It hasn't been easy for América Mineiro so far, and you could say the same about Avaí. The bottom dwellers eye some crucial points here.
- América Mineiro have the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie A
- Avaí have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
The hosts América Mineiro saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Copa do Brasil. That game was an away game at São Paulo, so at least América are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
América Mineiro form and stats
América Mineiro, who have the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie A, have collected 14 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-2-3. When América Mineiro hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Fortaleza, Goias, Atlético GO, Juventude, América Mineiro and Cuiabá), they have won 3 of 3 matches!
The supporters hope that América Mineiro will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Copa do Brasil fixture against São Paulo. At last, a league victory after three fixtures without.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Atlético GO.Trench warfare? In this club's last 10 league games, 8 have produced zero, one or two goals.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the América Mineiro at home in the league. 9 on target and 9 scored by the opposition; from 9 matches.
Avaí form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Avaí so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-7 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Avaí's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Avaí failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Flamengo (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Chaves was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.65. The defender Chaves scored one goal and won 1 of 3 duels.
Prior to that match, the Avaí manager Barroca faced defeat when travelling to Ceara and losing 0-1.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Avaí's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Avaí rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other already this season, with the final score Avaí - América Mineiro 1-0 logged in the official records. Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): América won five games, one match ended with a tie and Avaí got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six The matches between these clubs have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  L. da Conceição Silva 3 goals |  A. Feitosa 1 goals |
América Mineiro missing players
Avaí missing players
| América Mineiro | Avaí | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 13 | 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 30 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 74% |
| 32% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 63% |
| 5% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 5% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 26% | 33% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 58% |
| 21% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 58% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 26% |
| 5.4 | 6.3 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 6.2 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 9.6 | 7.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14.1 | 16.3 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.4 | 11.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 15% | 21% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 13% | 27% |
| 15.4 | 13.3 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 19.9 | 15.6 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
- América Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- América Mineiro have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Avaí have scored away.
- América Mineiro have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie A
- Avaí have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Avaí have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Avaí have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | 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 | Atletico 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 | Ceara | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | Coritiba | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Goias | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 15 | América Mineiro | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
| 16 | Avaí | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 21 |
| 17 | Cuiabá | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 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 |
