The first leg ended América Mineiro-Bragantino 1-1. All is set for the decider in this Copa Sudamericana Round of 16 fixture!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bragantino and América Mineiro.
Bragantino form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 9 Serie A games here at Estádio Nabi Abi Chedid for Bragantino. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
The Bragantino goalkeeper Cleiton Schwengber is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 300 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.
Bragantino are returning here after visiting Coritiba and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Sorriso scored the goal(s). Cândido was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.71 out of 10. The defender Cândido hit one key pass and won 15 of 21 duels.
In the fixture before, 1-1 away to América Mineiro (Copa Sudamericana).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Vasco da Gama are coming to town in four days.
The Bragantino fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bragantino have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
América Mineiro form and stats
América Mineiro have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 0-3-6 (9 played).
It might be tough going out on the road again for América, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Bahia. Midfield player Juninho was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.12/10. Juninho hit one key pass.
Ahead of that, 1-1 at home hosting Bragantino in the Copa Sudamericana.
After this away game América Mineiro return home for a Serie A game against Goias. That game is only three sleeps after this.
América have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. The América Mineiro manager Mancini has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: América Mineiro - Bragantino 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Bragantino victories, three draws and three América Mineiro 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 |
Bragantino missing players
América Mineiro missing players
| Bragantino | América Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Scored | S | 15 | 37 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 26 | 46 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 6.4 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 17.2 | 20.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13.8 | ||
| 6.3 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 10.7 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.6 | 14 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 44 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Gremio | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Cuiaba | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Sao Paulo | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Internacional | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Goias | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Bahia | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Santos | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 14 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 12 |
| 20 | América Mineiro | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -21 | 10 |
