América Mineiro will hope that their home support is enough to get something from this demanding encounter, versus vibrant Fortaleza.
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (17) in Serie A
- Fortaleza have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Serie A
It's quite the trip for Fortaleza when visiting América Mineiro as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for América and Fortaleza.
América Mineiro form and stats
América Mineiro have played three Serie A home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
América Mineiro's previous fixture was a Copa do Brasil game also played at their home, finishing 2-0 versus Internacional. The home team hope to to repeat that performance. Pasinato, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.8 out of 10 in that game. Pasinato topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was the home Serie A game against Cruzeiro that was lost 0-4.Goals are flowing in this team's league fixtures, with 6 in a row seeing three or more goals (over 2.5).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for América Mineiro, as the Copa Sudamericana home game vs Defensa y Justicia is only three days away.
América have scored {1 goals} here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. When América Mineiro hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Goiás, Coritiba, Corinthians, Bahia, Cuiabá and Vasco da Gama), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Fortaleza form and stats
Fortaleza are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Fortaleza have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 191 minutes ago. Alexandre was the goal scorer. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Fortaleza goalkeeper Joao Ricardo Riedi is eager to challenge this, with his 182 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two away games in a row for Fortaleza, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 vs Palmeiras in the Copa do Brasil. Defender Crispim was the best team player with a rating of 7.03. Crispim hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.
A 0-0 draw at Gremio's stadium before that.A quick return to home after this game, as Fortaleza are hosting San Lorenzo in the Copa Sudamericana only four days away.
Fortaleza find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Fortaleza's manager Vojvoda has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two América Mineiro victories, zero draws and four Fortaleza wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. dos Santos Gonçalves 3 goals |   M. Vieira da Veiga 3 goals |  G. Souza Lisboa 2 goals |
América Mineiro missing players
Fortaleza missing players
| América Mineiro | Fortaleza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 | 9 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 6.2 | 6.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.7 | 16.3 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 15.7 | 17.8 |
| 4.7 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.3 | 7.3 |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 25% | 20% |
| 15.2 | 14 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 18.7 | 15.3 |
| 7.2 | 7.3 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 7 | 5.2 |
- All of América Mineiro's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- América Mineiro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- América Mineiro have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- América Mineiro have lost all their home matches so far.
- América Mineiro have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the fewest points (0) at home in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (17) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (9) at home in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most matches over the total-line (6) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Serie A
- América Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- América Mineiro is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Fortaleza have not yet lost a game.
- Fortaleza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fortaleza have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Serie A
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Botafogo | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Cruzeiro | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Fortaleza | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Atlético Mineiro | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Santos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | São Paulo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Flamengo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Gremio | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Bragantino | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Internacional | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Vasco da Gama | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Bahia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Goiás | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Cuiabá | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | Coritiba | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 2 |
| 20 | América Mineiro | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 1 |
