Cruzeiro — form, table and fixtures

Cruzeiro sit 3rd in the Serie A on 60 points from 34 matches, having scored 55 and conceded 48. On the model's scale they rate 1.09 in attack and 1.11 in defence (1.00 = an average top-flight side, lower defence is better), against Serie A averages of 0.88 and 1.14: above the division's average in attack, about average at the back. Across their last 5 league matches they have 4 wins and 1 defeat, most recently beating Bahia 3-2 at home. That is 1.76 points a match, scoring 1.62 and conceding 1.41 per game across 18 wins, 6 draws and 10 defeats. That leaves them 16 points behind Flamengo at the top, in a table of 20. Among the 20 rated sides in the division that is the 3rd-best attack and the 8th-best defence. They scored in 5 of those 5 and kept 2 clean sheets. Next they host Palmeiras in the Serie A on 18 November 2026, a match the model gives them 31%.

Model rating

One scale across every league we cover: 1.00 is an average top-flight side — how the ratings are built.

Attacking strength1.09× top-flight avg

Defensive solidity1.11× top-flight conceded

Serie A table

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Last 5	Pts
1	Flamengo	34	23	7	4	71:29	+42	WWWWW	76
2	Palmeiras	34	21	10	3	62:23	+39	WWWDW	73
3	Cruzeiro	34	18	6	10	55:48	+7	LWWWW	60
4	Fluminense	34	16	9	9	55:42	+13	LLLWW	57
5	Atletico Paranaense	34	15	9	10	51:43	+8	WLDLL	54
6	Bahia	34	14	11	9	50:45	+5	WLDWL	53
7	Atletico Mineiro	35	14	9	12	44:40	+4	WLLLD	51
8	RB Bragantino	34	13	8	13	44:39	+5	WDLWW	47
9	Santos	34	12	11	11	50:49	+1	LWDDL	47
10	Sao Paulo	34	12	8	14	39:39	0	WWDLD	44
11	Vasco da Gama	34	12	8	14	45:50	-5	LWLWW	44
12	Botafogo	34	11	9	14	46:53	-7	DWLLW	42
13	Coritiba	34	11	9	14	40:51	-11	DLLWL	42
14	Mirassol	35	10	11	14	39:48	-9	WDLWD	41
15	Vitoria	34	10	8	16	35:51	-16	LDDLL	38
16	Internacional	34	9	11	14	38:42	-4	DLWLW	38
17	Corinthians	34	9	10	15	36:42	-6	LDLWD	37
18	Gremio	34	9	10	15	38:47	-9	DLWWL	37
19	Remo	34	6	11	17	37:57	-20	DDLWL	29
20	Chapecoense	34	4	9	21	33:70	-37	LWLLL	21

Copa Libertadores
Copa Libertadores qualifying
Copa Sudamericana
Relegation

Cruzeiro sit 3 of 20, as the table stands today. Every competition we cover.

Form

1–3 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–4 4–2 1–0 1–0 3–2

Last 10 matches in all competitions, oldest on the left: 7 won, 0 drawn, 3 lost. Bars rise for a win and drop for a defeat by the goal margin (four or more draws the full bar); a draw is the short yellow mark. Tap a bar for the match.

Recent league form

W3-2Bahia6 November 2026
W1-0away to Atletico Mineiro29 October 2026
W1-0Remo23 October 2026
W4-2away to Gremio18 October 2026
L2-4away to RB Bragantino13 October 2026

Last 5 league matches, most recent first.

Next match: Cruzeiro vs Palmeiras

Cruzeiro host Palmeiras at Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte on 18 November 2026, 23:30 UTC. The model makes it 31% Cruzeiro, 28% draw and 41% Palmeiras, with a most likely scoreline of 0-1. It projects 1.17 expected goals for Cruzeiro against 1.43. Beyond the result it puts both teams to score at 53% and over 2.5 goals at 48%.

Full preview and model analysis for Cruzeiro vs Palmeiras

Recent meetings with Palmeiras

17 May 2026Palmeiras 1–1 CruzeiroSerie A
26 October 2025Palmeiras 0–0 CruzeiroSerie A
1 June 2025Cruzeiro 2–1 PalmeirasSerie A
5 December 2024Cruzeiro 1–2 PalmeirasSerie A
21 July 2024Palmeiras 2–0 CruzeiroSerie A

The last 5 meetings between the two, most recent first.

The full Cruzeiro vs Palmeiras record →

Other results that matter to Cruzeiro

Flamengo v Atletico Paranaense · 18 November 2026
Cruzeiro fans want Flamengo to win: that leaves Cruzeiro's chance of a top-four finish at 95.7%, against 88.9% if Atletico Paranaense win (94.6% today).

Flamengo win95.7%+1.1
Draw93.6%−1.0
Atletico Paranaense win88.9%−5.7
Botafogo v Bahia · 29 November 2026
Cruzeiro fans want Botafogo to win: that leaves Cruzeiro's chance of a top-four finish at 95.9%, against 92.3% if Bahia win (94.6% today).

Botafogo win95.9%+1.3
Draw95.7%+1.1
Bahia win92.3%−2.3
Gremio v Bahia · 19 November 2026
Cruzeiro fans want Gremio to win: that leaves Cruzeiro's chance of a top-four finish at 95.8%, against 93.0% if Bahia win (94.6% today).

Gremio win95.8%+1.2
Draw95.4%+0.8
Bahia win93.0%−1.6

From our season simulation, reading only the runs in which each result happened. A match is listed when it moves Cruzeiro's figure by 2 points or more and both halves of the runs agree on which result helps.

Upcoming fixtures

18 November 2026vs PalmeirasSerie A31% win 22 November 2026away to ChapecoenseSerie A53% win 27 November 2026away to FluminenseSerie A28% win

3 December 2026vs InternacionalSerie A55% win

Recent results

6 November 2026vs BahiaSerie A3–2 29 October 2026away to Atletico MineiroSerie A1–0 23 October 2026vs RemoSerie A1–0 18 October 2026away to GremioSerie A4–2 13 October 2026away to RB BragantinoSerie A2–4

Leading scorers

Kaio Jorge14 goals2 assists
Matheus Pereira9 goals7 assists

League goals this season.

Head-to-head records

Cruzeiro vs Atletico Mineiro2W 2D 3L7 meetings
Cruzeiro vs Bahia5W 1D 1L7 meetings
Cruzeiro vs Corinthians3W 2D 2L7 meetings
Cruzeiro vs Flamengo2W 2D 3L7 meetings
Cruzeiro vs Gremio5W 1D 1L7 meetings
Cruzeiro vs Sao Paulo2W 2D 3L7 meetings
Cruzeiro vs Vasco da Gama1W 4D 2L7 meetings
Cruzeiro vs Botafogo3W 1D 2L6 meetings
Cruzeiro vs Chapecoense4W 2D 0L6 meetings
Cruzeiro vs Coritiba2W 2D 2L6 meetings

Cruzeiro's record against each club, over the meetings on this site's own match record, which begins in July 2026. All head-to-head records.