Santos take on the visitors Cruzeiro at “Estadio Vila Belmiro” in the gameweek three of the Brazilian Serie A. The match will be played in Sao Paulo on Sunday, May 28th.
In 2017 Santos promoted to the ¼ stage of the Copa do Brasil, won the Group 2 and proceeded to the Play Offs of the Copa Libertadores as well as were knocked out in the quarter-final of the Campeonato Paulista. After two gameweeks in the Serie A Santos recorded three points earned, 2:3 loss to Fluminense and 1:0 triumph over Coritiba. Dorival Junior’s side conducted 12 encounters at its own turf in 2017 resulting in nine victories and three draws. “Peixe”’s winning home run counts for six clashes with 14:3 aggregated score and has been lasting since the 30th of March.
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In 2017 Cruzeiro proceeded to the final of the Campeonato Mineiro, were knocked out in the 1/32 stage of the Copa Sudamericana and follow up battle in the 1/8 stage of the Copa do Brasil. At the starting line of the Serie A Cruzeiro are unbeaten as they got 1:0 win over Sao Paulo and 1:1 draw against Sport Recife. This year Mano Menezes’ side recorded seven triumphs, five draws and two defeats in 14 encounters on the road. It should be noted that last time "Raposa" won at away ground was on the 14th of April and afterwards the team got two draws and single loss on the road.
Santos were not beaten by Cruzeiro in four recent head-to-heads covering three their victories and one draw plus “Peixe” demonstrates solid performance in face of its fans. Thus, I believe that the hosts are the favourites of the forthcoming fight and they shouldn’t lose points in it.
Prediction for the match: Santos to win.
