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Brasileirão Série A · Matchweek 25

Vasco da Gama

VAS

3–1Full time

Cruzeiro

CRU

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.

60%Possession56%
43%Territory47%
14%From set plays6%
0.08Chance quality0.14
4.1%Directness4.9%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Vasco da Gama, 4 for Cruzeiro. Too few to lean on heavily.

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.