América Mineiro vs Palmeiras preview: Copa do Brasil Semi-finals leg 1 of 2

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Competition: Brazil Copa do Brasil
Competition: Thu 31.December
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (23018 seats)

The league table is allowed to rest as América Mineiro and Palmeiras battle for Copa do Brasil honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.

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 América and Palmeiras.

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América Mineiro form and stats

Last season, América's Copa do Brasil journey ended in the 2nd round.

América Mineiro have played 16 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). 5W-5D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa do Brasil for América Mineiro.

América's previous game was a Serie B match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus CRB. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, América Mineiro played out a Copa do Brasil draw 1-1 when visiting Palmeiras.

América Mineiro are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Guarani awaits in three days.

The América fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 16 matches. From these home matches, América have conceded only 14 goals.

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Palmeiras form and stats

They also participated in Copa do Brasil last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Total Copa do Brasil statistics for Palmeiras: 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.

Palmeiras had fun at their own home (Estádio Raimundo Sampaio) last time out, beating Bragantino 1-0. Luiz Adriano scored. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs América Mineiro.

Palmeiras have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 15 goals have been scored. 13 goals have been conceded by Palmeiras in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Palmeiras - América 1-1. América-Palmeiras H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: América Mineiro one win, Palmeiras four wins, five draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PalmeirasR. Cavalcante Veiga
R. Cavalcante Veiga
8 goals
PalmeirasL. de Souza da Silva
L. de Souza da Silva
7 goals
PalmeirasW. Gomes de Siqueira
W. Gomes de Siqueira
6 goals

América Mineiro missing players

Palmeiras missing players

Total First Half Second Half
América Mineiro Palmeiras
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   11 25
14 7   Won W   4 15
8 4   Drew D   3 4
3 2   Lost L   4 6
30 18   Scored S   16 49
17 11   Conceded C   14 21
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
56% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 84%
36% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 60%
8% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 28%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
52% 62%   BTTS BTTS   55% 36%
40% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 48%
20% 15%   Failed to Score F T   27% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.3 2.3
1 1   Red cards R C   4 4
 
12.1 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 13.6
4.4 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.8
28% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 41%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 América Mineiro 31 17 9 5 35 21 16 9 4 3 22 14 15 8 5 2 13 7 14 60
2 Chapecoense 30 16 11 3 34 14 14 8 5 1 12 4 16 8 6 2 22 10 20 59
3 Cuiaba 31 14 8 9 37 31 16 10 5 1 25 10 15 4 3 8 12 21 6 50
4 Juventude 31 13 10 8 43 32 16 8 6 2 25 12 15 5 4 6 18 20 11 49
5 CSA 31 14 6 11 42 30 16 11 1 4 28 13 15 3 5 7 14 17 12 48
6 Guarani 31 13 8 10 38 35 15 8 4 3 24 15 16 5 4 7 14 20 3 47
7 Ponte Preta 31 13 7 11 38 40 16 8 4 4 22 22 15 5 3 7 16 18 -2 46
8 Sampaio Corrêa 31 13 6 12 41 31 16 8 0 8 20 15 15 5 6 4 21 16 10 45
9 Avai 31 13 5 13 33 40 15 7 2 6 16 19 16 6 3 7 17 21 -7 44
10 Operario PR 31 10 11 10 28 28 16 7 6 3 22 12 15 3 5 7 6 16 0 41
11 Cruzeiro 31 12 10 9 36 29 15 5 5 5 21 16 16 7 5 4 15 13 7 40
12 Brasil de Pelotas 30 9 13 8 27 26 14 5 8 1 15 8 16 4 5 7 12 18 1 40
13 Confianca 30 10 9 11 33 37 15 6 5 4 18 18 15 4 4 7 15 19 -4 39
14 CRB 31 10 7 14 31 39 15 7 5 3 17 11 16 3 2 11 14 28 -8 37
15 Vitoria 31 8 12 11 38 37 16 7 4 5 20 14 15 1 8 6 18 23 1 36
16 Figueirense 31 8 11 12 26 31 16 5 6 5 16 11 15 3 5 7 10 20 -5 35
17 Nautico 31 8 11 12 28 35 15 6 7 2 18 12 16 2 4 10 10 23 -7 35
18 Parana 30 8 8 14 29 40 15 5 5 5 16 14 15 3 3 9 13 26 -11 32
19 Botafogo SP 31 6 8 17 18 31 15 4 4 7 13 15 16 2 4 10 5 16 -13 26
20 Oeste 31 4 8 19 23 51 16 3 3 10 10 23 15 1 5 9 13 28 -28 20
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sao Paulo 27 16 8 3 47 22 13 9 4 0 23 6 14 7 4 3 24 16 25 56
2 Atletico Mineiro 27 15 4 8 46 34 14 10 3 1 31 11 13 5 1 7 15 23 12 49
3 Flamengo 26 14 7 5 46 35 13 7 4 2 26 17 13 7 3 3 20 18 11 49
4 Internacional 27 13 8 6 41 26 13 8 4 1 24 11 14 5 4 5 17 15 15 47
5 Gremio 25 10 12 3 33 21 12 7 4 1 22 11 13 3 8 2 11 10 12 42
6 Palmeiras 25 11 8 6 36 25 12 6 4 2 21 12 13 5 4 4 15 13 11 41
7 Fluminense 27 11 7 9 37 31 14 7 4 3 23 14 13 4 3 6 14 17 6 40
8 Corinthians 27 10 9 8 30 30 13 5 5 3 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 13 0 39
9 Santos 26 10 8 8 37 34 13 6 5 2 25 16 13 4 3 6 12 18 3 38
10 Ceara 26 9 8 9 37 36 13 5 5 3 16 14 13 4 3 6 21 22 1 35
11 Atletico GO 26 8 10 8 24 30 13 3 6 4 15 17 13 5 4 4 9 13 -6 34
12 Atletico PR 26 9 4 13 21 28 13 5 3 5 10 10 13 4 1 8 11 18 -7 31
13 Bragantino 26 7 10 9 31 30 13 6 3 4 20 13 13 1 7 5 11 17 1 31
14 Fortaleza 27 7 10 10 24 25 14 5 5 4 12 10 13 2 5 6 12 15 -1 31
15 Sport Recife 27 8 5 14 23 36 13 6 1 6 14 16 14 2 4 8 9 20 -13 29
16 Bahia 27 8 4 15 33 48 14 6 1 7 19 21 13 2 3 8 14 27 -15 28
17 Vasco da Gama 25 7 7 11 26 36 13 4 4 5 12 14 12 3 3 6 14 22 -10 28
18 Goiás 27 5 8 14 27 42 14 4 4 6 16 21 13 1 4 8 11 21 -15 23
19 Botafogo 27 4 11 12 25 39 14 2 5 7 12 19 13 2 6 5 13 20 -14 23
20 Coritiba 27 5 6 16 21 37 13 3 3 7 7 11 14 2 3 9 14 26 -16 21

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sao Paulo 27 16 8 3 47 22 13 9 4 0 23 6 14 7 4 3 24 16 25 56
2 Atletico Mineiro 27 15 4 8 46 34 14 10 3 1 31 11 13 5 1 7 15 23 12 49
3 Flamengo 26 14 7 5 46 35 13 7 4 2 26 17 13 7 3 3 20 18 11 49
4 Internacional 27 13 8 6 41 26 13 8 4 1 24 11 14 5 4 5 17 15 15 47
5 Gremio 25 10 12 3 33 21 12 7 4 1 22 11 13 3 8 2 11 10 12 42
6 Palmeiras 25 11 8 6 36 25 12 6 4 2 21 12 13 5 4 4 15 13 11 41
7 Fluminense 27 11 7 9 37 31 14 7 4 3 23 14 13 4 3 6 14 17 6 40
8 Corinthians 27 10 9 8 30 30 13 5 5 3 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 13 0 39
9 Santos 26 10 8 8 37 34 13 6 5 2 25 16 13 4 3 6 12 18 3 38
10 Ceara 26 9 8 9 37 36 13 5 5 3 16 14 13 4 3 6 21 22 1 35
11 Atletico GO 26 8 10 8 24 30 13 3 6 4 15 17 13 5 4 4 9 13 -6 34
12 Atletico PR 26 9 4 13 21 28 13 5 3 5 10 10 13 4 1 8 11 18 -7 31
13 Bragantino 26 7 10 9 31 30 13 6 3 4 20 13 13 1 7 5 11 17 1 31
14 Fortaleza 27 7 10 10 24 25 14 5 5 4 12 10 13 2 5 6 12 15 -1 31
15 Sport Recife 27 8 5 14 23 36 13 6 1 6 14 16 14 2 4 8 9 20 -13 29
16 Bahia 27 8 4 15 33 48 14 6 1 7 19 21 13 2 3 8 14 27 -15 28
17 Vasco da Gama 25 7 7 11 26 36 13 4 4 5 12 14 12 3 3 6 14 22 -10 28
18 Goiás 27 5 8 14 27 42 14 4 4 6 16 21 13 1 4 8 11 21 -15 23
19 Botafogo 27 4 11 12 25 39 14 2 5 7 12 19 13 2 6 5 13 20 -14 23
20 Coritiba 27 5 6 16 21 37 13 3 3 7 7 11 14 2 3 9 14 26 -16 21

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