This could be an interesting match as Fortaleza have their presumed home advantage while Atlético Mineiro are ahead 10 points in the Serie A table.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for Atlético Mineiro when visiting Fortaleza as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
Fortaleza form and stats
Fortaleza, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Serie A, have collected 11 points from their Serie A home games so far after 3-2-1.
Fortaleza drew their last game, also a home match. Atlético GO (placed 11th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. A strong away win before that one, visiting Ceará and winning 2-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fortaleza as they are travelling to their away game against Coritiba in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Fortaleza have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Fortaleza have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Atlético Mineiro form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Atlético Mineiro, who have the most scored goals (25) in Serie A, have produced an overall stat of 3-0-3 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Atlético hope to make it five in this match.
Impressive finishing from Keno, Guilherme Arana, Guga and Jefferson Savarino secured the home win 4-1 against Vasco da Gama in their previous game. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Grêmio.
It was a convincing performance from Atlético when Vasco da Gama were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 4-1 and the second half was comfortable. Keno, Guilherme Arana, Guga and Jefferson Savarino scored their goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Atlético Mineiro are hosting Goiás in the Serie A only three days away.
The visiting Atlético have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games. As for defending, Atlético Mineiro rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Fortaleza-Atlético Mineiro H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Fortaleza two wins, Atlético Mineiro two wins, two draws. five of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. da Silva França 7 goals |   W. Pereira do Nascimento 4 goals | A. Franco Palma 3 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
Atlético Mineiro missing players
| Fortaleza | Atlético Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 85% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 17% | 25% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 38% | 83% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 137 | 74 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 100 | 195 |
| 39 | 23 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 24 | 73 |
| 31% | 22% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 33% | 34% |
- Atlético Mineiro has the most points from losing position (9) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro has the most scored goals (25) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro has the most scored goals in the first half (11) 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 (+11) in Serie A
- Atlético Mineiro have scored more than double the goals of Fortaleza.
- Atlético Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Atlético Mineiro is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Fortaleza has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Serie A
- Fortaleza has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Serie A
- Fortaleza has the most clean sheets (5) at home in Serie A
- Fortaleza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | Internacional | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 5 | Sport Recife | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Santos | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | São Paulo | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Vasco da Gama | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Fortaleza | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Atlético GO | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Athletico PR | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Ceará | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Grêmio | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 16 | Bahia | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 18 | Bragantino | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Botafogo | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 20 | Goiás | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |