Delightful dogfight as daring América Mineiro duel with determined Goiás

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 03.July
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (23018 seats)

América Mineiro are keen to get the points at their own ground in this fixture vs Goiás.

Insights:
  • América Mineiro have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie A
  • Goiás have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Serie A

It's quite the trip for Goiás when visiting América Mineiro as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

América Mineiro have less rest than Goiás in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa do Brasil game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Goiás have had more rest.

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América Mineiro form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, América Mineiro have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games. When América Mineiro hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Fortaleza, Coritiba, Juventude, América Mineiro, Cuiaba and Ceara), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 487 minutes without scoring a league goal. Azevedo was the last player to find the net.

América Mineiro's previous fixture was a Copa do Brasil game also played at their own arena, ending 3-0 against Botafogo. The home team are looking to build on that result. Avelar was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.12 out of 10. The defender Avelar scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 9 of 13 duels.

Heartbreak before that as América lost 0-3 at Flamengo's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does América Mineiro handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Some information for those who like to bet on "both teams to score yes/no: This side have finished 5 league fixtures in a row with only one (or none) side scoring.

The América Mineiro fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. América Mineiro have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Goiás form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Goiás so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).

Raúl scored in Goiás's previous match, the home game against Cuiaba that ended 1-0. That victory felt sweet as this side had gone four league matches without winning. Midfielder Dieguinho was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.1. Dieguinho served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times.

Goiás are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this side's latest 10 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Goiás as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Goiás in these games.

Head 2 Head

Previous six meetings with these sides: América Mineiro won zero, Goiás triumphed in three and we saw three draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

GoiásN. Godinho Johann
N. Godinho Johann
8 goals
GoiásP. Garay da Silva
P. Garay da Silva
7 goals
GoiásV. Santos Silva
V. Santos Silva
4 goals

América Mineiro missing players

Goiás missing players

América Mineiro Goiás
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 3 Played P 2 7 14
4 3 2 Won W 0 2 4
3 2 0 Drew D 1 1 5
7 1 1 Lost L 1 4 5
11 8 6 Scored S 1 6 14
17 5 4 Conceded C 4 10 17
93% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 64%
36% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 36%
7% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 14%
7% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
36% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 57%
14% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 21%
57% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 21%
 
4.9 4.8 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.9 3.4
6 6.2 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 7 6.6
2.1 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.3 3.3
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.3 14.2 18 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.6 10.1
4.6 5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.4 3
17% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 33%
 
14.2 11 8 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 18.7 18.1
5 3.8 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5 5.1
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • América Mineiro have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie A
  • Goiás have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Goiás have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Goiás have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Serie A
  • Goiás haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 14 8 5 1 27 10 7 4 2 1 16 6 7 4 3 0 11 4 17 29
2 Corinthians 14 7 5 2 17 10 7 4 3 0 9 2 7 3 2 2 8 8 7 26
3 Atletico PR 14 7 3 4 17 15 7 4 2 1 11 7 7 3 1 3 6 8 2 24
4 Internacional 14 6 6 2 21 14 7 3 3 1 13 8 7 3 3 1 8 6 7 24
5 Atletico Mineiro 14 6 6 2 22 16 8 5 2 1 15 8 6 1 4 1 7 8 6 24
6 Fluminense 14 6 3 5 16 14 7 3 1 3 10 9 7 3 2 2 6 5 2 21
7 Santos 14 4 7 3 18 13 7 3 3 1 12 6 7 1 4 2 6 7 5 19
8 Sao Paulo 14 4 7 3 18 15 7 4 2 1 12 6 7 0 5 2 6 9 3 19
9 Flamengo 14 5 3 6 16 15 7 4 1 2 10 4 7 1 2 4 6 11 1 18
10 Botafogo 14 5 3 6 16 19 7 2 1 4 7 9 7 3 2 2 9 10 -3 18
11 Avai 14 5 3 6 17 21 7 4 2 1 13 10 7 1 1 5 4 11 -4 18
12 Bragantino 14 4 6 4 20 19 7 3 2 2 11 7 7 1 4 2 9 12 1 18
13 Atletico GO 14 4 5 5 16 19 7 3 2 2 9 6 7 1 3 3 7 13 -3 17
14 Goiás 14 4 5 5 14 17 7 2 4 1 8 7 7 2 1 4 6 10 -3 17
15 Ceara 14 3 8 3 14 14 6 0 4 2 5 8 8 3 4 1 9 6 0 17
16 Coritiba 14 4 3 7 16 22 7 4 1 2 9 6 7 0 2 5 7 16 -6 15
17 América Mineiro 14 4 3 7 11 17 6 3 2 1 8 5 8 1 1 6 3 12 -6 15
18 Cuiaba 14 3 4 7 9 16 7 1 4 2 4 5 7 2 0 5 5 11 -7 13
19 Juventude 14 2 5 7 12 24 7 1 2 4 6 12 7 1 3 3 6 12 -12 11
20 Fortaleza 14 2 4 8 12 19 8 1 4 3 4 6 6 1 0 5 8 13 -7 10

Read more about Serie A

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.