Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Athletic Club & Brasiliense face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa do Brasil. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Athletic Club nor Brasiliense as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Athletic Club form and stats
Athletic Club have collected seven points from their first three Mineiro 1 games here at Estádio Joaquim Portugal, a promising start.
Happy days for Athletic Club in their previous game, a fixture away at Democrata SL that ended with a 2-1 victory. A late climax in the match against Democrata SL as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by Junior.
Before that, Club had a Mineiro 1 home game versus Caldense which ended with a victory 3-2.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Mineiro 1 game versus Ipatinga in only three days. This game is also played here at Estádio Joaquim Portugal.
Goals decide football matches and Athletic Club are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. Athletic Club have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Brasiliense form and stats
Last season their Copa do Brasil adventure ended in the 3rd round.Brasiliense has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Real FC for a 1-1 draw.
Before that game, the win at home against Tocantinopolis in the Copa Verde (4-2).
A quick return to home after this game, as Brasiliense are hosting Paranoa in the Brasiliense only four days away.
Head 2 Head
Athletic Club missing players
Brasiliense missing players
| Athletic Club | Brasiliense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 17 | 40 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 8 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 6.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.1 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| 8.2 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 8.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Mineiro | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Athletic Club | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Pouso Alegre | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 9 |
| 4 | Villa Nova | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
