A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Atlético Mineiro fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Goiás's 20th place in the table will show on the pitch.
It's no vacation for neither Atlético nor Goiás 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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
Atlético Mineiro, who have the most scored goals (26) in Serie A, have been very solid at home in the Serie A so far, with 18 points collected from 6 matches (6-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. The Atlético Mineiro fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio and will expect new points from this game. Atlético has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
Atlético Mineiro faced defeat in their previous match, away at Fortaleza (1-2). Ahead of that match, Atlético won a home game hosting Vasco da Gama (4-1).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Atlético home games with this odds we find seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Atlético, as the Serie A home game vs Fluminense is only four days away.
Atlético are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (17 goals in 6 games). Atlético are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Goiás form and stats
0-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Goiás, who have the fewest points (2) away in Serie A, in their Serie A matches away.
Goiás's previous game was their home loss versus Fluminense (2-4). A loss against Santos was the result prior to that, in a home game.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Fluminense was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Goiás played away with similar odds. This revealed seven games. The visitors overcame the odds to win two times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.
Goiás has another fixture away, a Serie A game, against Flamengo in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Goiás have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. Goiás have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Atlético wins - draws - Goiás wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. da Silva França 7 goals |   R. Martiniano de Miranda 4 goals | A. Franco Palma 3 goals |
Atlético Mineiro missing players
Goiás missing players
| Atlético Mineiro | Goiás | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 26 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 69% | 83% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 73% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 45% |
| 23% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 62% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 31% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 212 | 95 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 25 | 106 |
| 76 | 49 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 13 | 34 |
| 34% | 35% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 38% | 50% |
- All of Atlético Mineiro's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Goiás's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Atlético Mineiro has the most points (18) at home in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro has the most points from losing position (9) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro has the most scored goals (17) at home in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro has the most scored goals (26) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro has the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro has the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro has the the best goal difference (+12) at home in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlético Mineiro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Atlético Mineiro have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Goiás have scored away.
- Atlético Mineiro have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Atlético Mineiro have won all their matches at home so far.
- Atlético Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Goiás has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Serie A
- Goiás has the fewest points (2) away in Serie A
- Goiás have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Goiás have scored in all their matches so far.
- Goiás have yet to win a game away.
- Goiás haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Internacional | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | São Paulo | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Palmeiras | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Santos | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Sport Recife | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 9 | Fortaleza | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 10 | Vasco da Gama | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Grêmio | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Athletico PR | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Bahia | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Ceará | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | Corinthians | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 16 | Atlético GO | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 17 | Botafogo | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 12 |
| 19 | Bragantino | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 20 | Goiás | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 9 |