Boca Juniors and Cruzeiro will be playing against each other on Thursday, August 15th, 2024, in a Copa Sudamericana football game in South America, check the Boca Juniors vs Cruzeiro betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.
This match will take place on August 15th, 2024 at 00:30h (UTC). he team will try to take advantage of the fact that they play at home since the match will occur at Estadio Alberto José Armando stadium, in the city of Buenos Aires. This is something significant to consider when predicting since in the Copa Sudamericana the home field factor usually makes a lot of difference.
It's back! After a well-played group stage, it's finally time to follow the knockout matches of the Copa Sudamericana. Today our betting tip is for the game Boca Juniors vs Cruzeiro 2024, another great game in this "tricky" competition.
You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.
Since the beginning of this competition, there has been a pattern regarding the winners. Usually, the winners are either Brazilian or Argentine clubs. Will this year the pattern occur again?
In the first match of this Round of 16 clash, Boca Juniors and Cruzeiro should have an even game. Since in Copa Sudamericana knockout matches, the first game is usually more studied, especially by the visitor who prefers to take more risks in the second game.
Proof of this is that in the knockout matches of the Copa Sudamericana in recent years, in the first games, the goal average is usually less than 3, and there are also a large number of draws.
Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?
The last time these teams met was in a CONMEBOL Libertadores themed match that took place on the 05-10-2018 during the 2018 football season, it ended in a 1-1 draw, a competitive one it was.
In recent years, the teams have met in 4 opportunities. The record is favorable to Boca Juniors, which has already won 3 matches and has never been overcome by Cruzeiro. Also, there were 1 draw.
In this game, the referee J. Valenzuela Sáez will be in charge, assisted by T. Moreno and L. Torrealba.
Boca Juniors arrives for this encounter after finishing in position number 2 in the group stage. In summary, in the 3-game campaign, his team came through with 11 points and scored a total of 10 goals while conceding 6 goals to their opponents in the first round of the Copa Sudamericana.
Boca Juniors drew the last match they played. The duel against Independiente Rivadavia, valid for Superliga, finished with a score of 1-1. The men of D. Martínez took the field in this last encounter in the 4-4-2 formation.
Boca Juniors has a campaign of 3 wins and no losses at home in this Copa Sudamericana. This serves as an indicator of the possible behavior of his team in this game.
In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Edinson Cavani so far in the competition. With 4 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Boca Juniors to achieve victorious results this season.
Currently, in the Superliga, the Boca Juniors emblem has 3 wins, 2 defeats and 5 draws, thus obtaining a total of 14 points after 10 rounds, ranking them in 15th place. In addition to these data, it can be seen that the Boca Juniors team goes with a total of 12 goals scored and 8 goals conceded.
Teams with ball possession above 50% usually have some control over their opponents. With this in mind, the Boca Juniors team tries to achieve an average ball possession of 63% to control the game.
Cruzeiro arrives for this encounter after finishing in position number 1 in the group stage. In summary, in the 3-game campaign, his team came through with 12 points and scored a total of 8 goals while conceding 3 goals to their opponents in the first round of the Copa Sudamericana.
On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Serie A, Cruzeiro, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Atlético Mineiro team with a final score of 0-0.
Cruzeiro has a record of 2 wins and no losses as an away team in this Copa Sudamericana. This is good to show what the attitude of his team should be in this match.
The leading scorer for Cruzeiro in the season so far is Matheus Pereira. There has been 2 goals scored by the Midfielder in the competition, and thanks to these goals, the team has earned valuable points so far.
In the Serie A, the Cruzeiro formation has 11 wins, 7 defeats and 3 draws, giving them a total of 36 points after 21 rounds, ranking them in 6th place. Also, the Cruzeiro team goes with a total of 29 goals scored and 22 goals conceded.
The chances of an opposing team beating Cruzeiro are low, with the latter having a balance of 1 win, 0 losses, and 2 draws when playing away in the Copa Sudamericana.
Cruzeiro has an average of 1.33 goals scored, while Boca Juniors concedes on average 1 goals per match. With this and with the fact that the under 2.5 market usually gives good returns in Copa Sudamericana, a good bet would be to place this bet at Bet365. The odds of 1.53 are pretty attractive.
Betting on the winner of a soccer match is never an easy task, as there are three possible outcomes, and this sport is known to be a real "box of surprises." But if you are an aggressive bettor, you can take advantage of great opportunities in this market. A great example of that is this match between Boca Juniors x Cruzeiro 2024.
The two teams are evenly matched. There is no apparent favoritism in the fixture. So since nobody wants to lose in a Copa Sudamericana match, a draw is a real possibility. The best thing is that the draw odds are usually very high. Take the opportunity to try to profit high at Bet365. The odds of 3.4 are very attractive.
To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 6.84 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.
Boca Juniors is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 8 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Boca Juniors in this match.
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