alef Manga can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of four Serie A goals in his last six Serie A games.

Cruzeiro claimed four wins, drew zero and lost six of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Coritiba won one, drew one and lost eight of their last 10 games away. Cruzeiro scored the first goal of the game in only four of their 10 previous matches played at Cruzeiro's stadium. Coritiba scored first in two of their last 10 outings away from home.

Both teams to not score paid out six times in the past ten encounters between Coritiba and Cruzeiro, whereas under 2.5 goals happened four times. Cruzeiro scored an average of 1.3 goals a game, with Coritiba averaging one goal in this run. Cruzeiro saw over 2.5 goals in one of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten outings for Coritiba, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches.