América Mineiro vs Atlético GO: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Wed 17.November
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (23018 seats)

Serie A: What this fixture might not have in style it should make up for in guts and dedication. Let's go: América Mineiro - Atlético GO!

Insights:
  • América Mineiro have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Atlético GO have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Serie A

It's no vacation for neither América nor Atlético GO 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.

It's quite the trip for Atlético GO when visiting América as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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América Mineiro form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for América Mineiro at their home stadium (Estádio Raimundo Sampaio) is 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio.

América's previous game was a Serie A match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Grêmio (placed 19th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Ademir was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.35 (out of ten) in that game. Ademir scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that match, a win away at Sport Recife.

The manager M. dos Santos Gonçalves will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fluminense in only four days.

The América fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 16 matches. From these home matches, América have conceded only 11 goals.

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Atlético GO form and stats

5 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Atlético GO playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. Bitter travels for Atlético as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Fluminense match.

Atlético aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 378 league minutes without a goal. M. Freitas was the last player to find the net.

Atlético GO's last game was the home draw against Santos (0-0). Midfield player André Luís was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Luís hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

A 0-4 defeat away at Palmeiras before that.

A new game in only three days for Atlético, the Serie A home match versus Ceara. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Atlético as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 21 goals have been conceded by Atlético in these games.

Head 2 Head

Atlético GO - América 1-1 was the scoreline in these sides' previous head-to-head match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (América wins - draws - Atlético GO wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AméricaA. da Silva Santos Junior
A. da Silva Santos Junior
9 goals
América MineiroF. Azevedo dos Santos
F. Azevedo dos Santos
5 goals
Atlético GOJ. Assunção de Araujo Filho
J. Assunção de Araujo Filho
5 goals

América Mineiro missing players

Atlético GO missing players

Total First Half Second Half
América Mineiro Atlético GO
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 5 16 31
11 7 1 Won W 1 5 9
11 5 2 Drew D 2 3 11
10 4 1 Lost L 2 8 11
35 17 4 Scored S 3 13 24
34 11 3 Conceded C 4 21 32
91% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 88% 81%
72% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 62% 61%
25% 19% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 29%
16% 6% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 6%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
47% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 35%
28% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 60% 38% 42%
34% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 42%
 
5.3 6.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.4 5.2
5.2 5.4 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 6.4 6.2
1.7 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.2 2.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
15 15.9 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9.3 10.5
4.5 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.9 3
24% 23% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 26%
 
12.3 11.6 14.8 Shots against (avg) S A 18.4 17.3 14.3
4.5 4.2 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.6 3.8
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • América Mineiro have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Atlético GO have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Atlético GO have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Serie A

  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 31 21 5 5 50 22 16 14 1 1 34 9 15 7 4 4 16 13 28 68
2 Palmeiras 31 18 4 9 51 35 16 10 2 4 30 22 15 8 2 5 21 13 16 58
3 Flamengo 30 17 6 7 57 28 16 11 1 4 28 13 14 6 5 3 29 15 29 57
4 Bragantino 33 13 13 7 50 37 17 6 8 3 26 19 16 7 5 4 24 18 13 52
5 Corinthians 32 13 11 8 35 31 16 8 4 4 22 17 16 5 7 4 13 14 4 50
6 Fortaleza 32 14 7 11 40 37 15 8 4 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 18 23 3 49
7 Internacional 32 12 11 9 41 34 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 4 6 6 15 17 7 47
8 América Mineiro 32 11 11 10 35 34 16 7 5 4 17 11 16 4 6 6 18 23 1 44
9 Fluminense 31 11 9 11 29 32 15 7 5 3 16 13 16 4 4 8 13 19 -3 42
10 Athletico PR 32 12 5 15 39 42 16 7 4 5 22 20 16 5 1 10 17 22 -3 41
11 Santos 32 9 12 11 28 36 16 7 5 4 16 13 16 2 7 7 12 23 -8 39
12 Cuiabá 32 8 15 9 30 32 16 5 6 5 15 17 16 3 9 4 15 15 -2 39
13 Ceara 31 8 15 8 29 32 16 8 6 2 20 12 15 0 9 6 9 20 -3 39
14 Atlético GO 31 9 11 11 24 32 15 4 8 3 11 11 16 5 3 8 13 21 -8 38
15 Sao Paulo 31 8 14 9 24 29 15 5 8 2 13 10 16 3 6 7 11 19 -5 38
16 Bahia 31 9 9 13 33 42 15 6 4 5 20 18 16 3 5 8 13 24 -9 36
17 Juventude 30 7 12 11 29 37 16 6 6 4 16 15 14 1 6 7 13 22 -8 33
18 Sport Recife 32 7 9 16 19 31 16 4 5 7 10 11 16 3 4 9 9 20 -12 30
19 Grêmio 31 8 5 18 27 41 15 5 5 5 17 16 16 3 0 13 10 25 -14 29
20 Chapecoense 31 1 12 18 26 52 15 0 6 9 12 25 16 1 6 9 14 27 -26 15

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 Atlético Mineiro 31 21 5 5 50 22 16 14 1 1 34 9 15 7 4 4 16 13 28 68
2 Palmeiras 31 18 4 9 51 35 16 10 2 4 30 22 15 8 2 5 21 13 16 58
3 Flamengo 30 17 6 7 57 28 16 11 1 4 28 13 14 6 5 3 29 15 29 57
4 Bragantino 33 13 13 7 50 37 17 6 8 3 26 19 16 7 5 4 24 18 13 52
5 Corinthians 32 13 11 8 35 31 16 8 4 4 22 17 16 5 7 4 13 14 4 50
6 Fortaleza 32 14 7 11 40 37 15 8 4 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 18 23 3 49
7 Internacional 32 12 11 9 41 34 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 4 6 6 15 17 7 47
8 América Mineiro 32 11 11 10 35 34 16 7 5 4 17 11 16 4 6 6 18 23 1 44
9 Fluminense 31 11 9 11 29 32 15 7 5 3 16 13 16 4 4 8 13 19 -3 42
10 Athletico PR 32 12 5 15 39 42 16 7 4 5 22 20 16 5 1 10 17 22 -3 41
11 Santos 32 9 12 11 28 36 16 7 5 4 16 13 16 2 7 7 12 23 -8 39
12 Cuiabá 32 8 15 9 30 32 16 5 6 5 15 17 16 3 9 4 15 15 -2 39
13 Ceara 31 8 15 8 29 32 16 8 6 2 20 12 15 0 9 6 9 20 -3 39
14 Atlético GO 31 9 11 11 24 32 15 4 8 3 11 11 16 5 3 8 13 21 -8 38
15 Sao Paulo 31 8 14 9 24 29 15 5 8 2 13 10 16 3 6 7 11 19 -5 38
16 Bahia 31 9 9 13 33 42 15 6 4 5 20 18 16 3 5 8 13 24 -9 36
17 Juventude 30 7 12 11 29 37 16 6 6 4 16 15 14 1 6 7 13 22 -8 33
18 Sport Recife 32 7 9 16 19 31 16 4 5 7 10 11 16 3 4 9 9 20 -12 30
19 Grêmio 31 8 5 18 27 41 15 5 5 5 17 16 16 3 0 13 10 25 -14 29
20 Chapecoense 31 1 12 18 26 52 15 0 6 9 12 25 16 1 6 9 14 27 -26 15

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.