América Mineiro fights Fortaleza in Serie A face-off

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (23018 seats)

We've seen boom and bust for these two contenders this season, situated in positions near the median of the Serie A table. Here's the América Mineiro - Fortaleza latest:

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

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Fortaleza, who are travelling more than 2300 kilometers to play this game.

Both teams have had time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an active fixture!

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América Mineiro form and stats

América Mineiro have collected 27 points from their Serie A home games so far after 8-3-4.

It's back home for América Mineiro, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Fluminense away with the result 2-0. Matheusinho and Juninho found the net in that victory. Cavichioli loved the game against Fluminense. With a stunning ten saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory. Cavichioli, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 9.24 out of 10 in that game. Cavichioli topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, América lost 1-2 at home to Sao Paulo.

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 Mineiro as a small favourite), we find 9 games. América Mineiro has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

The América Mineiro fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 15 matches. América Mineiro are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.

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Fortaleza form and stats

6-2-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fortaleza in their Serie A matches away.

Fortaleza go into this game after a win, the home game against Avai that ended 2-0. The attacker Galhardo got a match rating of 7.54 in that game. Galhardo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Atletico PR.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Fortaleza in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Fortaleza, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

The visiting Fortaleza have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 16 games. 21 goals have been conceded by Fortaleza in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date reported history featuring both these teams is the Fortaleza - América 1-0 played not long ago this season. Previous five meetings between these squads: América Mineiro won two, Fortaleza triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

FortalezaM. Vieira da Veiga
M. Vieira da Veiga
6 goals
AméricaF. Azevedo dos Santos
F. Azevedo dos Santos
4 goals
América MineiroH. Almeida Caixeta Nascentes
H. Almeida Caixeta Nascentes
4 goals

América Mineiro missing players

Fortaleza missing players

Total First Half Second Half
América Mineiro Fortaleza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 16 31
13 8 1 Won W 2 6 11
6 3 2 Drew D 0 2 8
12 4 2 Lost L 3 8 12
29 18 4 Scored S 6 18 32
30 13 7 Conceded C 8 21 32
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
55% 60% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 55%
32% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 35%
6% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 19% 16%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 10%
35% 40% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 48%
32% 40% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 39%
39% 27% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 23%
 
5.4 5.8 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.3 5.2
5.9 5.4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 6.5 5.6
2.4 2.2 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.2
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
14.5 16.6 16.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10.9 14
5 5.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.7 4
19% 22% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 31% 26%
 
15.3 13.2 15.6 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 14.6 12.8
4.7 3.5 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.4 5.1 4.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • América Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortaleza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fortaleza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fortaleza 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 30 19 9 2 52 20 15 10 3 2 30 11 15 9 6 0 22 9 32 66
2 Internacional 31 15 12 4 48 28 16 10 5 1 33 13 15 5 7 3 15 15 20 57
3 Corinthians 31 15 9 7 38 30 16 11 4 1 23 8 15 4 5 6 15 22 8 54
4 Flamengo 31 15 7 9 50 29 15 9 3 3 31 9 16 6 4 6 19 20 21 52
5 Fluminense 31 15 6 10 48 38 16 10 2 4 31 17 15 5 4 6 17 21 10 51
6 Atletico PR 31 13 9 9 37 36 15 8 6 1 23 12 16 5 3 8 14 24 1 48
7 Atletico Mineiro 31 12 11 8 38 32 16 6 5 5 21 16 15 6 6 3 17 16 6 47
8 América Mineiro 31 13 6 12 29 30 15 8 3 4 18 13 16 5 3 8 11 17 -1 45
9 Botafogo 31 12 7 12 32 34 15 4 4 7 13 15 16 8 3 5 19 19 -2 43
10 Fortaleza 31 11 8 12 32 32 15 5 6 4 14 11 16 6 2 8 18 21 0 41
11 Sao Paulo 30 9 13 8 41 33 15 6 5 4 25 16 15 3 8 4 16 17 8 40
12 Bragantino 31 9 11 11 41 41 15 7 5 3 24 14 16 2 6 8 17 27 0 38
13 Goias 31 9 11 11 33 40 15 5 6 4 17 16 16 4 5 7 16 24 -7 38
14 Santos 30 9 10 11 32 28 15 7 4 4 23 14 15 2 6 7 9 14 4 37
15 Coritiba 30 10 4 16 31 48 16 10 2 4 21 13 14 0 2 12 10 35 -17 34
16 Ceara 31 6 15 10 28 32 16 3 7 6 15 19 15 3 8 4 13 13 -4 33
17 Cuiaba 31 7 9 15 23 34 15 4 7 4 12 11 16 3 2 11 11 23 -11 30
18 Atletico GO 30 7 7 16 30 47 15 5 3 7 17 18 15 2 4 9 13 29 -17 28
19 Avai 31 7 7 17 28 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 15 1 3 11 7 28 -21 28
20 Juventude 30 3 11 16 23 53 15 2 7 6 14 21 15 1 4 10 9 32 -30 20

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 30 19 9 2 52 20 15 10 3 2 30 11 15 9 6 0 22 9 32 66
2 Internacional 31 15 12 4 48 28 16 10 5 1 33 13 15 5 7 3 15 15 20 57
3 Corinthians 31 15 9 7 38 30 16 11 4 1 23 8 15 4 5 6 15 22 8 54
4 Flamengo 31 15 7 9 50 29 15 9 3 3 31 9 16 6 4 6 19 20 21 52
5 Fluminense 31 15 6 10 48 38 16 10 2 4 31 17 15 5 4 6 17 21 10 51
6 Atletico PR 31 13 9 9 37 36 15 8 6 1 23 12 16 5 3 8 14 24 1 48
7 Atletico Mineiro 31 12 11 8 38 32 16 6 5 5 21 16 15 6 6 3 17 16 6 47
8 América Mineiro 31 13 6 12 29 30 15 8 3 4 18 13 16 5 3 8 11 17 -1 45
9 Botafogo 31 12 7 12 32 34 15 4 4 7 13 15 16 8 3 5 19 19 -2 43
10 Fortaleza 31 11 8 12 32 32 15 5 6 4 14 11 16 6 2 8 18 21 0 41
11 Sao Paulo 30 9 13 8 41 33 15 6 5 4 25 16 15 3 8 4 16 17 8 40
12 Bragantino 31 9 11 11 41 41 15 7 5 3 24 14 16 2 6 8 17 27 0 38
13 Goias 31 9 11 11 33 40 15 5 6 4 17 16 16 4 5 7 16 24 -7 38
14 Santos 30 9 10 11 32 28 15 7 4 4 23 14 15 2 6 7 9 14 4 37
15 Coritiba 30 10 4 16 31 48 16 10 2 4 21 13 14 0 2 12 10 35 -17 34
16 Ceara 31 6 15 10 28 32 16 3 7 6 15 19 15 3 8 4 13 13 -4 33
17 Cuiaba 31 7 9 15 23 34 15 4 7 4 12 11 16 3 2 11 11 23 -11 30
18 Atletico GO 30 7 7 16 30 47 15 5 3 7 17 18 15 2 4 9 13 29 -17 28
19 Avai 31 7 7 17 28 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 15 1 3 11 7 28 -21 28
20 Juventude 30 3 11 16 23 53 15 2 7 6 14 21 15 1 4 10 9 32 -30 20

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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.