Overview

• Kickoff is set for 18:30 (Brasília) on Saturday, 27 September, at São Januário for the 25th round, with streaming on Amazon Prime Video in Brazil.
• Cruzeiro seeks a win that could take the club to the league lead and arrives with an eight-match unbeaten away run that includes five victories.
• Vasco has steadied under Fernando Diniz with a six-game unbeaten streak after defeating Bahia to reach 27 points and 13th place.
• Rayan, 19, returns from suspension after a surge in form as a key scorer, and club figures project him as a potential record sale with a reported €40 million foreign release clause.
• Cruzeiro is without Lucas Villalba and Gabigol due to yellow-card suspensions, and the match officials are referee Rodrigo Jose Pereira de Lima and VAR Ilbert Estevam da Silva.