There is optimism in Athletico PR so far, with their 5th position in the Serie A table and welcoming São Paulo (who are placed 10th).
- Athletico PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
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.
Athletico PR form and stats
Athletico PR are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Arena da Baixada. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
The Athletico PR manager Scolari and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Flamengo in the Copa do Brasil. The goalie Bento was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.34 out of ten. Bento topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Botafogo (0-2).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 10 games. Athletico PR has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Estudiantes are coming to town in four days.
The Athletico fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Athletico PR have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
São Paulo form and stats
There's been little loot from São Paulo's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the Serie A. São Paulo only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 7 draws.
The regulars enjoyed São Paulo's previous game versus América Mineiro, a Copa do Brasil win (1-0) played at home. Luciano, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.93. Luciano scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Goias 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 9 relevant matches. Results were 1 Paulo win, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored in 14 of this club's last 18 league games.
After this away game São Paulo return home for a Copa Sudamericana game against Ceara. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Paulo find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. São Paulo have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the score when the sides faced each other earlier this campaign; São Paulo - Athletico 4-0. Athletico PR-São Paulo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Athletico PR one win, São Paulo five wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Calleri 10 goals |   M. Terans Pérez 7 goals |  L. da Rocha Neves 7 goals |
Athletico PR missing players
São Paulo missing players
| Athletico PR | São Paulo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 28 |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 89% | 89% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 89% |
| 58% | 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 79% |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 53% |
| 26% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 32% |
| 11% | 22% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 42% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 80% | 74% |
| 37% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 10% | 21% |
| 32% | 22% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 16% |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| 6.1 | 5.6 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.7 | 14.9 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 11.1 | 13.9 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| 32% | 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 32% | 33% |
| 16.2 | 14.4 | 16.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.6 | 12.1 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
- Athletico PR have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 39 |
| 2 | Corinthians | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 35 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Atletico Mineiro | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Athletico PR | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Flamengo | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Internacional | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Bragantino | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 9 | Santos | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 10 | São Paulo | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 26 |
| 11 | Botafogo | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 12 | Ceara | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 13 | Coritiba | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Goias | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 15 | América Mineiro | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
| 16 | Avaí | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 21 |
| 17 | Cuiabá | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 18 | Atlético GO | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 17 |
| 19 | Juventude | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 16 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 15 |
