It's game one of two in the Copa Sudamericana as América Mineiro host Bragantino. This is a Round of 16 fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
Not a lot of time to rest for the host team, as they played a Serie A fixture only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Palmeiras, was also a home game here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio. The away team is better rested.
América Mineiro form and stats
América Mineiro's struggle is real here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio with only 7 points collected from 8 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-5.
The América supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio: A 1-4 defeat against Palmeiras. Defender Ferreira got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 6.95/10. Ferreira hit one key pass and won 3 of 4 duels.
Before that, América Mineiro played out a Serie A draw 1-1 when visiting Flamengo.There will be little rest for América after this match as they are travelling to Bahia for a Serie A game in only three days.
América Mineiro are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. América are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (18 from 8 played).
Bragantino form and stats
The visitors are W2-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Bragantino goalkeeper Cleiton Schwengber is eager to challenge this, with his 210 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Bragantino, whose coach Caixinha could celebrate last time after the win against Fortaleza. The attacker Borbas got a match rating of 8.23 in that game. Borbas scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
The game before that was the Copa Paulista-duel against Oeste, a home loss (1-2).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bragantino manager Caixinha as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Coritiba.
Bragantino are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Bragantino have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three América victories, two draws and five Bragantino wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Colcenti Antunes 6 goals |  T. Borbas 5 goals |   D. Avelar 3 goals |
América Mineiro missing players
Bragantino missing players
| América Mineiro | Bragantino | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 26 | Scored | S | 16 | 42 | ||
| 45 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 72% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 14.7 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 15.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 13.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 11.5 | ||
| 5.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 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 | Botafogo | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Palmeiras | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Grêmio | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | São Paulo | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Cuiaba | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Cruzeiro | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Fortaleza | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Internacional | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Atlético Mineiro | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Santos | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 17 |
| 16 | Goiás | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 16 |
| 17 | Bahia | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 14 |
| 19 | América Mineiro | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 10 |
| 20 | Vasco da Gama | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -16 | 9 |
