Palmeiras - Cruzeiro Football prediction

Palmeiras and Cruzeiro meet at the Municipal Stadium Paulo Machado de Carvalho in a match for the 27th round of the Brasileirão Serie A. Cruzeiro won at home (1-0) last time they faced each other in this edition of the league on 31- 05-2018. Contrary to what one would expect, the record of recent direct clashes is favorable to Cruzeiro, who in the last 14 matches has won 5, drawn 7 and lost 2.

Analysis of the Palmeiras
After 14 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses, the home team is in 2nd place, having won 50 points. In the last match, he won the Sport out for (0-1), after in the previous game he tied it out in a game against Bahia, for (1-1). The team arrives at this meeting after a draw with Cruzeiro by (1-1). For the championship, Palmeiras won 25 points in 30 chances, after 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 10 games that played in his stadium.

For this competition, he records a 6-game winning streak in his last home games and has not lost any of the last 8 games at his home stadium. In their home league games the most frequent marker in the break was 0-0 (5 out of 12 matches). Defensive solidity has been one of their strengths as they have conceded only goals in 2 of the last 10 games and their attack has scored regularly as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In 26 games in the competition, never managed to turn the score in the four games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 12 home games in this competition there are 1 highlights: he has 3 of his 6 goals in between the minutes (46'-60 ').

Palmeiras is a club that has won the Brazilian Championship Series A nine times throughout its history, with the most recent title being won in 2016, as well as three Copa do Brasil and one Copa Libertadores titles, won in 1999. In the current season, the team has been making a good campaign within the national championship, winning 50 of the 78 points played thus far, being thus in the vice-leadership of the competition, very close to the leader and with the same score of the third place. In the last ten games that Palmeiras played as principal, counting only the national championship, in eight of them were scored more than 1.5 goals by the teams. I believe that this match will repeat the pattern, since Palmeiras, now focused on the Brasileirão, has the quality to score goals within his stadium.

Cruzeiro Review
The visiting team is currently in 7th place with 37 points, after 9 wins, 10 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, tied at home for Atlético-MG by (0-0). In the last match, he won at home to Santos by (2-1). In the last game he played for the Brazilian Cup, he tied with Palmeiras at home for (1-1). His last game as a visitor was to the Copa Libertadores of America and finished with a defeat by (2-0) against Boca Juniors. In the last 10 out of the championship games Cruzeiro has recorded 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, having won 11 points out of 30.

For this competition, does not win as a visitor does 8 games. In the matches played out in the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 'was 0-0, which occurred in 9 of his 13 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In his away games for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 13 of the last 13 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 26 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 14 times and only got 3 turns on the scoreboard. There are 2 periods in the last 13 games played as a visitor to this competition: scored 3 of his 6 goals in minutes (61'-75 '); suffered 4 of his 11 goals in the minutes (76'-90 ').

Cruzeiro is a club that has already won four titles in the Brazilian Championship Series A, the most recent title being won in 2014, in addition, Cruzeiro has five Brazilian Cup titles, including the one won in 2017. In the current season of the Championship Brazilian Serie A, the team has been making a good campaign, currently being in seventh place. When we look at his away games, we see that in his last five games as a visitor, he scored in three and conceded four goals, playing three of those games with more than 1.5 goals. Cruzeiro just eliminated Palmeiras in the semifinal of the Brazil Cup playing in Minas Gerais, now Cruzeiro is going to São Paulo to play for the Brazilian Championship and we should have a more open match, because Palmeiras will want to take revenge and attack a lot, opening the game .