Use, attack and defense: see Cruzeiro X-ray and the numbers to access | cruise



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Cruzeiro’s task in Serie B was never easy. In addition to starting with six points and off-field problems, the team was slow to wake up in the competition, spending part of the first round in the relegation zone.

With the defense working well, the tension always seemed to hit the forwards more. The result is that the goals came little and the performance in the first half of the second half was much lower than expected. Two technicians (Enderson Moreira and Ney Franco) were on their way, and the board went after a respectable name, Luiz Felipe Scolari, for a mission that appears to be almost impossible. Almost.

With little time to work, Felipão has already raised the morale of the cast – Photo: Gustavo Aleixo / Cruzeiro

Before the start of the second round, the Statistical Spy team enters the field, taking an X-ray of the team in the competition thus far, with an analysis of attack and defense, showing what Cruzeiro need to return to Serie A.

With 20 points earned and in 16th place, usage so far is 45.6%. To finish in the top four, Felipão and his men need to improve a lot. To date, no team that has scored less than 23 points in the first round has acceded.

Since 2006, when Serie B began to be played on points in a row, the team that obtained the entry with the lowest score was Vitória in 2007, finishing with 59 points. That is, assuming Cruzeiro can qualify with 59 points, he would need more 39 points in the remaining 19 rounds, which means to make use of 68.4% upon return. In this edition, only the Chapecoense leader had a better performance than this (70.2%) so far.

Régis has proven to be an important piece in the middle of the blue field – Photo: FERNANDO MORENO / AGIF – AGENCY OF PHOTOGRAPHY / AGIF – AGENCY OF PHOTOGRAPHY / CONTENT OF STATUS

On another account, considering the places placed in the entire Series B by current points, the average score is 63 points. In this case, Cruzeiro would need 43 points to return, which means a 75.4% use.

But the mission is not impossible or unprecedented when it comes to earning so many points on the return. In addition to having a fully qualified technician and a staff with the potential to do much more than what they have been doing, the team can be reflected in a campaign of improvement to be achieved. In 2016, Avaí finished the first round with 23 points, in 15th place. In the round, he had 43 points, had a 75.4% performance and finished the competition in second place, with 66 points.

By mixing experience and youth in the squad and in the starting eleven, Raposa has not achieved good numbers when it comes to scoring goals. In the first round, there were 19 balls in the net (average of one goal per game), ranking only 13th in the ranking of the best attacks in the competition. In addition, the Minas Gerais team has been showing a low conversion rate in opportunities created. This is because the team needs 13.5 shipments, on average, to score – Juventude, owner of the most positive attack in Serie B, has scored 27 goals and needs 9.8 presentations, on average, to balance the net.

Along with Arthur Caíke, Marcelo Moreno is Cruzeiro’s top scorer in Serie B – Photo: Gustavo Aleixo

Another relevant factor for the low productivity of the attack is the difficulty to build offensive plays: only 31.5% of the goals scored come from plays with rolling balls and the ground. Fox’s greatest virtue so far has been Aerial ball, responsible for 52.6% of Cruzeire goals.

By way of comparison, the team that entered the First Division with the worst goal average since Serie B began to be played on career points in 2006 was the Atlético-GO in 2019, with 44 goals scored (1.15 goals per game).

The aerial ball has been Cruzeiro's main offensive force in Serie B

The aerial ball has been Cruzeiro’s main offensive force in Serie B

Despite the large number of promises in the squad, they are players already shot as Marcelo Moreno, Arthur Caike and Régis who command Zorro when it comes to balancing the net. The two forwards are the top scorers of the Serie B team, with three goals each, while the midfielder is the main Cruzeiro waiter so far, with three assists.

In addition to these three passes for goals, Régis has already wielded the net twice, leaving him as the athlete with the highest direct participation (goals and assists) in Cruzeiro’s goals: 26.3%.

Régis and Marcelo Moreno have been important in Cruzeiro's offensive system, which can improve

Régis and Marcelo Moreno have been important in Cruzeiro’s offensive system, which can improve

If in the offensive sector the team is not living its best days, in defense Raposa has been showing solidity. Felipão has always been a coach who played well in the teams he led, and in the current Cruzeiro this does not turn out to be a challenge.

The team has the fifth best defense in Serie B, along with vice leader Cuiabá. There were 17 goals conceded (0.8 goals per game) and 169 submissions against his goal: the Minas Gerais team suffers one goal for every 9.9 submissions. Only Chapecoense (five), América-MG (12), Sampaio Corrêa (15) and Brasil de Pelotas (16) suffered fewer goals.

The aerial ball seems to be the weak point of the Cruzeiro defense

The aerial ball seems to be the weak point of the Cruzeiro defense

At the end of the first round, the greatest deficiency in the Cruzeirense defense is the aerial ball. There were nine goals conceded from shots from above, which totaled 52.9% of the opponents’ goals. Another question is how these goals are built.

There were only three pieces from set pieces, which shows defensive attention. On the other hand, 13 of the 14 goals suffered by rolling balls were built by the sides of the field. There were six on the right side of the defense and seven on the left side.

The plays on the sides of the field have been a problem for Raposa's defense

The plays on the sides of the field have been a problem for Raposa’s defense

* The Statistical Spy team is made up of: Bruno Saldanha, Caio Carvalho, Caio Tatesawa, Guilherme Maniaudet, Guilherme Marçal, Leandro Silva, Roberto Maleson and Valmir Storti.

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