Comments and predictions for Cruzeiro vs Juventude: The away team is helpless

Latest information on Cruzeiro vs Juventude squad

Cruzeiro will be without first-choice goalkeeper Cassio, who is suspended after picking up his third yellow card of the season. Leo Aragao is expected to start instead. In addition, two pillars Joao Marcelo and Matheus Henrique continue to be absent due to knee injuries.

Defender Kaiki Bruno has served his suspension and is likely to return to the left-back position. Up front, Kaio Jorge – the team’s leading scorer with 12 goals – will continue to be the main striker, supported by Matheus Pereira – who had 2 assists in the last win.

For Juventude, right-back Ewerton is still out with a hamstring injury and Reginaldo is likely to continue to start. Rodrigo (thigh) and Sam Cipriano (groin) are also out, leaving the visitors' defence severely damaged.

Veteran striker Gilberto – who opened his account this season with a brace against Sport Recife – will continue to lead the attack and will be hoping to maintain his scoring form ahead of a huge challenge in Belo Horizonte.

Latest expected lineup for Cruzeiro vs Juventude

Cruzeiro:

Aragao; Prates, Bruno, Fagner, Villalba; Romero, Silva; Cardoso, Pereira, Wanderson; Jorge

Youth:

Gustavo; Reginaldo, Angel, Paulo, Hermes; Goncalves, Jadson, Mandaca; Gilberto, Batalla

Latest football review Cruzeiro vs Juventude

The 2025 campaign is witnessing a strong revival for Cruzeiro – a team that was once in crisis, but is now leading the championship race and aiming for its first Serie A title since 2014.

Once a fallen giant, Cruzeiro – four-time national champions – were relegated and only returned to the top flight in 2023. After two seasons of failing to make the top eight, coach Leonardo Jardim’s team are having their best season since promotion, with 30 points after 14 matches, three points ahead of Fluminense (although their opponents have a game in hand).

Cruzeiro are on a nine-match unbeaten run in the league, including three consecutive wins, including a 2-0 win over Fluminense last weekend – their ninth win of the season. Notably, the “Raposa” attack has scored 23 goals while the defence has conceded just nine, and has kept seven clean sheets – the top defensive record in the league.

The Mineirao home ground has truly become an impregnable fortress as Cruzeiro has won 6/7 home games this season (drawing 1) – the best in the league. Confidence is further reinforced by recent head-to-head results: Cruzeiro beat Juventude both times in 2024 without conceding a goal.

In stark contrast, Juventude are bottom of the away table – having lost all five of their Serie A away games this season. However, they eased the pressure with a 2-0 win over bottom-placed Sport Recife – their first win after eight games without a win.

That result helped Juventude raise their total points to 11 after 12 matches, temporarily ranking 18th - 2 points from safety but with 2 matches left to play. In the context of playing 2 home matches after this away trip, coach Claudio Tencati can consider this a match "without much pressure", but to get points, they will have to play extremely tight when they are the team with the worst away goals this season (only 1 goal).

Latest Cruzeiro vs Juventude score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Cruzeiro vs Juventusas follows:

• Sportsmole:Cruzeiro 4-3 Juventus

• WhoScore:Cruzeiro 2-0 Juventus
• Our newspaper predicts:Cruzeiro 2-0 Juventus

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