Cruzeiro vs Santa Cruz Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

Cruzeiro’s nighmare season looks to finally have hit an upward curve. They come into this match unbeaten in 4 with 2 wins and 2 draws that have lifted them out of the relegation zone but only because they’ve won more games than Vitoria who also have 23 points. Victory here would give themselves some breathing space on the bottom 2 at least and they’ll fancy their chances of getting it. They were 2-1 winners at Figueirense last weekend and are scoring plenty of goals now with 9 having come from their past 4 outings.

This is arguably a more important game for the visitors though. Defeat could leave them 7 points from safety whereas where they to pick up the win they’d not only have ended one of their rivals at the bottom good runs but would have moved to within a point of them. Santa Cruz though have been struggling for some time now and a return of 11 points from their last 17 league games is relegation form in anyone’s language. They are winless in 8 matches in all competitions with just 2 wins from their last 16.

Whenever Cruzeiro play there are normally plenty of goals and the only challenge is working out which end they will go in at. They’ve got the worst defensive record in the division and have only kept 2 clean sheets all season so that alone suggests the visitors will get on the scoresheet here. However the hosts are looking dangerous in the final third now and certainly possess one of the strongest attacks at the bottom end of the division. They will fancy themselves to outscore their opponents here so an open game would suit the hosts and backing Cruzeiro to Win 3-1 at 11/1 looks good in the correct score market.