Vasco da Gama vs Cruzeiro predictions and betting tips on July 8, 2023

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On July 8, Vasco da Gama (Rio de Janeiro) will host the match of the 14th round of the Brazilian Serie A, in which Vasco da Gama will compete with Cruzeiro. The battle will start at 21:00 CET.

Vasco da Gama

The club, which has got its glorious history and high, even for Brazil, popularity, has been increasingly forced to get the unpleasant experience of being in the Serie B. Moreover, “the Gigante da Colina” had to spend two consecutive seasons there. After having been finally promoted, “the Admiral” was able to make a successful start: it won on the field of Atletico Mineiro, after which it achieved a 2-2 draw in the battle against Palmeiras. The higher mentioned results were followed only by 2 points, which were added in 9 Serie A matches, including 6 defeats of the newcomer in a row. And only the home struggle with Cuiaba, which took place at the end of June, brought a victory due to a penalty – that was scored by Jair Junior in the 77th minute of the game. Then there was a trip to the arena of the leader of the current Brasileiro, Botafogo, and a more than expected 0-2 score.

Cruzeiro

The team was the national champion four times, including the successes in 2013 and 2014. Still, the higher mentioned peak turned into a regression and “the Foxes” went to the second division of the country for the first time in their history in 2019. Moreover, they could not return from the very first trial. Only Ronaldo, a local trainee, who, after a great career of a striker, is trying to become a successful owner of the clubs (we remember his attempts to keep Spanish Valladolid afloat), changed the state of things. His new offspring was able to win the Serie B in the previous year. And, having been promoted, it took 4 wins in the first 6 rounds. Still, then the team managed to leave the Copa do Brasil after the battle against Gremio and take only 2 points in 5 championship matches. However, June ended with a 1-0 score in the confrontation with São Paulo and July started with a 0-0 draw in the struggle with Internacional.

The statistics of head-to-head matches

Speaking about 7 previous head-to-head matches, there was only 1 draw. The opponents won equally, per three times, including the exchanged victories at the home arena in the previous season of the Serie B.

Predictions

Bookmakers consider the duel as a match of equal chances for success. Still, the results of the guests are more stable – thus, we bet on Cruzeiro with “a 0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.85).

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