Atlético-PR - Cruzeiro Football prediction

Atlético-PR and Cruzeiro play at the Joaquim Américo Guimarães Stadium in a 33rd round match of the Serie A Brasileirao. In the final match between these teams in this competition, on 22-07-2018, Cruzeiro won at home for (2-1) . The history of direct matches played in this stadium favors the visiting team, who in the last 4 matches won 2, drew 1 and lost 1. Indeed, in the last match in this stadium, in a match for the Brazil Cup, on 05-05-2018, Cruzeiro only managed to win, by (1-2). The goals of the match were scored by Thiago Carleto (42 ') for Atlético-PR and Henrique (80') and Raniel (90 ') for Cruzeiro. It is necessary to analyze with special attention the home / off condition, as Atlético-PR presents different results at home and abroad.

Atlético-PR Analysis
The home team is currently in 9th place with 43 points, after 12 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home to Botafogo by (2-1). In the last match, lost out to Internacional by (2-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when you play in front of your fans, since in the last 30 matches you have 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats as a visitor, with 12 goals scored and 17 conceded, against 13 wins, 1 draw and 1 home defeat, with 36 goals scored and 7 conceded. The team arrives at this meeting after a home win with Fluminense by (2-0).

In this competition, he has won his last 10 matches at home and has not lost any of the last 11 he played in his stadium. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In their home matches for the competition there is a tendency towards goals, since 12 in 16 they finished with More of 2.5 goals in the marker. In 32 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 11 times and only got 3 turns on the scoreboard.

Atletico Paranaense has seen their series of 4 games of invincibility end in the last round where they were defeated by the International and goes in search of recovery to enter once in the fight for a vacancy in the next Copa Libertadores. The team is characterized by a very efficient attack that has scored 44 goals and is the fourth best of the competition, while their defense still needs adjustments, suffered 32 goals and is only the ninth less leaked, although it has shown improvements in this sector in the last games. Playing at home, like the match on Saturday, Atletico Paranaense comes in the biggest sequence of victories of the Brazilian Championship with 10 wins and it is worth mentioning that in 9 of them scored at least 2 goals, again showing the great strength of their attack that creates a lot and mark frequently. For the game against Cruzeiro, coach Tiago Nunes returns with the starting lineup that was spared in the last round because of the first leg of the semifinals of the South American Cup.

Cruzeiro  Review
After 12 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses, the visiting team is in 8th place, having won 46 points. In the last match, he won the América Mineiro away for (1-2), after having won the previous game in the home against Parana Clube, by (3-1). This is a team little affected by the house factor, that is, presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games has recorded 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses as a visitor, with a total of 13 goals scored and 16 conceded. Already inside the home, he won 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses, with a total of 17 goals scored and 14 conceded. In the last 10 games away from the championship, Cruzeiro recorded 1 win, 5 draws and 4 losses, having won 8 points out of 30. In his league games as a visitor, the most frequent result at half-time was 0-0 (10 out of 16 matches). The team allowed their opponents' goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In their away games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 14 of their last 16 games by the competition finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 32 games in this competition, he only managed 3 tackles in the 17 games in which he conceded the first goal. In the last 16 away games for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: suffered 6 of his 17 goals between minutes (61'-75 ').

Cruzeiro has been a Brazilian Cup champion recently and has been performing well in Serie A after returning all his attention to the national team, coming from 2 great victories in the last 2 games. The team has an attack that, although of great quality, has been acting poorly in the competition, being the fourth worse with only 30 goals scored, but it saved its athletes of this position in great part of its matches by account of other competitions that disputed and recently improved while the defense conceded 29 goals and is the fifth less leaked, counting on one of the best athletes of the position in Brazil, the defender Dedé. Playing away from home, such as this Saturday's match, Cruzeiro has been acting less than expected, winning only 1 of their last 11 clashes and it is worth noting that they did not concede goals in just 1 of these games. For the game against Atletico Paranaense, coach Mano Menezes does not have problems with injuries or suspensions and can climb the team in the best way possible.