Only the second game in the Serie A for these teams and it's all to play for here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio as América Mineiro welcomes Corinthians. Check out this preview!
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.
América Mineiro form and stats
Last season, América Mineiro's league statistics were 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Mineiro 1. Over these eleven matches they scored 17 goals and conceded 9. Playing at home last season América Mineiro managed 3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 2 conceded.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Criciuma in the Copa do Brasil last time out and are looking for a win here.
A Serie A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Atletico PR.América are traveling soon after this match as the Copa do Brasil match at Criciuma awaits in three days.
Corinthians form and stats
Let's have a look at how Corinthians performed last season in the Paulista A1: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 17 and conceded 9 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 1 with 6/2 goals scored/conceded.
Corinthians are looking to quickly end their 430 minutes long goal drought in the Serie A.
Corinthians might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Atlético GO proved too strong as Corinthians slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Arena Corinthians. Midfielder Ramiro was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.04. Ramiro hit one key pass and had 53 successful passes (of 63 total).
The game before that, in the Serie A, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Atlético GO.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Copa do Brasil trip to Atlético GO.
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between the teams: América won two, Corinthians won four and two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.América Mineiro missing players
Corinthians missing players
| América Mineiro | Corinthians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| América Mineiro | Last season | Corinthians | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 7 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | ||
| 87% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 93% | ||
| 60% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 71% | ||
| 47% | 14% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 43% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 47% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 50% | ||
| 47% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 83% | 43% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 14% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.4 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 31% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bahia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Bragantino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ceará | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Atletico PR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Atlético GO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Flamengo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Cuiabá | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Internacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Juventude | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sport Recife | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Fluminense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | São Paulo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Grêmio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Atlético Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | América Mineiro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Palmeiras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Chapecoense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Corinthians | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Inter de Limeira | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 18 |
| 3 | Santo Andre | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 4 | Botafogo SP | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 12 |