Serie A duel: Close contest expected between América Mineiro and Corinthians

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 18.September
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (23018 seats)

Estádio Raimundo Sampaio: Get ready for a football party when América Mineiro tie their boots for Corinthians. All the latest on the game here!

Insights:
  • América Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Corinthians have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Corinthians could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Copa do Brasil game only three sleeps ago.

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América Mineiro form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, América Mineiro have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Matheus Fernando Cavichioli not having conceded a league goal in 260 minutes.

An away draw last time out for América Mineiro, facing Botafogo in a game that ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Cavichioli got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.42 out of ten. Cavichioli topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, América won a home game hosting Coritiba (2-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how América Mineiro have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 1.

It should be noted that a look at the 17 most recent league matches shows that 14 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

América are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. From these home matches, América Mineiro have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Corinthians form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.

The regulars enjoyed Corinthians's previous game versus Fluminense, a Copa do Brasil win (3-0) played at home. Santos was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.13. The defender Santos hit one key pass and won 9 of 9 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sao Paulo.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Corinthians playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 4 Corinthians wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 15 of this team's latest 20 league matches have had two goals or less.

Corinthians have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Corinthians have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when playing América Mineiro.

The most recent recorded scoreline between these participants is the Corinthians - América Mineiro 1-1 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

CorinthiansR. Krug Guedes
R. Krug Guedes
6 goals
América MineiroH. Almeida Caixeta Nascentes
H. Almeida Caixeta Nascentes
4 goals
América MineiroP. Pereira Lopes
P. Pereira Lopes
4 goals

América Mineiro missing players

Corinthians missing players

Total First Half Second Half
América Mineiro Corinthians
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
10 7 1 Won W 3 4 12
6 3 1 Drew D 1 4 8
10 3 1 Lost L 0 5 6
22 16 1 Scored S 7 13 30
25 11 1 Conceded C 3 19 25
92% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
50% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 58%
27% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 46% 35%
8% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 23%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
31% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 42%
31% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 38%
46% 31% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 23%
 
5.6 6.2 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 4.7
6 5.4 8.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 5.4 4.8
2.2 2.3 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.7
5 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.3 16.6 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10 11.2
4.6 5.2 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4 3.9
18% 24% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 25% 30%
 
15.2 13.1 17.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.1 12.8
4.6 3.5 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.7 4.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • América Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Corinthians have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Corinthians have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Corinthians haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 26 15 9 2 43 19 13 8 3 2 25 11 13 7 6 0 18 8 24 54
2 Internacional 26 12 10 4 41 25 13 8 4 1 28 11 13 4 6 3 13 14 16 46
3 Flamengo 26 13 6 7 41 22 12 8 2 2 26 6 14 5 4 5 15 16 19 45
4 Fluminense 26 13 6 7 40 30 14 9 2 3 27 15 12 4 4 4 13 15 10 45
5 Corinthians 26 12 8 6 30 25 13 8 4 1 17 6 13 4 4 5 13 19 5 44
6 Atletico PR 26 12 7 7 31 29 12 7 4 1 18 9 14 5 3 6 13 20 2 43
7 Atletico Mineiro 26 10 10 6 34 29 13 5 4 4 19 15 13 5 6 2 15 14 5 40
8 América Mineiro 26 10 6 10 22 25 13 7 3 3 16 11 13 3 3 7 6 14 -3 36
9 Goias 26 9 9 8 29 32 13 5 6 2 17 14 13 4 3 6 12 18 -3 36
10 Santos 26 8 10 8 29 24 13 6 4 3 20 12 13 2 6 5 9 12 5 34
11 Bragantino 26 8 9 9 36 33 13 6 4 3 21 12 13 2 5 6 15 21 3 33
12 Botafogo 26 8 7 11 25 30 13 3 4 6 10 12 13 5 3 5 15 18 -5 31
13 Sao Paulo 26 6 13 7 33 31 13 5 5 3 21 15 13 1 8 4 12 16 2 31
14 Ceara 26 6 13 7 26 26 13 3 6 4 13 14 13 3 7 3 13 12 0 31
15 Fortaleza 26 8 6 12 24 28 13 3 6 4 9 9 13 5 0 8 15 19 -4 30
16 Coritiba 26 8 4 14 28 41 14 8 2 4 18 12 12 0 2 10 10 29 -13 28
17 Cuiaba 26 6 8 12 17 25 13 3 7 3 9 8 13 3 1 9 8 17 -8 26
18 Avai 26 6 7 13 25 39 13 5 4 4 18 17 13 1 3 9 7 22 -14 25
19 Atletico GO 26 5 7 14 23 40 13 4 3 6 13 14 13 1 4 8 10 26 -17 22
20 Juventude 26 3 9 14 20 44 13 2 5 6 11 18 13 1 4 8 9 26 -24 18

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 Palmeiras 26 15 9 2 43 19 13 8 3 2 25 11 13 7 6 0 18 8 24 54
2 Internacional 26 12 10 4 41 25 13 8 4 1 28 11 13 4 6 3 13 14 16 46
3 Flamengo 26 13 6 7 41 22 12 8 2 2 26 6 14 5 4 5 15 16 19 45
4 Fluminense 26 13 6 7 40 30 14 9 2 3 27 15 12 4 4 4 13 15 10 45
5 Corinthians 26 12 8 6 30 25 13 8 4 1 17 6 13 4 4 5 13 19 5 44
6 Atletico PR 26 12 7 7 31 29 12 7 4 1 18 9 14 5 3 6 13 20 2 43
7 Atletico Mineiro 26 10 10 6 34 29 13 5 4 4 19 15 13 5 6 2 15 14 5 40
8 América Mineiro 26 10 6 10 22 25 13 7 3 3 16 11 13 3 3 7 6 14 -3 36
9 Goias 26 9 9 8 29 32 13 5 6 2 17 14 13 4 3 6 12 18 -3 36
10 Santos 26 8 10 8 29 24 13 6 4 3 20 12 13 2 6 5 9 12 5 34
11 Bragantino 26 8 9 9 36 33 13 6 4 3 21 12 13 2 5 6 15 21 3 33
12 Botafogo 26 8 7 11 25 30 13 3 4 6 10 12 13 5 3 5 15 18 -5 31
13 Sao Paulo 26 6 13 7 33 31 13 5 5 3 21 15 13 1 8 4 12 16 2 31
14 Ceara 26 6 13 7 26 26 13 3 6 4 13 14 13 3 7 3 13 12 0 31
15 Fortaleza 26 8 6 12 24 28 13 3 6 4 9 9 13 5 0 8 15 19 -4 30
16 Coritiba 26 8 4 14 28 41 14 8 2 4 18 12 12 0 2 10 10 29 -13 28
17 Cuiaba 26 6 8 12 17 25 13 3 7 3 9 8 13 3 1 9 8 17 -8 26
18 Avai 26 6 7 13 25 39 13 5 4 4 18 17 13 1 3 9 7 22 -14 25
19 Atletico GO 26 5 7 14 23 40 13 4 3 6 13 14 13 1 4 8 10 26 -17 22
20 Juventude 26 3 9 14 20 44 13 2 5 6 11 18 13 1 4 8 9 26 -24 18

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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.