Cruzeiro vs Goias Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd July 2023
Mid-placed Cruzeiro face relegation-threatened Goias at Cruzeiro's stadium in round 16 of the Serie A in a match that kick-offs this coming Sunday. The visitors have a lot more at stake, but are lacking in quality.
Cruzeiro are ten in the rankings with 22 points after 15 matches played , whereas Goias rank 17 in the Serie A on 11 points.
Cruzeiro are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Goias and odds favour them to pull it off.
Cruzeiro scored nine goals, conceded six and fought their way to five clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Goias scored 11 goals, conceded 17 and managed one clean sheet in their previous ten matches.
Cruzeiro face off against Goias for the first time in a while, with Goias claiming a 1-0 win at Serra Dourada back then.
Cruzeiro vs Goias Prediction
Cruzeiro Form
Cruzeiro go into their upcoming match unbeaten in their previous three matches, which started off with a 0-0 draw against Internacional. They went on to beat Vasco da Gama 0-1, before sharing the spoils with Coritiba in a 0-0 draw. Cruzeiro just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Serie A matches at the Cruzeiro's stadium. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored one and conceded five goals.
Goias Form
Goias lost their previous three matches by 2-0 against Red Bull Bragantino, 1-2 against Coritiba and 4-3 against Santos. Goias 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 11 time and letting in six.
Cruzeiro find it just as tough as Goias to get on the scoreboard these days, and a match short on goal looks highly likely, when they clash at Cruzeiro's stadium.
Cruzeiro took 12 points from their last nine encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Serie A table. This amounts to three wins after scoring ten times and conceding seven. Goias scored five goals and conceded 16 in their last seven encounters with teams in the top half of the Serie A. This lead to one win and four points. Cruzeiro show off a record of six wins, four draws and five defeats in the Serie A this season. Goias so far pulled off three wins, two draws and nine defeats in the Serie A.
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Cruzeiro vs Goias Stats
- In 30 of the last 32 Cruzeiro home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 16 of the last 18 Cruzeiro home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 6 Cruzeiro home matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In 17 of the last 19 Cruzeiro matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Cruzeiro matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Goias matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Goias away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Goias have conceded in 11 of the last 13 away matches
- In the last 3 matches in a row Goias played, both teams scored
- In the last 3 Goias matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
Cruzeiro vs Goias Squads
Cruzeiro Squad
The 42-year-old Pepa will select the starting eleven against Goias from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season:
Anderson (0/0), Marlon (0/0), Rafael (0/15), Claudinho (0/0), Helibelton Palacios (0/0), Igor Marques (0/4), Kaiki (0/1), Luciano Castan da Silva (0/0), Marlon (2/14), Neris (0/6), Oliveira (1/12), Reynaldo (0/2), Wesley (0/0), William (0/14), Daniel (0/4), Fernando Henrique (0/0), Ian Luccas (0/1), Juan Christian (0/0), Jussa (0/0), Lucas Silva (0/0), Machado (1/15), Mateus Vital (0/13), Neto (0/12), Nikao (0/5), Rafael Bilu (0/4), Ramiro (1/6), Wallisson (0/9), Wesley (3/13), Arielson (0/0), Arthur (0/0), Bruno Rodrigues (3/15), Gilberto (3/14), Henrique Dourado (1/10), Matheus Davo (0/0), Paulo Vitor (0/0), Robert (0/0), Stenio (0/10).
Goias Squad
Listed below is the full squad of Goias players that the manager Armando Evangelista will choose from for the upcoming game:
Marcelo (0/3), Marcio Victor (0/0), Matheus Alves (0/0), Tadeu (0/11), Apodi (1/9), Bruno Melo (2/13), Bruno Santos (0/0), Daniel (0/0), Daniel Nolasco (0/0), Douglas Pele (0/0), Edu (0/0), Eduardo Thuram (0/0), Felipe (0/0), Hugo Farias (0/1), Lucas Halter (0/0), Maguinho (2/12), Sander (0/0), Sidimar Fernando Cigolini (0/6), Albano Neto (0/0), Alesson Batista (0/0), Danilo Batista (0/0), Diego (0/9), Diego Goncalves (0/0), Dodozinho (0/0), Eduardo Simioni (0/0), Everton Morelli (0/0), Fellipe Bastos (0/1), Guilherme (0/0), Henrique Lordelo (0/0), Julian Palacios (0/0), Luis Oyama (0/0), Marco Antonio (0/0), Nathan (0/0), Reginaldo Moreira (0/0), Willian (0/0), Ze Ricardo (0/0), Anderson Oliveira (0/0), Breno Herculano (0/0), Gabriel Novaes (0/0), Joao Magno (0/0), Lucas Emmanuel (0/0), Luiz Filipe (0/0), Matheus Peixoto (0/0), Matheus Santos (0/7), Pedro Bahia (0/0), Pedro Junqueira (0/0), Philippe (0/0), Vinicius (0/0), Vitor Hugo (0/0), Wendell (0/0).
Cruzeiro vs Goias Team News
Goias have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Cruzeiro at Cruzeiro's stadium.
Matheus Santos nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Goias.
Cruzeiro vs Goias Lineups
Cruzeiro vs Goias H2H
Goias visit Cruzeiro for their first meeting since September 2019, when Goias put a 1-0 win on the board at Serra Dourada. In the last ten encounters between these two clubs, Cruzeiro have been utterly dominant with a formidable seven wins against Goias. To continue their domination, the best betting odds with the bookies are at 8/13.
Cruzeiro vs Goias Results
In three of the previous ten matches between Cruzeiro and Goias both teams scored.
Cruzeiro vs Goias 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. Goias hope Guilherme can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Serie A goals in his last six Serie A games.
Cruzeiro claimed all three points four times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in five of the games in this run. Goias won three of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing five in this series of matches. Goals could at a premium at Cruzeiro's stadium, as only one of the 10 most recent Serie A matches here for Cruzeiro saw over 2.5 goals. In four of the previous 10 league games away for Goias the match had over 2.5 goals.
Over 2.5 goals happened four times in the past ten encounters between Cruzeiro and Goias, with Cruzeiro scoring 1.6 goals on average per game. Goias averaged 0.4 goals, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals came out one time in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Cruzeiro, who scored an average of 0.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Goias's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.1 goals in these matches.