Serie A duel: Close contest expected between América Mineiro and São Paulo

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 06.October
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Raimundo Sampaio (23018 seats)

Which side will claim the win when São Paulo travel to América Mineiro? In this preview you'll get all the relevant facts and numbers needed to enjoy the game more.

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their previous game. Let's agree to expect an energetic fixture!

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América Mineiro form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for América Mineiro at their home stadium (Estádio Raimundo Sampaio) is 8 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Two home wins in a row for América bring valid hopes of a third.

A strong away win for América Mineiro against Ceará the last match, as Azevedo and Juninho were on target. The victory against Ceará came after Azevedo's winning goal. The América Mineiro manager Mancini was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 67th minute. Midfielder Juninho was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.12 (out of ten) in that game. Juninho scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Cuiaba.

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 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 1.

It should be considered that a glance at the 20 latest league matches reveals that 15 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The manager Mancini will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fluminense in only three days.

The América Mineiro fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 14 matches. From these home matches, América Mineiro have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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São Paulo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for São Paulo so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 2-8-4 (win-draw-lose).

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. São Paulo goalkeeper Felipe Alves Raymundo is eager to challenge this, with his 256 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Copa Sudamericana home loss versus Independiente del Valle with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Avai in the Serie A.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with São Paulo playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 2 Paulo wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as São Paulo are hosting Botafogo in the Serie A only three days away.

As opposed to that, Paulo have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These two sides encountered each other previously this campaign: São Paulo - América Mineiro 1-0. Data for the previous ten meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for América Mineiro, three draws and five wins for São Paulo. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

São PauloJ. Calleri
J. Calleri
12 goals
São PauloL. da Rocha Neves
L. da Rocha Neves
8 goals
São PauloP. Bezerra do Nascimento
P. Bezerra do Nascimento
5 goals

América Mineiro missing players

São Paulo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
América Mineiro São Paulo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
12 8 2 Won W 0 2 8
6 3 2 Drew D 2 8 13
11 3 0 Lost L 2 4 7
26 17 4 Scored S 1 14 39
28 11 2 Conceded C 3 16 31
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 93%
52% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 71% 75%
31% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 21% 43%
7% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 25%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
34% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 64% 57%
31% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 25%
41% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 29% 25%
 
5.4 6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.7 6.4
5.9 5.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.9 4.4
2.4 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.2 2.8
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.3 16.9 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 12.5 14.5
4.9 5.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 4.7
18% 22% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 27% 30%
 
14.9 12.8 14.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13 12
4.5 3.4 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.6 4.2

  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 28 17 9 2 45 19 14 9 3 2 26 11 14 8 6 0 19 8 26 60
2 Internacional 29 14 11 4 44 26 15 9 5 1 29 11 14 5 6 3 15 15 18 53
3 Fluminense 29 15 6 8 46 33 15 10 2 3 31 15 14 5 4 5 15 18 13 51
4 Corinthians 29 14 8 7 34 27 15 10 4 1 21 7 14 4 4 6 13 20 7 50
5 Flamengo 29 14 6 9 48 28 14 9 2 3 31 9 15 5 4 6 17 19 20 48
6 Athletico PR 29 13 8 8 35 33 14 8 5 1 22 11 15 5 3 7 13 22 2 47
7 Atlético Mineiro 29 11 10 8 36 31 15 6 4 5 21 16 14 5 6 3 15 15 5 43
8 América Mineiro 29 12 6 11 26 28 14 8 3 3 17 11 15 4 3 8 9 17 -2 42
9 Fortaleza 29 10 7 12 29 31 14 4 6 4 12 11 15 6 1 8 17 20 -2 37
10 Botafogo 28 10 7 11 28 30 14 4 4 6 12 12 14 6 3 5 16 18 -2 37
11 Santos 29 9 10 10 31 26 14 7 4 3 22 12 15 2 6 7 9 14 5 37
12 Goiás 29 9 10 10 30 35 15 5 6 4 17 16 14 4 4 6 13 19 -5 37
13 São Paulo 28 8 13 7 39 31 14 6 5 3 25 15 14 2 8 4 14 16 8 37
14 Bragantino 29 8 11 10 38 38 14 6 5 3 22 13 15 2 6 7 16 25 0 35
15 Coritiba 28 9 4 15 29 43 15 9 2 4 19 12 13 0 2 11 10 31 -14 31
16 Ceará 29 6 13 10 27 31 15 3 6 6 14 18 14 3 7 4 13 13 -4 31
17 Cuiaba 29 7 9 13 21 30 14 4 7 3 11 9 15 3 2 10 10 21 -9 30
18 Avai 29 7 7 15 27 45 15 6 4 5 20 19 14 1 3 10 7 26 -18 28
19 Atlético GO 29 6 7 16 27 45 14 4 3 7 14 16 15 2 4 9 13 29 -18 25
20 Juventude 29 3 10 16 21 51 14 2 6 6 12 19 15 1 4 10 9 32 -30 19

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 28 17 9 2 45 19 14 9 3 2 26 11 14 8 6 0 19 8 26 60
2 Internacional 29 14 11 4 44 26 15 9 5 1 29 11 14 5 6 3 15 15 18 53
3 Fluminense 29 15 6 8 46 33 15 10 2 3 31 15 14 5 4 5 15 18 13 51
4 Corinthians 29 14 8 7 34 27 15 10 4 1 21 7 14 4 4 6 13 20 7 50
5 Flamengo 29 14 6 9 48 28 14 9 2 3 31 9 15 5 4 6 17 19 20 48
6 Athletico PR 29 13 8 8 35 33 14 8 5 1 22 11 15 5 3 7 13 22 2 47
7 Atlético Mineiro 29 11 10 8 36 31 15 6 4 5 21 16 14 5 6 3 15 15 5 43
8 América Mineiro 29 12 6 11 26 28 14 8 3 3 17 11 15 4 3 8 9 17 -2 42
9 Fortaleza 29 10 7 12 29 31 14 4 6 4 12 11 15 6 1 8 17 20 -2 37
10 Botafogo 28 10 7 11 28 30 14 4 4 6 12 12 14 6 3 5 16 18 -2 37
11 Santos 29 9 10 10 31 26 14 7 4 3 22 12 15 2 6 7 9 14 5 37
12 Goiás 29 9 10 10 30 35 15 5 6 4 17 16 14 4 4 6 13 19 -5 37
13 São Paulo 28 8 13 7 39 31 14 6 5 3 25 15 14 2 8 4 14 16 8 37
14 Bragantino 29 8 11 10 38 38 14 6 5 3 22 13 15 2 6 7 16 25 0 35
15 Coritiba 28 9 4 15 29 43 15 9 2 4 19 12 13 0 2 11 10 31 -14 31
16 Ceará 29 6 13 10 27 31 15 3 6 6 14 18 14 3 7 4 13 13 -4 31
17 Cuiaba 29 7 9 13 21 30 14 4 7 3 11 9 15 3 2 10 10 21 -9 30
18 Avai 29 7 7 15 27 45 15 6 4 5 20 19 14 1 3 10 7 26 -18 28
19 Atlético GO 29 6 7 16 27 45 14 4 3 7 14 16 15 2 4 9 13 29 -18 25
20 Juventude 29 3 10 16 21 51 14 2 6 6 12 19 15 1 4 10 9 32 -30 19

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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.