Cruzeiro vs Remo: the preview

Friday, October 23 · Estádio Mineirão Brasil - Brasileirão Série A 2026

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Cruzeiro #4 · 51 pts

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Remo #19 · 26 pts
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Cruzeiro hosts Remo carrying a solid home record with eight wins in fifteen matches at Estádio Mineirão. The visitors arrive deep in the relegation zone, holding the nineteenth spot and enduring a long winless run spanning ten fixtures alongside a strugglesome away record with only two victories on the road.

Updated on Sunday, October 18, 2026 at

Key facts

  • Remo are winless in 11 games in the competition.

  • Remo won 2 of their 15 away games in the competition.

Current form

Cruzeiro converts home consistency into higher table placement, while Remo struggles to generate away threat with a low shot-on-target average that compounds their winless sequence.

Where they stand

Group A
Team MP GD Pts
1 Flamengo 31 +36 67
2 Palmeiras 31 +32 66
3 Atletico PR 31 +12 53
4 Cruzeiro 31 +4 51
5 Fluminense 31 +10 51
6 Atletico MG 31 +7 50
7 Bahia 31 +5 49
8 Santos FC 31 +2 45
9 Sao Paulo 31 +1 42
10 Bragantino 31 +3 41
11 Botafogo 31 -4 39
12 Coritiba 31 -11 39
13 Vitoria 31 -11 37
14 Mirassol 31 -8 36
15 Vasco da Gama 30 -7 35
16 Corinthians 31 -7 33
17 Internacional 31 -7 32
18 Gremio 31 -10 31
19 Remo 31 -15 26
20 Chapecoense AF 30 -32 18

The difference-makers

Cruzeiro. Matheus Pereira carries the creative burden with nine goals and five assists, while Kaio Jorge supports the attack with eight strikes, leaving the local side reliant on their primary contributors to break down a vulnerable visitor.

Remo. Jandir Breno Souza Silva leads the visiting attack while shouldering a sequence where the team averages under a goal per match over their last six fixtures, contrasting with a defensive vulnerability that points toward sustained pressure from the local side.

Playing style

CruzeiroRemo
54.7% Possession 46.5%
6.1 Remates al arco 4.1
15.8 Remates totales 15.8
5.3 Corners 6.9
13.5 Fouls 11.2

Average of the most recent matches with stats available (10 and 10 respectively).

Cruzeiro combines higher possession shares with frequent attacking volume against a visitor that concedes goals consistently. The resulting match pattern points to sustained territorial pressure from the home side while Remo attempts to absorb the pressure through lower shot…

When they settle games

Cruzeiro 50 goals

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Remo 33 goals

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Cruzeiro concentrates the highest share of its scoring output inside the final quarter of matches, aligning with a visiting defense that registers its heaviest concession rate during the same closing stretch.

Head to head

Head-to-head record · last 5 matches
2Cruzeiro won
0Draws
3Remo won
Goals in the head-to-head4 – 6
Matches5
Last win for Cruzeiro04/2026
Last win for Remo04/2022

Latest matchups

25/4/26Serie ARemo0–1Cruzeiro
12/5/22Copa Do BrasilCruzeiro1–0Remo
20/4/22Copa Do BrasilRemo2–1Cruzeiro
29/10/21Serie BCruzeiro1–3Remo
20/7/21Serie BRemo1–0Cruzeiro

The single prior encounter went to Cruzeiro by a narrow margin. Translating that precedent alongside current trajectories points to a sustained mismatch as the visitor struggles to generate enough offense to challenge the local setup.

Who scored in these meetings

K. Arroyo 1
UCHOA ANDERSON 1
BROCK EDUARDO 1
JEFFERSON 1
RONALD 1
EDU 1

8 1 · in 5 meetings

Combining Cruzeiro attacking volume with the defensive leaks that plague Remo points to a severe mismatch given the visitor recent scoring drought and disciplinary accumulation in prior meetings.