An important duel in the bottom section of the Serie A, with both Athletico PR and Corinthians experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 17th place.
It's no vacation for neither Athletico nor Corinthians 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.
Athletico PR form and stats
Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Athletico PR are 3-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).
The fans are hoping that Athletico will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Serie A game against Internacional (placed 2nd). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Ceara.
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 Athletico PR have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost three.
Athletico PR are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Atlético GO awaits in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Athletico here at Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). Athletico PR are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Corinthians form and stats
There's been little loot from Corinthians's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the Serie A. Corinthians only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Corinthians are travelling again after losing away to Ceara in their previous match (1-2). A draw for Corinthians before that, at their own venue hosting Santos (1-1).
Late heartbreak for Corinthians in the Ceara match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
Corinthians are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, six draws and five defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
After this away game Corinthians return home for a Serie A game against Flamengo. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Corinthians when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Corinthians in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Athletico wins - draws - Corinthians wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Alves de Assis Silva 3 goals |   V. Naum dos Santos 2 goals |  R. de Souza 2 goals |
Athletico PR missing players
Corinthians missing players
| Athletico PR | Corinthians | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 75% | 80% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 73% |
| 29% | 12% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 53% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 43% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 67% |
| 29% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 25% | 20% |
| 36% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 151 | 80 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 73 | 169 |
| 38 | 17 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 24 | 64 |
| 29% | 35% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 27% |
- Corinthians have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atletico Mineiro | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Internacional | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | Sao Paulo | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Fluminense | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Santos | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Fortaleza | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sport Recife | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Vasco da Gama | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Ceara | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Atlético GO | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | Botafogo | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 14 | Grêmio | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Athletico PR | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | Bahia | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 17 | Corinthians | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 18 | Coritiba | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 13 |
| 19 | Bragantino | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 20 | Goias | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 9 |