São Paulo - Cruzeiro Football prediction

São Paulo and Cruzeiro meet at the Cícero Pompeu de Toledo Stadium (Morumbi) in a match for the 35th round of the Brasileirão Serie A. Sao Paulo won away by (0-2) the last time they faced each other in this edition of the league, 07-07-2018. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the home team, who in the last 6 matches won 5 and lost 1. Actually, in the last match at this stage, for Brasileirão Serie A, on 08-13-2017, São Paulo won by (3-2). The goals of the match were scored by Hernanes (45 'and 82') and R. Arboleda (71 ') for Sao Paulo and Sassá (51' and 57 ') for Cruzeiro.

Analysis of São Paulo
After 15 wins, 14 draws and 5 losses, the home team is in 5th place, having won 59 points. In the last match, they drew 1-1 at home with Grêmio at home (1-1), having drawn 1-1 in a game against Corinthians (1-1). In the last 10 home games for the championship, São Paulo has 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat, having won 17 points out of 30. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 'was 0-0, which was verified in 8 of their 17 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In 34 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 9 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard. In the last 17 home games in this competition there are 1 highlights: he has scored 5 of his 13 goals in minutes (76'-90 ').

Sao Paulo had another draw in the last round, their fifth in the last 10 games, and they must find their way back to the table as they fight for a spot in the group stage of the next Copa Libertadores. The team has a good balance between the offensive and defensive sectors, scored 45 goals, being the sixth best attack of the competition, and suffered 31 attempts, having the sixth defense less leaked, but in the later rounds it has been creating little and needs to play a little way more aggressive in this final stretch. Playing at home, like Sunday's match, São Paulo has not won for 5 games, drawing 4 of them, so much so that it is the second team with more equal at home with 7 draws in 17 games and it is worth mentioning that 8 of the last 9 games in this type of situation had, at most, 2 goals on the scoreboard. For the confrontation with Cruzeiro, coach André Jardine must repeat the lineup of the last round.

Cruzeiro  Review
After 13 wins, 10 draws and 11 losses, the visiting team is in 7th place, having won 49 points. In the last match, they beat Corinthians at home (1-0), after having lost in the previous match in a game against Atletico-PR, (2-0). In the championship, Cruzeiro had 7 points out of 30, after 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses in the last 10 games they played as a visitor. In his games for the league as a visitor, the most frequent result in the interval was 0-0 (10 out of 17 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 15 of the last 17 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 34 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 18 times and only got 3 turns on the scoreboard.

The Cruzeiro arrives for this final stretch already without great pretensions, as it has no title chances and has already won the place for the Copa Libertadores through the Brazil Cup title. The team has a good quality defense that has 31 goals and is the fifth less leaked of the competition, while the offensive sector, despite having several quality athletes, has performed well below expectations, scored only 31 goals, having the fourth worst attack of the national, being a team that prioritizes not to suffer goals and then attack. Playing away from home, such as Sunday's match, Cruzeiro has been playing badly, winning only 1 of the last 12 games and it is worth mentioning that he did not score goals in 6 of them, evidencing again the low efficiency of his attack. For the game against Sao Paulo, coach Mano Menezes must repeat the lineup of the last game where he beat Corinthians.