It's still early in the Mineiro 1 season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Caldense - Villa Nova preview!
Caldense have less rest than Villa Nova in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Mineiro 1 game only four days ago. That game was an away game at URT, so at least Caldense are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Caldense form and stats
The hosts won their first Mineiro 1 game here at Estádio Dr. Ronaldo Junqueira, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Caldense last season were 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from 5 games.
Caldense lost their last game at URT (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Caldense won a home game hosting Uberlandia (2-0).
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Caldense at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Villa Nova form and stats
It's not happening yet for Villa Nova on their Mineiro 1 travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? With two straight losses from their last two away games, Villa Nova are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Elias was the last player to score for the away team. Villa Nova haven't scored a league goal in the last 285 minutes.
Villa Nova play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Cruzeiro (placed 3rd). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting CAP Patrocinense's place.
0 goals so far away for Villa Nova, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Caldense-Villa Nova H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Caldense three wins, Villa Nova two wins, five draws. 2 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. De Souza Gomes 1 goals |  A. Leão Lima 1 goals |
Caldense missing players
Villa Nova missing players
| Caldense | Villa Nova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 3.7 | 3 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 6.7 | 6 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 7 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Caldense | Last season | Villa Nova | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 75% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 55% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | ||
| 33% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 45% | ||
| 25% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | ||
| 50% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 80 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 51 | 102 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 36 | ||
| 42% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 22% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Mineiro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | URT | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Cruzeiro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Caldense | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | America Mineiro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | CAP Patrocinense | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Tombense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Coimbra | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Boa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Uberlandia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | Villa Nova | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Tupynambás | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Mineiro | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 28 |
| 2 | Cruzeiro | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 25 |
| 3 | America Mineiro | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| 4 | Boa | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Tombense | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Caldense | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | CAP Patrocinense | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Tupynambás | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 9 | Villa Nova | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 10 | Guarani MG | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 11 | URT | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 12 | Tupi | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -17 | 4 |