It's time to decide the outcome of the Copa Sudamericana Quarter-finals meeting between Fortaleza and América Mineiro. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
It's quite the trip for América Mineiro when visiting Fortaleza as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
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 Fortaleza and América Mineiro.
Fortaleza form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Fortaleza at their home stadium (Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Fortaleza's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Coritiba. The home side are looking to build on that result. The gifted forward Lucero bettered all the other footballers in that match and got a match rating of 8.21 out of 10. Lucero scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that game, a nice away win at América Mineiro. A Copa Sudamericana match.
Fortaleza are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Fluminense awaits in three days.
The Fortaleza fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Fortaleza have conceded only 9 goals.
América Mineiro form and stats
There's been little loot from América Mineiro's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 10 away games in the Serie A. América Mineiro only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.
The fans enjoyed América's previous fixture versus São Paulo, a 2-1 win played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Mancini when Varanda scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute. Rodriguinho got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Rodriguinho served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
The fixture before was the Copa Sudamericana-battle against Fortaleza, a home loss (1-3).
A new game in only three days for América Mineiro, the Serie A home match versus Santos. Busy days.
The visiting América have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. América Mineiro have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have played each other previously this season, with the result América Mineiro - Fortaleza 1-3 logged in the official records. Previous eight meetings featuring these participants: Fortaleza won five, América Mineiro triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Lucero 4 goals |   G. Mastriani Borges 4 goals |  T. Galhardo do Nascimento Rocha 3 goals |
Fortaleza missing players
América Mineiro missing players
| Fortaleza | América Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 29 | 48 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 92% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13.2 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 24% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12.8 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.6 | 14 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Gremio | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
| 4 | Flamengo | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 36 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Bragantino | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Atletico Mineiro | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 10 | Cuiaba | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | São Paulo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Cruzeiro | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Corinthians | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Internacional | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Goiás | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | Bahia | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 17 | Santos | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 19 | -13 | 21 |
| 18 | Vasco da Gama | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 16 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -21 | 14 |
| 20 | América Mineiro | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -23 | 13 |
