Mineiro 1 prediction and preview: Athletic Club small favoured to outplay Villa Nova

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Competition: Brazil Mineiro 1
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Joaquim Portugal

A quick look at the Mineiro 1 standings shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but that's not all you need to know. Get our Athletic Club - Villa Nova guide!

Insights:
  • Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Mineiro 1
  • Villa Nova have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Athletic Club form and stats

Athletic Club have been very solid at home in the Mineiro 1 so far, with 15 points collected from 6 matches (5-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Athletic Club are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.

The Athletic Club goalkeeper Lee Winston Leandro da Silva Oliveira is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 360 minutes without conceding a goal in the Mineiro 1.

A nice win for Athletic Club last time playing, versus Villa Nova. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Falcão scoring for the victors.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Caldense and winning 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Club handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and one defeat.

Athletic Club are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Defensively Athletic Club have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Villa Nova form and stats

Villa Nova have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Mineiro 1, after 1-3-2 (6 played).

Two away games in a row for Villa Nova, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Athletic Club.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs CAP Patrocinense.

We have checked recent matches where Villa have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were zero victories, four draws and seven defeats.

The attacking power of Villa Nova when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Athletic ClubR. Oliveira da Silva
R. Oliveira da Silva
6 goals
Athletic ClubM. de Souza Rodrigues
M. de Souza Rodrigues
2 goals
Athletic ClubD. Santos da Silva
D. Santos da Silva
2 goals

Athletic Club missing players

Villa Nova missing players

Athletic Club Villa Nova
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 1 6 11
8 5 1 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 1 3 6
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
15 8 1 Scored S 2 5 13
4 1 0 Conceded C 2 6 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
27% 17% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 73%
18% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 27%
18% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 17% 18%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
18% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 55%
64% 83% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 36%
18% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 18%
 
4.3 4.8 9 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.7 3.7
6 6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 14 6.5 6.3
3.3 2.8 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.5 9.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.2 9.7
3.4 3.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3 3.2
41% 36% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 28% 37%
 
7.5 6.5 9 Shots against (avg) S A 22 12.8 12.6
2.6 2.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.8 4.4
Key stats in Mineiro 1 this season:
  • Athletic Club have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Mineiro 1
  • Athletic Club have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Mineiro 1
  • Athletic Club have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Mineiro 1
  • Athletic Club haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Villa Nova have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Mineiro 11 9 1 1 23 5 5 5 0 0 12 1 6 4 1 1 11 4 18 28
2 Athletic Club 11 8 1 2 15 4 6 5 0 1 8 1 5 3 1 1 7 3 11 25
3 Cruzeiro 11 7 1 3 21 11 6 4 1 1 13 6 5 3 0 2 8 5 10 22
4 Caldense 11 6 0 5 12 13 6 3 0 3 6 7 5 3 0 2 6 6 -1 18
5 América Mineiro 11 5 2 4 11 8 6 3 1 2 6 4 5 2 1 2 5 4 3 17
6 Villa Nova 11 3 6 2 13 10 5 2 3 0 8 4 6 1 3 2 5 6 3 15
7 Democrata GV 10 3 2 5 10 10 5 3 1 1 6 2 5 0 1 4 2 7 0 11
8 Pouso Alegre 11 2 3 6 11 19 6 1 2 3 7 10 5 1 1 3 4 9 -8 10
9 CAP Patrocinense 11 3 1 7 7 16 6 3 0 3 6 7 5 0 1 4 1 9 -9 10
10 Tombense 11 3 2 6 8 13 5 2 2 1 5 5 6 1 0 5 3 8 -5 9
11 Uberlândia 11 2 3 6 6 16 5 1 1 3 2 7 6 1 2 3 4 9 -10 9
12 URT 10 1 4 5 6 18 4 1 2 1 3 4 6 0 2 4 2 12 -12 7

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