August 10th features a match where Cruzeiro and Londrina will play a match in Londrina in a meeting of these two Serie B teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 7th placed Londrina is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Criciúma. Gustavo Vilar dos Santos scored the first goal for Criciúma on an own goal in the 26th minute, but Denilson got the equalizer for Londrina in the 42nd minute earning Londrina at least a draw. Londrina is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 1st placed Cruzeiro is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Brusque. Brusque had 17 on net, and Cruzeiro had 6, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Cruzeiro should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Wed Apr 27th, Cruzeiro won by a score of 1 to 0. Henrique Luvannor struck first for Cruzeiro in the 66th minute on a feed from Edu, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Londrina couldn’t muster any offence and Cruzeiro ran away with the shutout win.
Cruzeiro is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Rafael Silva and dos Santos da Silva each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Douglas Coutinho has been the most prolific scorer on Londrina in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.