Match preview: Athletico PR expected to win against América Mineiro at Arena da Baixada

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena da Baixada (43981 seats)

It's looking great for Athletico PR at this point, with the 5th place in the Serie A table and welcoming América Mineiro (who are sitting at 8th).

Insights:
  • América Mineiro have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Serie A

It's quite the trip for América Mineiro when visiting Athletico as the cities are 1000 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 Athletico PR and América Mineiro.

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Athletico PR form and stats

Athletico PR are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Arena da Baixada. 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games.

Athletico PR's previous match was also a home event, the loss 0-1 versus Flamengo (in Copa do Brasil).

Prior to that, an away loss at Flamengo in the Serie A.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Athletico's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 2 matches, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Athletico PR have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena da Baixada with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Athletico are not conceding a lot of goals here at Arena da Baixada in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.

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América Mineiro form and stats

There's been little loot from América Mineiro's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Serie A. América Mineiro only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.

266 minutes! That's how long the América Mineiro goalkeeper Matheus Fernando Cavichioli and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

América delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against São Paulo in their previous game; a Copa do Brasil fixture. The attacker Everaldo got a match rating of 8.05 in that game. Everaldo scored one goal and hit two key passes.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Santos.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and América Mineiro playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.

Lacking goals? 10 of this club's most recent 13 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from América Mineiro's away games in the league this season with only 5 goals from 11 matches. América Mineiro have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

América Mineiro - Athletico 1-0 was the outcome when this pair of participants previously met, some time ago this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Athletico PR won four, América Mineiro were winners in six and we saw zero draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Athletico PRM. Terans Pérez
M. Terans Pérez
7 goals
Athletico PRV. Roque Ferreira
V. Roque Ferreira
4 goals
Athletico PRV. Frezarin Bueno
V. Frezarin Bueno
3 goals

Athletico PR missing players

América Mineiro missing players

Athletico PR América Mineiro
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 4 Played P 3 11 22
11 6 2 Won W 0 3 9
4 3 1 Drew D 1 1 3
7 1 1 Lost L 2 7 10
28 16 7 Scored S 1 5 18
27 8 5 Conceded C 5 13 23
91% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
59% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 36% 45%
45% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 27% 32%
32% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
18% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
41% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 18% 27%
36% 40% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 27%
32% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 64% 50%
 
5 5.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.3 5.3
6.5 5.5 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 7.2 6.5
2.6 3.1 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 4 5
 
13 14.6 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 12 14.3
4.1 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.5 4.7
31% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 6% 10% 17%
 
16.5 14.4 16.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.3 17.1 15
5 4.3 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 5.5 4.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • América Mineiro have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • América Mineiro have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Serie A
  • América Mineiro have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • América Mineiro haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Athletico PR have scored at least twice as many goals at home as América Mineiro have scored 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 22 14 6 2 37 14 11 7 2 2 22 9 11 7 4 0 15 5 23 48
2 Flamengo 22 12 3 7 37 19 11 8 1 2 25 5 11 4 2 5 12 14 18 39
3 Corinthians 22 11 6 5 26 21 11 7 3 1 14 4 11 4 3 4 12 17 5 39
4 Fluminense 22 11 5 6 32 25 11 7 1 3 19 11 11 4 4 3 13 14 7 38
5 Athletico PR 22 11 4 7 28 27 10 6 3 1 16 8 12 5 1 6 12 19 1 37
6 Internacional 22 9 9 4 33 23 11 6 4 1 23 11 11 3 5 3 10 12 10 36
7 Atletico Mineiro 22 9 8 5 30 26 11 5 3 3 18 13 11 4 5 2 12 13 4 35
8 América Mineiro 22 9 3 10 18 23 11 6 2 3 13 10 11 3 1 7 5 13 -5 30
9 Bragantino 22 8 6 8 32 28 11 6 2 3 18 9 11 2 4 5 14 19 4 30
10 Santos 22 7 9 6 26 20 11 5 4 2 18 10 11 2 5 4 8 10 6 30
11 São Paulo 22 6 11 5 31 27 11 5 4 2 20 13 11 1 7 3 11 14 4 29
12 Botafogo 22 7 5 10 20 26 11 3 3 5 10 11 11 4 2 5 10 15 -6 26
13 Goias 22 6 8 8 23 29 11 4 5 2 14 12 11 2 3 6 9 17 -6 26
14 Ceara 22 5 10 7 22 23 11 2 5 4 11 13 11 3 5 3 11 10 -1 25
15 Fortaleza 22 6 6 10 20 23 11 2 6 3 7 6 11 4 0 7 13 17 -3 24
16 Cuiaba 22 6 5 11 15 22 11 3 5 3 8 7 11 3 0 8 7 15 -7 23
17 Avai 22 6 5 11 23 35 11 5 3 3 17 15 11 1 2 8 6 20 -12 23
18 Coritiba 22 6 4 12 23 34 12 6 2 4 15 12 10 0 2 8 8 22 -11 22
19 Atletico GO 22 5 6 11 21 33 11 4 2 5 12 11 11 1 4 6 9 22 -12 21
20 Juventude 22 3 7 12 16 35 11 2 3 6 8 15 11 1 4 6 8 20 -19 16

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.