The league table is allowed to rest as Atlético GO and Goiás battle for Copa do Brasil honors in this first Round of 16 leg of two fixtures.
This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning more stress and importance.
It's no vacation for neither Atlético GO nor Goiás as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Atlético GO form and stats
Last season their Copa do Brasil adventure ended in the 8th finals.When playing at home in the Serie A, Atlético GO have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.
The Atlético GO fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Juventude and win 3-1. The forward Airton was named "man of the match" for Atlético with a rating of 8.31/10. Airton scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Palmeiras in the Serie A.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Atlético GO handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Atlético GO as they are travelling to their away game against Ceará in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
The Atlético GO fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Atlético have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Goiás form and stats
Last season their Copa do Brasil adventure ended in the 1st round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Goiás so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for Goiás, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Corinthians. Defender Dieguinho was the best team player with a rating of 7.65. Dieguinho won 6 of 8 duels.
A loss against Internacional was the result prior to that, in a Serie A home game.Goiás are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cuiaba in just four days.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Goiás have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Atlético GO wins - draws - Goiás wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  N. Godinho Johann 8 goals | P. Garay da Silva 7 goals |   M. Rodrigues Freitas 4 goals |
Atlético GO missing players
Goiás missing players
| Atlético GO | Goiás | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 22 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 16% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 33% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| 11.3 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.4 | 14.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Athletico PR | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Internacional | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Fluminense | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Botafogo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Santos | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 9 | Sao Paulo | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 10 | Bragantino | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 11 | Avai | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Atlético GO | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Ceará | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Flamengo | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | America Mineiro | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Goiás | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 19 | Fortaleza | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 20 | Juventude | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 10 |
