Cruzeiro to Keep Up Their Excellent Defensive Record by Beating Goiás
Cruzeiro vs Goiás - 23/07/2023
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Cruzeiro will welcome Goias to the Mineirao stadium this weekend with the two sides separated by seven places in the Brazilian Serie A after 15 games so far with the away side still in the drop zone.
Goias have struggled to get out of the relegation zone all season long, and they are heading into this game without a win in the past three matches throughout July.
They started this run in July with a 2-1 loss at home to Coritiba that saw Dodo score after going two goals down in the first half.
Goias then went on to lose 4-3 to Santos on the road, as Guilherme scored a brace with a goal in either half after Joao Magno scored late on. However, in a stunning end to the game, Santos scored a penalty in the 94th minute of the game before Guilherme was sent off in the 101st minute of the match.
The relegation fighters would then go on to draw 0-0 at home to Atletico Mineiro, and this keeps Goias on only three wins this season with nine losses in Serie A - no side has lost more games than them. At the same time, only Internacional, Vaso da Gama and Corinthians have scored fewer goals than Goias' 14.
They have also let in 26 goals this season with the last time they kept a clean sheet coming back at the end of June when they beat Vasco da Gama 1-0 after a finish from Everton Morelli.
The only other win for the struggling Serie A side in the past six weeks was against Santa Fe in a 2-1 win away from home. Guilherme scored once more that day before a goal in the dying embers of the game from Matheus Santos.
As for Cruzeiro, they are sitting 10th in the Serie A right now with six wins on the board and five defeats with four losses too.
They have also conceded just 11 goals this league season and only Botafogo at the top of the table can boast of a better record.
In fact, the club head into this game with four clean sheets in a row and two wins and two draws. They started this excellent defensive run with a 1-0 win at home to Sao Paulo after an early own goal - Cruzeiro actually failed to have a shot on target that day in what was a fortunate win.
They also beat Vasco da Gama and Forebet now predicts a win for them and under 2.5 goals.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
Br1
492723
1
1 - 0
2.25
34°
1.55
1.55
3.80
6.50
no
no
no
0 - 1(0 - 1)
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