📊 Form Guide

Cruzeiro

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Cruzeiro will be hoping to bounce back here after a 4-0 Serie A loss in their previous game against Botafogo.

In that match, Cruzeiro had 54% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Botafogo got 10 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Danilo (48', 85'), Martins (76') and Artur (91') scored for Botafogo.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Cruzeiro haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Cruzeiro have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 12 goals along the way.

Looking at their past form shows that Cruzeiro:

• have not beaten Coritiba in their last 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 9 league matches at home. A run that they'll hope to extend here.

Coritiba

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Red Bull Bragantino in Serie A competition, Coritiba and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Coritiba managed 29% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, Red Bull Bragantino got 28 shots on goal with 10 on target. Capixaba (93') was the scorer for Red Bull Bragantino.

A sequence of outstanding displays by the Coritiba defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their past 6 fixtures in total. In that period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 5. Nonetheless, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend will be sustained in this next game or not.

Leading up to this clash, Coritiba:

• have not emerged victorious against Cruzeiro in games played away from home for the previous 12 league matches. A very poor set of away results, indeed.
• haven't been beaten by Cruzeiro when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 25/06/2017, there has been little to separate the clubs with Cruzeiro winning 2 of those games, Coritiba 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

A sum of 7 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 5 of them from Celeste and 2 being from Coxa. That is an average goals per game value of 1.17.

The previous league game between these sides was Serie A match day 34 on 11/11/2023 when the final score was Coritiba 1-0 Cruzeiro.

In that match, Coritiba had 45% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Robson (91').

Cruzeiro got 13 shots at goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Bráulio da Silva Machado.

📰 Team News: Cruzeiro

In our view, Celeste may well go for a 4-2-3-1 system for the game with Cassio, William, Joao Marcelo, Fabricio Bruno, Kaiki, Gerson, Lucas Daniel Romero, Christian Cardoso, Matheus Pereira, Keny Arroyo and Kaio Jorge.

🗞️ Team News: Coritiba

Coritiba boss Fernando Seabra has multiple availability issues to deal with. Rodrigo Rodrigues (Torn ankle ligaments) and Rodrigo Moledo (Knock) are names that won’t be on the team sheet. Josué will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We are inclined to think that Coxa might make use of a 4-4-1-1 formation, going with Pedro Luccas, Tinga, Maicon, Tiago, Bruno Melo, Lucas Ronier, Sebastian Gomez, Willian, Joaquin Lavega, Breno Lopes and Pedro Rocha.

⚡ Prediction

Our feeling is that Cruzeiro should dominate possession and create several successful chances.

Conversely, Coritiba won’t find it easy to score although we do reckon that they could well end up hitting back at some stage here, too.

We’re therefore expecting to see a controlled 3-1 winning margin for Cruzeiro at the end of this one.

Renata Leite, 00:15 06/02/2026