Serie A match preview: Atlético GO versus São Paulo

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 31.January
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Antônio Accioly (50049 seats)

Atlético GO will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 16 points behind São Paulo.

Insights:
  • São Paulo has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Serie A

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Goiano 1. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at CRAC.

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

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Atlético GO form and stats

4-8-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Atlético GO so far this season.

Atlético lost their last game at CRAC after a 3-5 scoreline.

A goal frenzy last time out for Atlético, with a total of 8 goals in the match against CRAC. Fun stuff to watch!

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

Atlético has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Atlético have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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São Paulo form and stats

Playing away, São Paulo have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Serie A this season.

Paulo played 1-1 against Coritiba in their previous match. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-5 defeat against Internacional.

Paulo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 16 games. 21 goals have been conceded by Paulo in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result São Paulo - Atlético GO 3-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Atlético, three draws and four wins for São Paulo. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

São PauloL. da Rocha Neves
L. da Rocha Neves
14 goals
São PauloB. Souza da Silva
B. Souza da Silva
11 goals
São PauloR. da Silva
R. da Silva
5 goals

Atlético GO missing players

São Paulo missing players

Atlético GO São Paulo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 6 16 32
10 4 1 Won W 1 7 16
12 8 2 Drew D 3 5 10
10 4 2 Lost L 2 4 6
32 18 7 Scored S 8 27 52
37 18 8 Conceded C 10 21 34
88% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
72% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 88% 78%
38% 31% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 50%
9% 6% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 25%
3% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 19% 12%
50% 56% 40% BTTS BTTS 83% 69% 59%
28% 25% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 31%
34% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 12% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 2.1
4 4 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.4 12.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 14.2 16.1
3.9 3.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 5.8 5.9
26% 29% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 29% 27%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • São Paulo has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Serie A
  • São Paulo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • São Paulo 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 Internacional 32 18 8 6 55 30 16 11 4 1 31 14 16 7 4 5 24 16 25 62
2 Flamengo 32 17 7 8 57 43 16 8 4 4 29 21 16 9 3 4 28 22 14 58
3 São Paulo 32 16 10 6 52 34 16 9 5 2 25 13 16 7 5 4 27 21 18 58
4 Atlético Mineiro 32 17 6 9 56 41 16 12 3 1 36 12 16 5 3 8 20 29 15 57
5 Palmeiras 32 14 10 8 45 31 16 8 6 2 28 14 16 6 4 6 17 17 14 52
6 Grêmio 32 12 15 5 42 31 16 9 5 2 29 18 16 3 10 3 13 13 11 51
7 Fluminense 32 14 8 10 45 40 16 9 4 3 26 14 16 5 4 7 19 26 5 50
8 Ceara 32 12 9 11 47 42 16 6 5 5 19 19 16 6 4 6 28 23 5 45
9 Corinthians 32 12 9 11 39 38 16 7 5 4 24 19 16 5 4 7 15 19 1 45
10 Santos 32 12 9 11 44 44 16 7 6 3 31 22 16 5 3 8 13 22 0 45
11 Bragantino 32 11 11 10 45 37 16 8 4 4 30 18 16 3 7 6 15 19 8 44
12 Atletico PR 32 12 6 14 29 31 16 7 4 5 16 12 16 5 2 9 13 19 -2 42
13 Atlético GO 32 10 12 10 32 37 16 4 8 4 18 18 16 6 4 6 14 19 -5 42
14 Vasco da Gama 32 9 9 14 34 47 16 6 4 6 18 17 16 3 5 8 16 30 -13 36
15 Sport Recife 32 10 5 17 26 41 16 8 1 7 17 17 16 2 4 10 9 24 -15 35
16 Bahia 32 10 5 17 38 54 16 8 1 7 22 22 16 2 4 10 16 32 -16 35
17 Fortaleza 32 8 11 13 28 32 16 6 6 4 14 10 16 2 5 9 14 22 -4 35
18 Goiás 32 7 8 17 33 54 16 4 4 8 16 28 16 3 4 9 17 26 -21 29
19 Coritiba 32 6 9 17 27 43 16 3 5 8 11 16 16 3 4 9 16 27 -16 27
20 Botafogo 32 4 11 17 27 51 16 2 5 9 13 24 16 2 6 8 14 27 -24 23

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.