Cruzeiro vs Sao Paulo - prediction, team news, lineups

Cruzeiro volition purpose to prime up their 4th consecutive location triumph erstwhile they instrumentality connected Sao Paulo successful the Brasileiro astatine Governor Magalhaes Pinto successful Belo Horizonte connected Thursday.

The Black Beast caput into this crippled connected the backmost of a 3-1 triumph implicit Vitoria, portion Sao Paulo suffered a 2-1 decision to Santos successful their erstwhile outing.

Match preview

Cruzeiro are presently sixth successful the array with 45 points from 28 games, conscionable 4 points down Athletico.

Their caller signifier has been precise impressive, with six wins from their past 8 matches sparking a melodramatic revival aft a disastrous commencement to the season.

Artur Jorge's broadside person besides been awesome astatine home, picking up 7 wins and 4 draws from their 14 matches, including 3 consecutive victories.

However, what should truly interest them is their mediocre antiaircraft record, having conceded 40 goals already, the astir of immoderate squad successful the apical six.

On apical of that, they person failed to support a cleanable expanse successful their past 11 matches and person mislaid 3 of their past 5 games crossed each competitions.

Sao Paulo, plagued by wounded problems, person been going done a wretched tally of signifier and find themselves 11th successful the Brasileiro array with 36 points.

The Tricolor Paulista person already mislaid 12 matches this season, scoring conscionable 33 goals portion conceding 32. 

Their distant grounds has been thing abbreviated of a shambles for Dorival Junior, with Sao Paulo picking up conscionable 2 wins from 14 matches and losing 9 times connected the road.

The Sovereign person not won immoderate of their past 11 distant matches, though they did decision Cruzeiro 1-0 successful Belo Horizonte backmost successful September 2024.

Sao Paulo person managed conscionable 3 wins from their past 15 matches, losing eight, but determination are signs of a revival, with each 3 victories coming successful their past 3 games.

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Team News

Colombian attacker Luis Sinisterra is presently sidelined with a thigh wounded and is improbable to instrumentality earlier precocious December.

Likewise, Gabriel Pec is absent with a breached leg, though determination is simply a bully accidental the winger could instrumentality earlier the extremity of this month.

There are besides fittingness concerns implicit Lucas Romero and Kaique Kenji, with the erstwhile struggling with a calf injury.

Sao Paulo, meanwhile, are dealing with a important wounded crisis, with centre-back Domingo Duarte ruled retired for the remainder of the play with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

Aurelio Buta is improbable to instrumentality earlier precocious November owed to a genu problem, portion Nicolas is different semipermanent absentee.

Lucas Moura and Danelzinho are missing with Achilles and ankle injuries respectively, but some are expected to instrumentality towards the extremity of the month.

Similarly, goalkeeper Rafael, left-back Iago Borduchi and striker Luciano are presently sidelined, but each 3 should instrumentality wrong the adjacent 2 weeks, easing the load connected the squad.

Cruzeiro imaginable starting lineup:

Otavio; Fagner, Marcelo, Jesus, Rojas; Gerson, Lucas; Arroyo, Pereira, Wesley; Jorge

Sao Paulo imaginable starting lineup:

Coronel; Toloi, Arboleda, Maia; Ramon, Bobadilla, Antonio, Lima; Victor Sa, Artur; Calleri 

We say: Cruzeiro 2-1 Sao Paulo

Cruzeiro caput into this fixture successful somewhat amended form, though they person failed to support a cleanable expanse successful their past 11 matches, meaning Sao Paulo tin fancy their chances of getting thing from this game.

The Celestials person won 3 consecutive location league games, portion they besides defeated Sao Paulo the past clip the 2 sides met astatine this venue.

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