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Match predictionOur tip: 0-0
Corinthians vs Cruzeiro Prediction: Diniz's Possession Meets Jorge's Pragmatism in São Paulo
Corinthians host Cruzeiro at the Neo Química Arena on 16 August 2026, a Brazilian Série A Round 23 fixture with Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana qualification on the line. Seventh and fifth respectively after 22 matches and separated by a single…
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- 2026-08-16 at 23:30 GMT marks a key week 23 encounter between Corinthians and Cruzeiro in 2026's Serie A.
- Referee D. Lacerda has dished out around 6-7 yellows and 0-1 reds, plus 24 fouls per match across 10 games.
- With the data available to us, Fernando Diniz and Jorge Artur have not met as managers before.
- Corinthians have accumulated 32 points to lie 7th whereas Cruzeiro have 33 points to sit 5th.
- Corinthians have 6 players out: Andre (Muscle Injury), Kayke (Knee Injury), Z. Labyad (Knee Injury), Vitinho (Knee Injury), Yuri Alberto (Muscle Injury), Breno Bidon (Injury) and Cruzeiro have 6 players missing: Cassio (Knee Injury), Gabriel Pec (Broken Leg), Kenji (Yellow Cards), Leo Aragao (Muscle Injury), L. Sinisterra (Muscle Injury), N. Villarreal (Muscle Injury).
- Our forecast has Corinthians in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Cruzeiro set to counter in 4-2-3-1.
- Corinthians played out a 0-0 draw with Rosario Central, and Cruzeiro shared the spoils 1-1 vs Flamengo.
- Corinthians (2-2-1) and Cruzeiro (3-2-0) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
- Very even book: across 41 encounters, it stands at 17-17 wins with 7 draws between Corinthians and Cruzeiro.
- With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (5-3-3 vs 4-2-4) and scoring roughly 1.09-1.58 goals, a 0-0 draw seems on the cards.
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Team Kits
Corinthians
Cruzeiro
Events
| 36' | 0 - 1 | ||
HT 0 - 1 | |||
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| 52' | Felipe Morais | ||
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| 58' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 67' | Jonathan Jesus | ||
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| 82' | 1 - 2 | ||
| 90' | L. Villalba | ||
| 90' | L. Rodriguez | ||
| 90+1' | R. Garro | ||
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Corinthians is going head to head with Cruzeiro on 16/8/2026 22:30 GMT for the Brazil Serie A. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Corinthians v Cruzeiro H2H statistics!