Both the home- and away side have struggled so far, but three points in this highly important fixture would certainly provide a boost. Get set for América Mineiro - Goiás!
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (40) in Serie A
- Goiás haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It's quite the trip for Goiás when visiting América Mineiro as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither América nor Goiás as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
América Mineiro form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. América Mineiro have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from their games here at Estádio Raimundo Sampaio. The América Mineiro manager Mancini might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The América Mineiro manager Mancini and his players return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Bragantino in the Copa Sudamericana.
Heartbreak before that as América Mineiro lost 1-3 at Bahia's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how América have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Betting people might want to know that 9 of the latest 11 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each side.
The América Mineiro fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. América are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (18 from 8 played).
Goiás form and stats
Goiás have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-1-6 (9 played).
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Copa Sudamericana home loss versus Estudiantes with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Fortaleza.We have checked recent matches where Goiás have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Goiás as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Goiás have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
América Mineiro have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when playing Goiás.Top Goalscorers
  D. Avelar 3 goals |  G. Mastriani Borges 3 goals |  A. dos Santos Gonçalves 3 goals |
América Mineiro missing players
Goiás missing players
| América Mineiro | Goiás | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 40 | 18 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 82% | 88% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 22% | 39% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 22% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 11% |
| 71% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 44% |
| 6% | 12% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 22% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| 4.9 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 8.1 | 6.6 |
| 2.9 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.8 | 15.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 12.1 | 13.6 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4 |
| 23% | 22% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 25% | 24% |
| 14.6 | 11.9 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.7 | 18.2 | 15.3 |
| 6.2 | 5.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
- All of América Mineiro's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- América Mineiro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- América Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- América Mineiro have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals (40) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Serie A
- América Mineiro have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Serie A
- América Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- América Mineiro is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Goiás 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 | Botafogo | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 44 |
| 2 | Flamengo | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Palmeiras | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Bragantino | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Gremio | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Atletico PR | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Cuiaba | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | São Paulo | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | Atletico Mineiro | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Cruzeiro | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Internacional | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Goiás | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Bahia | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Santos | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 14 |
| 19 | Vasco da Gama | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 12 |
| 20 | América Mineiro | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -21 | 10 |
