Vitória vs Cruzeiro Prediction: Can Artur Jorge's Side Finally Win at Barradão?
Vitória host Cruzeiro at the Barradão on 20 September 2026 in the 28th round of the Brasileirão Série A. Cruzeiro sit sixth with 42 points from 27 games, four points off the G4 places that guarantee Copa Libertadores football, whereas…
It's week 28 of the 2026 Serie A on 2026-09-20 at 20:00 GMT, when Vitória and Cruzeiro go head-to-head.
In their last 10 matches, Referee M. Delgado averaged 2-3 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 21 fouls.
During the previous encounter, Jorge Artur scored 1 victory, Ventura Jair scored no victories, and there were 0 ties.
A view of the standings shows Vitória in 13th spot with 33 points and Cruzeiro in 6th on 42 points.
Vitória are missing 11 players: Anderson (Knee Injury), Baralhas (Inactive), Camutanga (Broken Leg), Dudu (Back Injury), Edu (Achilles Tendon Injury), Emmanuel Martinez (Injury), Nathan Mendes (Knee Injury), Ramon (Injury), Riccieli (Calf Injury), Walace (Injury), Caique Goncalves (Injury) while Cruzeiro are missing 3 players: Gabriel Pec (Broken Leg), Jonathan Jesus (Injury), L. Sinisterra (Muscle Injury).
We're predicting Vitória to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Cruzeiro are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
The previous match saw Erick lead Vitória with a 7.5 TheyScored rating, and K. Arroyo top-rating for Cruzeiro at 7.7.
Vitória were held to a 2-2 draw with Mirassol, and Cruzeiro then lost 1-2 to Santos.
Struggling form all round: Vitória are 1-1-3 and Cruzeiro are 1-1-3 in their recent 5 matches.
Cruzeiro hold the upper hand H2H: of 27 meetings, they've triumphed 17 times, conceded 2 times and shared 8 draws.
Expect Cruzeiro to edge a 1-2 win: their 5-2-6 record on the road and 1.71 goals per away match tip the balance.
Vitoria is going head to head with Cruzeiro on 20/9/2026 19:00 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 Vitoria v Cruzeiro H2H statistics!