Cruzeiro vs Juventude betting tip 2024 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie A match on July 24th, 2024

Cruzeiro and Juventude will play on July 24th, 2024, Wednesday at 22:00h (UTC), in a match counting for the Serie A in Brazil, check the Cruzeiro vs Juventude betting tip 2024 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Cruzeiro vs Juventude will occur

The game will be played in the great Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto stadium, in the city of Belo Horizonte, with a capacity for 62000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

See everything about the match live on Betarena, including statistics, events and odds, and everything that can help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Cruzeiro vs Juventude betting tip 2024

Despite the season change, the Serie A has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.48 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.49 goals per game of the last championship.

Cruzeiro last match

Cruzeiro comes from a loss in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Palmeiras, in a match valid for Serie A, and the match ended 2-0. Coach F. Seabra's team lined up with this formation: 4-3-3.

The pre-match forecasts made it clear that the defeat was more than clear before the game started. The odds for them to win, of 5.00 were a sign of it.

This was certainly not the best performance of the season for the defense. William leads the departmental disaster: with his late interventions and bad passes he allowed many chances to the opposing team's attacks.

Juventude last match

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, Juventude, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Atlético Mineiro team with a final score of 1-1.

For this match the rival team had all the favoritism, so considering that factor, the draw (odd 3.50) ended up being a good result.

Cruzeiro vs Juventude h2h

Juventude was in 5th place in the Serie B while Cruzeiro was in 13th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Juventude team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Cruzeiro used in the match.

The last time these teams met was for a Serie B match, on 16-01-2021, referring to the 2020 season, which ended with a 1-0 win for Juventude.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

Cruzeiro

Serie A leaderboard now

The Cruzeiro team with 29 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the CONMEBOL Libertadores, with a campaign of 9 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses.

This means that in the 19th round the team has no advantage in relation to the Fortaleza team that is in the 7th place.

Cruzeiro analysis

Currently, Cruzeiro has a tally of 23 goals scored and 20 goals against, at the end of round 18 of Serie A.

The Cruzeiro team comes from a defeat in the Serie A, and its coach Fernando Seabra wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Cruzeiro has a ball possession average of 49.82% in the league. Therefore, they are not the team that proposes the game, which can be a problem for this match. Therefore, fans hope the team to have more possession in this Cruzeiro vs Juventude 2024 match and, especially, to convert it into goals.

Having won twice away from home compared to matches played at home which gave them a record of 7 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws prove the team is stronger when paying in their own yard.

While Juventude has only managed to convert 19 of their 1325 attacks into goals, Cruzeiro has been much more successful with 1674 attacks and 23 goals.

Best goalscorer from Cruzeiro

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Matheus Pereira. Cruzeiro owes some of their triumphs to the Midfielder who scored 6 goals in this season.

Juventude

Serie A leaderboard now

The Juventude team with 20 points currently occupies the 12th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Copa Sul-Americana, with a campaign of 5 wins, 5 draws, and 5 losses.

This means that in the 19th round, the Internacional team is closing in at 13th place, with 1 point difference.

Juventude analysis

Juventude counted 19 goals scored and 20 conceded at the end of Serie A day number 18.

Best goalscorer from Juventude

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack Lucas Henrique Barbosa has held that position so far in the competition. Serving Juventude with 4 goals this season, the Attacker has been a key player in winning triumphs.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Cruzeiro is Matheus Pereira, who has already scored 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Juventude is Lucas Henrique Barbosa, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

Most goals occur during 75-90 minutes of the game, making this a good bet for those watching the live game.

Taking into consideration that Juventude scores an average of 0.86 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.7.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.69 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Cruzeiro has an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game over the 18 rounds, while Juventude has an average of 2.3. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.56 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

On the Juventude side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 4 time this season, very different from Cruzeiro who only saw the red card twice. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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