Athletico PR vs Corinthians match preview: Even contest expected at Arena da Baixada

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 16.June
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena da Baixada (43981 seats)

A fast pace is likely at Arena da Baixada when Athletico PR host Corinthians in what could be a superb fixture. Check our preview!

Insights:
  • Athletico PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Corinthians have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Serie A

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Athletico PR form and stats

The complete Serie A statistics at home this season for Athletico PR are 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Athletico shared the glory with Fortaleza in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Juventude with a 3-1 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with Athletico PR perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Athletico PR as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Athletico PR has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.

There will be little rest for Athletico PR after this match as they are travelling to Coritiba for a Serie A game in only four days.

Athletico are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. From these home matches, Athletico PR have conceded only 4 goals.

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Corinthians form and stats

3-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Corinthians in their Serie A matches away.

Adson and Mantuan scored in Corinthians's previous match, the home game against Juventude that ended 2-0. Ramos was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.13. The defender Ramos served one assist, hit two key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.

A 0-1 defeat away at Cuiaba before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Corinthians playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 4 Corinthians wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.

After this away game Corinthians return home for a Serie A game against Goiás. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Corinthians have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Corinthians have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Athletico, four draws and five wins for Corinthians. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Athletico PRR. Cardoso da Cruz
R. Cardoso da Cruz
6 goals
CorinthiansR. Krug Guedes
R. Krug Guedes
3 goals
CorinthiansG. Mantuan
G. Mantuan
3 goals

Athletico PR missing players

Corinthians missing players

Athletico PR Corinthians
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 6 11
5 3 0 Won W 0 3 6
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
4 1 1 Lost L 1 2 2
11 6 0 Scored S 2 7 15
12 4 1 Conceded C 5 7 9
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
45% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 64%
45% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 36%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 36%
36% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 45%
36% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 18%
 
5.4 4.8 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 2.8 4.6
6.4 5.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 5.5 5.2
2.7 3.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 14 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.8 10
3.3 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.2 4.2
31% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 28% 33%
 
14.2 13.4 17 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 13.3 13.4
4.5 4.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.7 5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Athletico PR haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Corinthians have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Corinthians have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Serie A
  • Corinthians have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Corinthians haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 6 4 1 19 5 6 3 2 1 12 4 5 3 2 0 7 1 14 22
2 Corinthians 11 6 3 2 15 9 5 3 2 0 8 2 6 3 1 2 7 7 6 21
3 Sao Paulo 11 4 6 1 17 12 5 4 1 0 11 4 6 0 5 1 6 8 5 18
4 Internacional 11 4 6 1 14 10 5 2 3 0 8 5 6 2 3 1 6 5 4 18
5 Athletico PR 11 5 2 4 11 12 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 2 1 3 5 8 -1 17
6 Atlético Mineiro 11 4 5 2 17 14 6 3 2 1 10 6 5 1 3 1 7 8 3 17
7 Coritiba 11 4 3 4 14 14 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 0 2 3 5 9 0 15
8 Fluminense 11 4 2 5 13 14 6 2 1 3 8 9 5 2 1 2 5 5 -1 14
9 América Mineiro 11 4 2 5 11 13 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 1 1 4 3 8 -2 14
10 Santos 11 3 5 3 14 10 6 3 2 1 10 4 5 0 3 2 4 6 4 14
11 Bragantino 11 3 5 3 12 11 6 2 2 2 7 5 5 1 3 1 5 6 1 14
12 Ceará 11 3 5 3 13 13 4 0 2 2 4 7 7 3 3 1 9 6 0 14
13 Goiás 11 3 5 3 12 14 5 1 4 0 6 5 6 2 1 3 6 9 -2 14
14 Atlético GO 11 3 4 4 10 13 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 1 2 2 4 8 -3 13
15 Flamengo 11 3 3 5 11 13 5 2 1 2 5 4 6 1 2 3 6 9 -2 12
16 Botafogo 10 3 3 4 12 15 4 1 1 2 6 7 6 2 2 2 6 8 -3 12
17 Cuiaba 11 3 3 5 9 13 6 1 3 2 4 5 5 2 0 3 5 8 -4 12
18 Avai 10 3 2 5 11 15 5 3 1 1 8 6 5 0 1 4 3 9 -4 11
19 Juventude 11 2 4 5 10 19 6 1 2 3 5 10 5 1 2 2 5 9 -9 10
20 Fortaleza 11 1 4 6 7 13 7 0 4 3 3 6 4 1 0 3 4 7 -6 7

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.