América Mineiro and Santos have both delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf expression. Both teams reside in mid-table spots in the Serie A.
- América Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
This has all the signs of an exciting game with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
América Mineiro form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for América Mineiro at their home stadium (Estádio Raimundo Sampaio) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
A strong away win for América Mineiro against Juventude the last match, as Pedrinho were on target. The goalie Cavichioli was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.74 out of ten. Cavichioli topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Avai.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how América have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 12 latest league games shows that 11 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
The match schedule is unforgiving for América Mineiro as they have a new game in only four days, a Copa do Brasil match thankfully also at home. Sao Paulo are visiting.
América Mineiro are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games.
Santos form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Santos have produced an overall stat of 2-5-3 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Santos, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Coritiba (placed 15th) last time out. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager de Lorenzi when Angulo scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 89th minute. Madson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.3. The defender Madson scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 12 of 17 duels.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Fluminense.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santos playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Santos wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
The attacking power of Santos when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Santos as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other before in this season, with the final score Santos - América Mineiro 3-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: five - zero - four (América Mineiro wins - draws - Santos wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Santos Almeida 8 goals |  L. Carrilho Baptistão 5 goals |  V. de Souza Zanocelo 3 goals |
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| América Mineiro | Santos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 26 |
| 23 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 70% | 81% |
| 48% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| 33% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 48% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 19% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 29% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 52% |
| 24% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 33% |
| 52% | 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 6.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 6.5 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.1 | 16.5 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.9 | 13.5 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | 5 |
| 17% | 25% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 22% | 25% |
| 15.1 | 12.9 | 14.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 15.7 | 15.6 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
- América Mineiro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- América Mineiro have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 45 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 39 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Atletico PR | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 37 |
| 5 | Flamengo | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 36 |
| 6 | Internacional | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
| 7 | Atletico Mineiro | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 30 |
| 9 | Santos | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 10 | América Mineiro | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 27 |
| 11 | Sao Paulo | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Goias | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Ceara | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 | Coritiba | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -10 | 22 |
| 16 | Avai | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 22 |
| 17 | Fortaleza | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Cuiaba | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 19 | Atletico GO | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 20 |
| 20 | Juventude | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -18 | 16 |
