📊 Form Guide
Vasco da Gama DWDDDW 📈
Vasco da Gama are hoping to win again after their last result, the 3-1 Serie A victory vs Bahia.
In that game, Vasco da Gama had 67% possession and 19 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. For Vasco da Gama, the scorers were Philippe Coutinho (45') and José Luis Rodríguez (60'). At the other end, Bahia got 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Mateo Sanabria (31') and Juba (77' Own goal) scored for Bahia.
Vasco da Gama have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets lately, although they have also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Looking at their last 6 games, Vasco da Gama have seen their goal breached in 6 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 6 of those games.
Coming into this contest, Vasco da Gama have not won against Cruzeiro in their previous 6 league games.
Cruzeiro WWWWWW ✅
Cruzeiro come into this game after a 2-1 Serie A win with the defeat of Red Bull Bragantino in their last game.
In that game, Cruzeiro managed 60% possession and 13 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Cruzeiro, the goalscorers were Silva (45') and Kaiki (77'). On the other side, Red Bull Bragantino had 8 shots at goal with 6 on target. Jhon (26') scored for Red Bull Bragantino.
A succession of dependable displays from the Cruzeiro defensive players has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their last 6 clashes in total. In that time, their own forwards have managed to score 11. Even so, we must now wait to see whether the trend might be replicated here in this game.
Pre-game facts show that Cruzeiro:
- remain undefeated by Vasco da Gama when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
- are unbeaten in their previous 8 away league matches. Travelling very well.
↔️ Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 22/09/2022 shows us that Vasco da Gama have won 0 of these games and Cruzeiro 3, with the number of draws standing at 3.
A combined sum of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 3 of them for Vascão and 8 belonging to Celeste. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.83.
The previous league encounter between these clubs was Serie A match day 6 on 27/04/2025 and the score finished Cruzeiro 1-0 Vasco da Gama.
In that game, Cruzeiro managed 43% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Christian (64').
On the other side, Vasco da Gama got 15 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Rafael Rodrigo Klein.
📋 Team News: Vasco da Gama
GB (Hamstring injury), Adson (Broken tibia), Lucas Piton (Calf injury), Tchê Tchê (Thigh problems), Jair (Cruciate ligament injury) and Thiago Mendes (Calf injury) will not be able to play for Vasco da Gama gaffer Fernando Diniz.
ℹ️ Team News: Cruzeiro
From a largely full-strength group, there is only the one fitness issue for the Cruzeiro manager Leonardo Jardim to be concerned about. Fagner (Fracture of fibula shaft) misses out for this game.
🧠 Prediction
We feel that Cruzeiro and Vasco da Gama may both struggle to make a breakthrough here.
There should be little in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. Our tip is therefore for a very close game with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of this game.
Victor Martins, 21:03 27/09/2025