The league table is allowed to rest as São Paulo and América Mineiro battle for Copa do Brasil honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Serie A. That game, against Atlético GO, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for América Mineiro.
São Paulo form and stats
Last season, Paulo's Copa do Brasil journey ended in the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the Serie A, São Paulo have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 9 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for São Paulo, who played 3-3 against Goias. That match was also played at this venue (Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo). A goal frenzy last time out for Paulo, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Goias. Fun stuff to watch! The São Paulo goalkeeper Couto was crucial in the match against Goias last time out, making six saves. Welington, defender, was given a rating of 8.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Welington signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and won 8 of 12 duels.
3-3 away at Internacional before that.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for São Paulo as they are travelling to their away game against Athletico PR in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Paulo in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. São Paulo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
América Mineiro form and stats
América Mineiro's mission in Copa do Brasil last season failed in the 3rd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for América Mineiro so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
América Mineiro play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Atlético GO. Goalkeeper Cavichioli was absolutely vital in the América victory against Atlético GO, making six saves. Cavichioli was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.6. The agile goalkeeper Cavichioli topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Palmeiras.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Avai in just three days.
Goals are few and far between in América Mineiro's away league games. Only 4 goals from 10 travels. 13 goals have been conceded by América in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): São Paulo four wins, three draws and América Mineiro two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Calleri 10 goals |  L. da Rocha Neves 7 goals |  P. Bezerra do Nascimento 4 goals |
São Paulo missing players
América Mineiro missing players
| São Paulo | América Mineiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 41 | 24 | Scored | S | 11 | 24 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 44% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.5 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 21% | ||
| 11.4 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.6 | 16.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 39 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 35 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Atlético Mineiro | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Flamengo | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Internacional | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 9 | Santos | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 10 | São Paulo | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 |
| 11 | Botafogo | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 12 | Ceará | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | Goias | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | América Mineiro | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Avai | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 21 |
| 16 | Cuiaba | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 17 | Coritiba | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Atlético GO | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 17 |
| 19 | Juventude | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 16 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 15 |
