Lots of good and bad for these two squads so far this campaign, occupying positions near the center of the Serie A table. Here's the América Mineiro - Fluminense latest:
- América Mineiro have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie A
- Fluminense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
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
3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what América Mineiro have to build on here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in the Serie A.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 217 minutes without scoring a league goal. Azevedo was the last player to find the net.
In their previous game, the manager Mancini led his América Mineiro to a defeat away at Sao Paulo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio.
Preceding that match was the home game against Ceará that was lost 0-2.This is expected to be a close game, with América Mineiro perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with América as a small favourite), we find 6 games. América Mineiro has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for América Mineiro as they are travelling to their away game against Fortaleza in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
The América Mineiro fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches.
Fluminense form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Fluminense's previous game was their home loss versus Atlético GO (0-2). Fluminense goalie Fábio could take pride in a fine day versus Atlético GO, but despite achieving six saves the beating could not be evaded. Attacker Paulista got a player rating of 7.81 in the game. "Man of the match" Paulista dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, Fluminense secured a home win against Atlético Mineiro with the score 5-3.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Fluminense playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 4 Fluminense wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Fluminense are hosting Avai in the Serie A only four days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Fluminense has managed 5 goals and let in 5 from 5 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): América Mineiro three wins, one draw and Fluminense four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Cano 7 goals | J. Arias Andrade 4 goals |  G. Santana 2 goals |
América Mineiro missing players
Fluminense missing players
| América Mineiro | Fluminense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 55% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 36% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 18% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 18% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 45% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.1 | 15.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.2 | 12.4 |
| 4.3 | 5.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 4.4 |
| 23% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 11.5 | 9.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 16.4 | 13.2 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 4 | 4 |
- América Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- América Mineiro have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie A
- América Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fluminense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Fluminense 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 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 22 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Sao Paulo | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Internacional | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | Atlético Mineiro | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Coritiba | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Fluminense | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | América Mineiro | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Santos | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | Bragantino | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 12 | Ceará | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Goiás | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 14 | Atlético GO | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 15 | Flamengo | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | Botafogo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | Cuiaba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 18 | Avai | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 19 | Juventude | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 10 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
