Serie A duel: Close contest expected between Atlético GO and Santos

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sat 13.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Antônio Accioly (50049 seats)

Atlético GO are looking to set aside the league table ahead of this match versus Santos. Here's all you need to know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Santos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Santos, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

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Atlético GO form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Atlético GO have managed 4 wins, 7 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Atlético to get some points in this home game.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 288 minutes without scoring a league goal. M. Freitas was the last player to find the net.

The fans are hoping that Atlético will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Serie A game against Palmeiras (placed 2nd). As you see from the result above, Atlético suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfielder Marlon Freitas was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.83 (out of ten) in that game. Freitas hit one key pass and had 45 successful passes (of 51 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Flamengo.

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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn seven and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Atlético as they are travelling to their away game against América Mineiro in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.

Atlético aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Antônio Accioly in the league, with only 11 goals from 14 games. Atlético are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Antônio Accioly in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.

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Santos form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santos so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-7 (win-draw-lose).

Santos won their last game, 2-0 versus Bragantino played at home. João Paulo was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.85. The agile goalkeeper Paulo stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 0-2 loss hosting Palmeiras before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santos playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were one Santos win, three draws and five defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Santos are hosting Chapecoense in the Serie A only four days away.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Santos rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H game ended Santos - Atlético GO 0-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Atlético victories, four draws and two Santos wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Atlético GOJ. Assunção de Araujo Filho
J. Assunção de Araujo Filho
5 goals
SantosC. Sánchez Arcosa
C. Sánchez Arcosa
5 goals
SantosM. Santos Costa
M. Santos Costa
5 goals

Atlético GO missing players

Santos missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atlético GO Santos
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 14 5 Played P 6 15 31
9 4 1 Won W 1 2 9
10 7 3 Drew D 3 6 11
11 3 1 Lost L 2 7 11
24 11 2 Scored S 4 12 28
32 11 3 Conceded C 9 23 36
83% 79% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 87% 81%
63% 64% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 65%
30% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 35%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 27% 23%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
37% 36% 20% BTTS BTTS 33% 47% 32%
40% 43% 60% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 42%
40% 43% 60% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 45%
 
4.9 5.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.9 5.3
6.4 6.4 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 4.3
2.4 2.6 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.9 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.6 12.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 11.9 12.8
3 3.2 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.7
26% 24% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 23% 24%
 
14.6 11.5 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.9 12.5
4 3.2 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.7 4.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Santos 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 31 21 5 5 50 22 16 14 1 1 34 9 15 7 4 4 16 13 28 68
2 Palmeiras 31 18 4 9 51 35 16 10 2 4 30 22 15 8 2 5 21 13 16 58
3 Flamengo 29 16 6 7 54 28 15 10 1 4 25 13 14 6 5 3 29 15 26 54
4 Fortaleza 31 14 7 10 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 14 16 6 3 7 18 20 6 49
5 Bragantino 32 12 13 7 47 37 16 5 8 3 23 19 16 7 5 4 24 18 10 49
6 Corinthians 31 12 11 8 32 29 15 7 4 4 19 15 16 5 7 4 13 14 3 47
7 Internacional 31 11 11 9 39 33 15 7 5 3 24 16 16 4 6 6 15 17 6 44
8 Fluminense 31 11 9 11 29 32 15 7 5 3 16 13 16 4 4 8 13 19 -3 42
9 Athletico PR 31 12 5 14 38 40 16 7 4 5 22 20 15 5 1 9 16 20 -2 41
10 América Mineiro 31 10 11 10 32 33 15 6 5 4 14 10 16 4 6 6 18 23 -1 41
11 Cuiabá 31 8 15 8 28 29 16 5 6 5 15 17 15 3 9 3 13 12 -1 39
12 Ceara 31 8 15 8 29 32 16 8 6 2 20 12 15 0 9 6 9 20 -3 39
13 Santos 31 9 11 11 28 36 16 7 5 4 16 13 15 2 6 7 12 23 -8 38
14 Sao Paulo 31 8 14 9 24 29 15 5 8 2 13 10 16 3 6 7 11 19 -5 38
15 Atlético GO 30 9 10 11 24 32 14 4 7 3 11 11 16 5 3 8 13 21 -8 37
16 Bahia 30 9 9 12 33 39 15 6 4 5 20 18 15 3 5 7 13 21 -6 36
17 Juventude 30 7 12 11 29 37 16 6 6 4 16 15 14 1 6 7 13 22 -8 33
18 Sport Recife 32 7 9 16 19 31 16 4 5 7 10 11 16 3 4 9 9 20 -12 30
19 Grêmio 30 8 5 17 26 38 15 5 5 5 17 16 15 3 0 12 9 22 -12 29
20 Chapecoense 31 1 12 18 26 52 15 0 6 9 12 25 16 1 6 9 14 27 -26 15

Table
  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 31 21 5 5 50 22 16 14 1 1 34 9 15 7 4 4 16 13 28 68
2 Palmeiras 31 18 4 9 51 35 16 10 2 4 30 22 15 8 2 5 21 13 16 58
3 Flamengo 29 16 6 7 54 28 15 10 1 4 25 13 14 6 5 3 29 15 26 54
4 Fortaleza 31 14 7 10 40 34 15 8 4 3 22 14 16 6 3 7 18 20 6 49
5 Bragantino 32 12 13 7 47 37 16 5 8 3 23 19 16 7 5 4 24 18 10 49
6 Corinthians 31 12 11 8 32 29 15 7 4 4 19 15 16 5 7 4 13 14 3 47
7 Internacional 31 11 11 9 39 33 15 7 5 3 24 16 16 4 6 6 15 17 6 44
8 Fluminense 31 11 9 11 29 32 15 7 5 3 16 13 16 4 4 8 13 19 -3 42
9 Athletico PR 31 12 5 14 38 40 16 7 4 5 22 20 15 5 1 9 16 20 -2 41
10 América Mineiro 31 10 11 10 32 33 15 6 5 4 14 10 16 4 6 6 18 23 -1 41
11 Cuiabá 31 8 15 8 28 29 16 5 6 5 15 17 15 3 9 3 13 12 -1 39
12 Ceara 31 8 15 8 29 32 16 8 6 2 20 12 15 0 9 6 9 20 -3 39
13 Santos 31 9 11 11 28 36 16 7 5 4 16 13 15 2 6 7 12 23 -8 38
14 Sao Paulo 31 8 14 9 24 29 15 5 8 2 13 10 16 3 6 7 11 19 -5 38
15 Atlético GO 30 9 10 11 24 32 14 4 7 3 11 11 16 5 3 8 13 21 -8 37
16 Bahia 30 9 9 12 33 39 15 6 4 5 20 18 15 3 5 7 13 21 -6 36
17 Juventude 30 7 12 11 29 37 16 6 6 4 16 15 14 1 6 7 13 22 -8 33
18 Sport Recife 32 7 9 16 19 31 16 4 5 7 10 11 16 3 4 9 9 20 -12 30
19 Grêmio 30 8 5 17 26 38 15 5 5 5 17 16 15 3 0 12 9 22 -12 29
20 Chapecoense 31 1 12 18 26 52 15 0 6 9 12 25 16 1 6 9 14 27 -26 15

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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.