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Brasileirão Série A · Matchweek 20

Cruzeiro

CRU

0–1Full time

Botafogo

BOT

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

56%Possession57%
47%Territory46%
6%From set plays21%
0.14Chance quality0.07
4.9%Directness4.7%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for Cruzeiro, 4 for Botafogo.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 29 of 329 matches, not the full season.