The standings reveals that 10 points separate the two competitors in this Serie A game. Athletico PR enjoy both the points- and home advantage.
- Athletico PR have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Serie A
- São Paulo have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Athletico PR nor São Paulo 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.
Athletico PR form and stats
32 points is a decent return from 15 Serie A games here at Alinja Arena for Athletico PR. The data says 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. The Athletico fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Alinja Arena and will expect new points from this game. Athletico PR has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
A nice win for Athletico PR last time playing, versus America Mineiro. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Erick, Pablo and Bueno scoring for the victors. Midfielder Cuello was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.04 (out of ten) in that game. Cuello served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
1-1 away at Botafogo before that.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Athletico have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 5 and lost 1.
Some goal stats: A review of the 10 most recent league games reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each team.
The manager Carvalho will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Corinthians in only three days.
A decent goal production from Athletico PR in their home games so far, with 28 goals from 15 league matches. Athletico PR's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
São Paulo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for São Paulo so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 0-6-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 14 away games in a row.
It might be tough going out on the road again for São Paulo, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-5 versus Palmeiras (placed 3rd). Paulo lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one. Alisson got a match rating of 6.85 in that game, top player of the team. Alisson had 29 successful passes (of 30 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Gremio.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by São Paulo in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for São Paulo, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
A new game in only four days for São Paulo, the Serie A home match versus Cruzeiro. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Paulo as they have only managed to score 8 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. São Paulo's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Athletico PR and São Paulo have duelled before this season: São Paulo - Athletico PR 2-1. Last ten meetings featuring these participants: Athletico PR won two, São Paulo were winners in five and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Roque Ferreira 11 goals |   J. Calleri 9 goals |  P. Teixeira 6 goals |
Athletico PR missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Athletico PR | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 13 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 44 | 28 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 34 |
| 34 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | 34 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 79% | 83% |
| 90% | 87% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 71% | 76% |
| 45% | 53% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 43% | 52% |
| 21% | 33% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 7% | 10% |
| 10% | 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 10% |
| 59% | 67% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 57% | 52% |
| 28% | 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 21% | 31% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 43% | 34% |
| 5.6 | 6.5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14.8 | 17.8 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.8 | 14.4 |
| 5 | 5.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
| 31% | 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 16% | 24% |
| 12.7 | 12.3 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 13.6 | 12 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
- Athletico PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Athletico PR have scored at least twice as many goals at home as São Paulo have scored away.
- Athletico PR have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Athletico PR have the most points from losing position (18) in Serie A
- Athletico PR have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Serie A
- Athletico PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- São Paulo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- São Paulo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- São Paulo have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 59 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 29 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 52 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 23 | 50 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 50 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 48 |
| 6 | Gremio | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 47 |
| 7 | Atlético Mineiro | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 46 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 45 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 42 |
| 10 | São Paulo | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 38 |
| 11 | Cuiaba | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 37 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 37 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -1 | 36 |
| 14 | Internacional | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 35 |
| 15 | Bahia | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -4 | 34 |
| 16 | Goias | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -12 | 31 |
| 17 | Vasco da Gama | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -11 | 30 |
| 18 | Santos | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 30 | -21 | 30 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 29 | 59 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -30 | 20 |
| 20 | America Mineiro | 29 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 60 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 35 | -27 | 19 |
