Home advantage could prove decisive in Atlético GO - Cuiabá battle

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Antônio Accioly (50049 seats)

Atlético GO are hosting Cuiabá for another key match after their 1-4 result versus 3rd-placed Corinthians.

Insights:
  • Atlético GO have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Serie A
  • Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals (15) in Serie A

These teams have little in common geographically as Cuiabá have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

The hosts Atlético GO saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Copa do Brasil. That game was an away game at Corinthians, so at least Atlético are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Atlético GO form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Atlético GO, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Serie A, have to build on here at Estádio Antônio Accioly in the Serie A. When Atlético GO hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Avai, Fortaleza, Atlético GO, Coritiba, Juventude and Ceara), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

The fans hope that Atlético GO will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Copa do Brasil fixture against Corinthians. Midfield player Rato got a match rating of 7.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Rato scored one goal and hit one key pass.

0-0 away at Botafogo before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Atlético GO handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

The Atlético fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches.

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Cuiabá form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cuiabá so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-8 (win-draw-lose). When Cuiabá is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. Avai, Fortaleza, Coritiba, Juventude, Cuiabá and Ceara is teams we like to compare Atlético GO with. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Cuiabá are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Impressive finishing from André secured the home win 1-0 against Juventude in their previous game. That win felt good as this side had gone five league fixtures without winning. Walter (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.65. Walter topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 0-1 defeat away at Fluminense before that.

We have checked recent matches where Cuiabá have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 12 of this club's last 13 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cuiabá have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Atlético have won at least one point in the last 4 fixtures (0-4-0) facing Cuiabá.

These two sides encountered each other previously this season: Cuiabá - Atlético GO 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético GOM. Rodrigues Freitas
M. Rodrigues Freitas
4 goals
AtléticoW. Soares da Silva
W. Soares da Silva
4 goals
Atlético GOS. Cardozo
S. Cardozo
3 goals

Atlético GO missing players

Cuiabá missing players

Atlético GO Cuiabá
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 4 11 22
5 4 3 Won W 3 3 6
6 2 0 Drew D 0 0 5
11 5 1 Lost L 1 8 11
21 12 7 Scored S 4 7 15
33 11 3 Conceded C 2 15 22
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
73% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 45% 45%
36% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 18%
23% 9% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 5%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 5%
55% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 36%
14% 9% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 27%
36% 36% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 45% 41%
 
5.4 6.1 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 4.9
6 4.5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 7.1 6
2.5 2.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
13.9 16.5 17.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.5 11.4
3.8 3.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.2 2.8
25% 28% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 29% 25%
 
13.9 10.9 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13 14.4 12.4
5.3 3.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 5.2 4.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atlético GO have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Serie A
  • Atlético GO have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Serie A
  • Atlético GO have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Serie A
  • Atlético GO haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cuiabá have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cuiabá have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cuiabá have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Serie A
  • Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals (15) in Serie A
  • Cuiabá have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Serie A
  • Cuiabá haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Atletico 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 America 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 Sao 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 Cuiabá 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 Atlético 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.