Atlético GO vs Fortaleza match preview: Even contest expected at Estádio do Governo do Estado de Goiás

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Thu 17.June
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Governo do Estado de Goiás

Atlético GO will battle it out with Fortaleza in this Serie A game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!

Fortaleza could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie A game only four sleeps ago.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Atlético GO form and stats

Atlético GO have only played one Serie A game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 5 matches. Two home wins in a row for Atlético bring valid hopes of a third.

The Atlético goalkeeper Fernando Miguel Kaufmann is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 207 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Atlético, who played 0-0 against Corinthians. That match was also played at this venue (Estádio do Governo do Estado de Goiás).

Ahead of that match, Atlético won a home game hosting Sao Paulo (2-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Atlético GO have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost one.

Atlético GO has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Fortaleza form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Serie A, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 4 matches. In general it has been a productive period now for Fortaleza as they haven't lost any of their last 16 games.

Wellington Paulista scored in Fortaleza's previous match, the home game against Sport Recife that ended 1-0. Éderson got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Éderson hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 36 successful passes (of 45 total). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager J. Vojvoda when Wellington Paulista scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Ceara at their stadium, the result 3-0.

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

After this away game Fortaleza return home for a Serie A game against Fluminense. That game is only three sleeps after this.

2 goals so far away for Fortaleza, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Atlético GO won five games, one match ended with a draw and Fortaleza has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / four

Top Goalscorers

FortalezaG. Souza Lisboa
G. Souza Lisboa
3 goals
FortalezaW. Pereira do Nascimento
W. Pereira do Nascimento
2 goals
Atlético GOE. Ferreira Graminho
E. Ferreira Graminho
1 goals

Atlético GO missing players

Fortaleza missing players

Atlético GO Fortaleza
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 2 0 Scored S 2 2 8
0 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 2.7
11 12 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 4
3.5 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 19 19 15
3 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6 7.3
50% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 36%
Atlético GO Last season Fortaleza
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
14 7   Played P   4 9
11 6   Won W   3 6
2 1   Drew D   1 3
1 0   Lost L   0 0
27 13   Scored S   10 26
5 2   Conceded C   1 2
93% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   75% 67%
86% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 67%
43% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 44%
7% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 44%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 44%
29% 29%   BTTS BTTS   25% 22%
64% 71%   Clean Sheets C S   75% 78%
14% 14%   Failed to Score F T   25% 33%
 
7.5 7.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.8
3.7 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 3.8
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.5 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.2 11.6
5 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 5.8
42% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   71% 50%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fortaleza 3 3 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 9
2 Atletico PR 3 3 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 5 9
3 Atlético GO 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
4 Flamengo 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6
5 Atletico Mineiro 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
6 Bragantino 3 1 2 0 8 5 2 0 2 0 5 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 5
7 Fluminense 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 5
8 Bahia 3 1 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 4
9 Palmeiras 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
10 Corinthians 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 4
11 Ceara 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
12 Santos 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 4
13 Internacional 3 1 1 1 4 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 5 -3 4
14 Juventude 3 0 2 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 -3 2
15 Cuiabá 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
16 Sport Recife 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 1
17 Sao Paulo 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 1
18 Chapecoense 3 0 1 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 -5 1
19 Gremio 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 0
20 América Mineiro 3 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético GO 10 9 1 0 22 3 5 5 0 0 11 1 5 4 1 0 11 2 19 28
2 Gremio Anapolis 10 5 2 3 12 7 5 3 1 1 10 4 5 2 1 2 2 3 5 17
3 Anapolis 10 5 1 4 8 10 5 4 0 1 5 3 5 1 1 3 3 7 -2 16
4 Jataiense 10 2 2 6 7 13 5 1 2 2 4 5 5 1 0 4 3 8 -6 8
5 CRAC 10 1 5 4 8 15 5 1 3 1 5 5 5 0 2 3 3 10 -7 8
6 Itumbiara 10 1 3 6 6 15 5 1 1 3 3 7 5 0 2 3 3 8 -9 6
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fortaleza 7 5 2 0 20 2 3 2 1 0 10 1 4 3 1 0 10 1 18 17
2 Ferroviario 7 5 2 0 14 4 3 3 0 0 6 1 4 2 2 0 8 3 10 17
3 Ceara 7 4 1 2 15 8 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 2 0 1 8 3 7 13
4 Uniclinic 7 3 2 2 21 11 4 1 2 1 10 6 3 2 0 1 11 5 10 11
5 Pacajus 7 2 3 2 10 9 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 9
6 Caucaia 7 1 1 5 11 25 3 0 1 2 4 15 4 1 0 3 7 10 -14 4
7 Crato 7 1 1 5 7 23 4 1 0 3 3 12 3 0 1 2 4 11 -16 4
8 Icasa 7 1 0 6 3 19 3 1 0 2 3 6 4 0 0 4 0 13 -16 3

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.