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Serie A · 2023

Cuiabá 0–0 Cruzeiro · Serie A

Cuiabá

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0–0Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Cuiabá and Cruzeiro drew 0–0.

Shots
108
Shots on target
22
Expected goals
0.950.5
Possession
49%51%

Full time

What the match recorded

Cuiabá and Cruzeiro drew 0–0. Recorded in this match (Cuiabá – Cruzeiro): shots 10–8, shots on target 2–2, expected goals 0.95–0.5, possession 49%–51%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

The teams have contrasting possession records

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Cruzeiro have recorded the higher season possession share.

44.5%PossessionCuiabá · Cruzeiro● 52.6%
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 8.1 percentage points.

Window: season

MetricCuiabáCruzeiroBaseline
Possession44.5%52.6%48.5%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots10 shots8 shotsCuiabá 10 shots, Cruzeiro 8 shots
  • Shots on target2 shots2 shotsCuiabá 2 shots, Cruzeiro 2 shots
  • Expected goals0.95 xG0.5 xGCuiabá 0.95 xG, Cruzeiro 0.5 xG
  • Possession49%51%Cuiabá 49%, Cruzeiro 51%
  • Corners5 corners5 cornersCuiabá 5 corners, Cruzeiro 5 corners
  • Fouls9 fouls20 foulsCuiabá 9 fouls, Cruzeiro 20 fouls

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Cuiabá
0Draws
0Cruzeiro
Cruzeiro — Cuiabá · Serie A0–1

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Cuiabá favored in 3 of 11 directional metrics · Cruzeiro in 5 · 3 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Cuiabá26 matchesCruzeiro26 matches
1 goal/match ▲Goals scored26/260.92 goals/match
1.15 goals/matchGoals allowed26/26▲ 0.85 goals/match
1.03 xG/matchExpected goals26/26▲ 1.25 xG/match
12.8 shots/matchShots26/26▲ 13.7 shots/match
4.04 shots/matchShots on target26/264.19 shots/match
44.5%Possession26/26● 52.6%
5.27 corners/matchCorners26/26● 7.15 corners/match
12.7 fouls/matchFouls26/2615.8 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples26 / 26home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 15 Oct 2023, 04:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Serie A

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsCuiabáCruzeiro
CompetitionSerie ASerie A 2023
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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